Legislative Assembly of El Salvador

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The Legislative Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa) is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador.

The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of who are elected by direct popular vote according to closed-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16 deputies each. The remaining 20 deputies are selected on the basis of a single national constituency.

To be eligible for election to the Assembly, candidates must be (Art. 126, Constitution):

• Older than 25.
• Salvadoran citizens by birth, born of either a Salvadoran father or a Salvadoran mother.
• Of recognised honesty and education.
• Not have had the enjoyment of their rights as citizens cancelled in the previous five years.

There is a new "political group"( but not a political party) in the legislature made up of 10 deputies who left the ARENA party, their new Name is Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional, or GANA

Current Standing by Party

since 11 January 2009 [1]

Party / Group	Deputies
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)	35
Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)	18
Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA)	16
National Conciliation Party (PCN)	10
Christian Democratic Party (PCD)	2
Democratic Change (CD)	1
Independent	2
Total	84
Fuente: asamblea.gob.sv

Election results

Main article: Salvadoran legislative election, 2009

  Summary of the 18 January 2009 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional)	943,936	42.60%	35	+3
	Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista)	854,166	38.55%	32	–2
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	194,751	8.79%	11	+1
	Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	146,904	6.63%	5	–1
	Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático)	46,971	2.12%	1	–1
	Revolutionary Democratic Front (Frente Democrático Revolucionario)	21,154	0.95%	0	—
	PDC–FDR	7,707	0.35%	0	—
Totals		2,215,589	100.00%	84	—
Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral, [2]

Other parliamentary bodies

El Salvador also returns 20 deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament, also elected according to closed-list proportional representation from a single national constituency.

External links

Official Website of the Legislative Assembly (Spanish)