List of political parties in El Salvador
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This article lists political parties in El Salvador.
Political culture[]
El Salvador has a multi-party system. Two political parties, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), have tended to dominate elections.[citation needed] ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of Mauricio Funes of the FMLN in March 2009.[citation needed]
Geographically, the departments of the Central region, especially the capital and the coastal regions, known as departamentos rojos, or red departments, are relatively Leftist.[citation needed] The departamentos azules, or blue departments in the east, western and highland regions are relatively conservative.[citation needed]
Political parties[]
Major parties[]
Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Ideology | Legislative Assembly | Mayors | Central American Parliament | Political position | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democratic Party Partido Demócrata Cristiano |
PDC | Rodolfo Parker | Christian democracy | 1 / 84
|
2 / 262
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1 / 20
|
Center | ||
Grand Alliance for National Unity Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional |
GANA | Social conservatism Economic liberalism Populism |
5 / 84
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26 / 262
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2 / 20
|
Center-right | |||
Nationalist Republican Alliance Alianza Republicana Nacionalista |
ARENA | Salvadoran nationalism Conservatism Economic liberalism Anti-communism |
14 / 84
|
41 / 262
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3 / 20
|
Right-wing | |||
Nuevas Ideas Nuevas Ideas |
NI | Xavier Zablah Bukele | Populism Reformism |
56 / 84
|
137 / 262
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14 / 20
|
Center to center-right | ||
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional |
FMLN | Óscar Ortiz | Socialism Syndicalism |
4 / 84
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31 / 262
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1 / 20
|
Left-wing | ||
National Coalition Party Partido de Concertación Nacional |
PCN | Nationalism National liberalism |
2 / 84
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16 / 262
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1 / 20
|
Center-right |
Minor parties[]
- Christian Force (Fuerza Cristiana, FC)
- National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, PAN)
- National Liberal Party (Partido Nacional Liberal, PNL)
- Popular Action (Acción Popular, AP)
- Republican People's Party (Partido Popular Republicano, PPR)
- Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata, PSD)
- United Democratic Centre (Centro Democrático Unido, CDU)
- Unity Movement (Unidad Movimiento, UNIDAD)
- (Partido Republicano de Union Nacional, PRUN)[citation needed]
- (Fraternidad Patriota Salvadoreña FPS)[citation needed]
Defunct[]
- Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático, CD) *disputed
- Renewal Movement (Movimiento Renovador, MR)
- National Pro Patria Party (Partido Nacional Pro Patria, PPP)
- National Republican Party (Partido Republicano Nacional, PRN)
- (Partido de Labor Salvadoreño, PLS)
- , (Partido de Desarrollo Nacional, PDN)
- (Partido Fraternal Progresista, PFP)
- (Partido Zaratista, PZ)
- (Partido Constitucional, PC)
- National Democratic Party (Partido Democrático Nacional, PDN)
- (Partido de Unificación Democrático Social, PUDS)
- Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata, PSD)
- (Partido de Unión Democrático, PUD)
- (Frente Social Republicana, FSR)
- (Partido del Pueblo Salvadoreño, PPS)
- Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática, PRUD)
- (Partido Constitucional Auténtico, PCA)
- (Partido de Acción Renovando, PAR)
- (Partido de Acción Renovado, PAR)
- National Opposing Union (Unión Nacional Opuesto, UNO)
- (Frente Democrática Independiente Unida, FDIR)
- (Acción Democrático, AD)
- (Partido Institucional Auténtico Salvadoreño, PIAS)
- (Movimiento Centrista Republicana Estable, MCRE)
- (Partido de Orientación Popular, POP)
- (Convergencia Democrática, CD)
- (Movimiento Cristiano Democrático Auténtico, MCDA)
- (Movimiento de Unidad, MU)
- (Movimiento de Solidaridad Nacional, MSN)
- (Lega Republicana Democrática, LRD)
- (Partido de Pueblo Unido y el Nuevo Acuerdo, PPUNA)
- (Union Social Cristiana, UCS)
See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of political parties by country
- Political parties in El Salvador
- El Salvador politics-related lists
- Lists of organizations based in El Salvador
- Lists of political parties in Central America