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2015 Salvadoran legislative election

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All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly 43 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	48.23% ( 3.7 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– ARENA Jorge Velado 38.90 32 −1 FMLN Medardo González 37.23 31 0 GANA José Andres Rovira 9.22 11 0 PCN Manuel Rodríguez 6.77 4 −3 PDC Rodolfo Parker 2.48 1 0 ARENA–PCN – 1.66 3 PCN–PDC – 0.28 1 PCN–DS – 0.16 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency President of the Legislative Assembly before President of the Legislative Assembly after Sigfrido Reyes FMLN Lorena Peña FMLN

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 1 March 2015, electing 84 members of the Legislative Assembly, 20 members of the Central American Parliament and 262 mayors.

Electoral system

The 84 members of the Legislative Assembly are elected by open list proportional representation from 14 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method.

Legislative election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Nationalist Republican Alliance	885,374	38.90	32
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	847,289	37.23	31
	Grand Alliance for National Unity	209,897	9.22	11
	National Coalition Party	154,093	6.77	4
	Christian Democratic Party	56,353	2.48	1
	ARENA–PCN	37,690	1.66	3
	Democratic Change	36,796	1.62	0
	Salvadoran Democracy	19,846	0.87	0
	Social Democratic Party	16,770	0.74	0
	PCN–PDC	6,453	0.28	1
	PCN–DS	3,658	0.16	1
	Independents	1,802	0.08	0
Total		2,276,021	100.00	84
Valid votes		2,276,021	96.09
Invalid/blank votes		92,712	3.91
Total votes		2,368,733	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,911,672	48.23
Source: TSE

Central American Parliament

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nationalist Republican Alliance	861,491	40.14	8	0
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	854,621	39.82	8	–1
	Grand Alliance for National Unity	193,848	9.03	2	+2
	National Coalition Party	124,463	5.80	1	–1
	Christian Democratic Party	45,110	2.10	1	0
	Democratic Change	29,528	1.38	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	13,907	0.65	0	New
	Salvadoran Progressive Party	12,150	0.57	0	New
	Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity	11,210	0.52	0	New
Total		2,146,328	100.00	20	0
Valid votes		2,146,328	91.44
Invalid/blank votes		200,843	8.56
Total votes		2,347,171	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,911,672	47.79
Source: TSE

Municipal

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nationalist Republican Alliance	944,859	39.93	129	+13
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	892,882	37.73	85	–9
	Grand Alliance for National Unity	244,567	10.34	19	+2
	National Coalition Party	173,438	7.33	20	–7
	Christian Democratic Party	52,729	2.23	7	+2
	Democratic Change	25,099	1.06	1	–2
	Salvadoran Democracy	13,132	0.55	0	New
	Social Democratic Party	9,347	0.40	1	New
	Salvadoran Progressive Party	6,552	0.28	0	New
	Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity	3,658	0.15	0	0
Total		2,366,263	100.00	262	0
Valid votes		2,366,263	97.98
Invalid/blank votes		48,790	2.02
Total votes		2,415,053	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,911,672	49.17
Source: TSE (votes)

Departmental capitals

Nayib Bukele was elected as the mayor of San Salvador, the country's capital and largest city.

References

1. Elections in 2015 Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. "Resultados de Concejos Municipales – TSE" [Municipal Council Results – TSE]. tse.gob.sv. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.

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