IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: El Salvador

Republic of El Salvador

6,336,390	15
Population (as of Jan. 1, 2022)	Elections in our database
6,214,399	51.22%
Registered Voters (as of Feb. 4, 2024)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Salvadoran Presidency	None	Head of State & Government
Salvadoran Legislative Assembly	Asamblea Legislativa	Assembly

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Nayib BUKELE (since 1 June 2019)
Head of Government: President Nayib BUKELE (since 1 June 2019)
Assembly: unicameral Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) with 60 seats

Description of electoral system:

The President is directly elected (along with the Vice-President) by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. The President may serve one 5-year term.
In the Legislative Assembly, all 60 members are directly elected via open-list proportional representation vote from multi-seat constituencies. All members serve 3-year terms.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Salvadoran Presidency	1999-03-07	1,223,215	3,171,224	38.57
Salvadoran Legislative Assembly	2000-03-12	1,256,342	3,264,724	38.48
Salvadoran Legislative Assembly	2003-03-16	1,451,328	3,537,091	41.03
Salvadoran Presidency	2004-03-21	2,277,473	3,442,515	66.16
Salvadoran Legislative Assembly	2009-01-18	2,264,567	4,226,479	53.58
Salvadoran Presidency	2009-03-15	2,659,138	4,226,479	62.92
Salvadoran Legislative Assembly	2012-03-11	2,369,450	4,226,479	56.06
Salvadoran Presidency	2014-02-02	2,749,796	4,955,107	55.49
Salvadoran Presidency	2014-03-09	3,004,845	4,955,107	60.64
Salvadoran Legislative Assembly	2015-03-01	2,349,450	4,911,672	47.83
Salvadoran Legislative Assembly	2018-03-04	2,124,528	4,911,672	43.25
Salvadoran Presidency	2019-02-03	2,733,178	5,268,411	51.88
Salvadoran Legislative Assembly	2021-02-28	2,616,748	5,389,017	48.56
Salvadoran Presidency	2024-02-04	3,268,466	6,214,399	52.6
Salvadoran Legislative Assembly	2024-02-04	-	6,214,399	-

Voter Turnout

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