List of political parties in El Salvador

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.^[1]

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]}

In February 2021, El Salvador's legislative election was an important breakthrough. The new party, founded by President Nayib Bukele, Nuevas Ideas, won around two-thirds of votes with its allies (GANA-New Ideas). His party won supermajority 56 seats in the 84-seat parliament. Bukele became the country’s most powerful leader in three decades.^[2]

Political parties

Major parties

	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	1 / 20	Center
	Grand Alliance for National Unity Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional	GANA	Andrés Rovira	Social conservatism Economic liberalism Right-wing populism Liberal conservatism	5 / 84	26 / 262	2 / 20	Center-right
	Nationalist Republican Alliance Alianza Republicana Nacionalista	ARENA	Érick Salguero	Salvadoran nationalism Conservatism Economic liberalism Anti-communism	14 / 84	41 / 262	3 / 20	Right-wing
	New Ideas Nuevas Ideas	NI	Xavier Zablah Bukele	Populism Reformism Social conservatism	56 / 84	137 / 262	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	31 / 262	1 / 20	Left-wing
File:Flag PCN.svg	National Coalition Party Partido de Concertación Nacional	PCN	Manuel Rodriguez	Liberal nationalism National liberalism Conservative liberalism	2 / 84	16 / 262	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)
Republican Party for National Unity (Partido Republicano de Union Nacional, PRUN)^{[citation needed]}
Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity (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, PNPP)
National Republican Party (Partido Republicano Nacional, PRN)
Labor Party (Partido Laborista, PL)
National Development Party, (Partido de Desarrollo Nacional, PDN)
Progressive Fraternal Party (Partido Fraternal Progresista, PFP)
Zaratista Party (Partido Zaratista, PZ)
Constitutional Party (Partido Constitucional, PC)
National Democratic Party (Partido Democrático Nacional, PDN)
Social Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrático Social, PUDS)
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata, PSD)
Democratic Union Party (Partido de Unión Democrático, PUD)
Republican Social Front (Frente Social Republicana, FSR)
Salvadoran People's Party (Partido del Pueblo Salvadoreño, PPS)
Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática, PRUD)
Authentic Constitutional Party (Partido Constitucional Auténtico, PCA)
Renovating Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovando, PAR)
Renovated Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovado, PAR)
National Opposing Union (Unión Nacional Opuesto, UNO)
United Independent Democratic Front (Frente Democrática Independiente Unida, FDIR)
Democratic Action (Acción Democrático, AD)
Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party (Partido Institucional Auténtico Salvadoreño, PIAS)
Stable Republican Centrist Movement (Movimiento Centrista Republicana Estable, MCRE)
Popular Orientation Party (Partido de Orientación Popular, POP)
Democratic Convergence (Convergencia Democrática, CD)
Authentic Democratic Christian Movement (Movimiento Cristiano Democrático Auténtico, MCDA)
Movement of Unity (Movimiento de Unidad, MU)
Movement of National Solidarity (Movimiento de Solidaridad Nacional, MSN)
Democratic Republican League (Lega Republicana Democrática, LRD)
Party of the United People and the New Deal (Partido de Pueblo Unido y el Nuevo Acuerdo, PPUNA)
Social Christian Union (Union Social Cristiana, UCS)

References

^ "Leftist leader sworn in as president, reopens ties with Cuba". France 24. 2 June 2009.
^ "El Salvador: Bukele has become the country's most powerful leader in three decades after his party won a supermajority". Credendo.

[1] "Leftist leader sworn in as president, reopens ties with Cuba". France 24. 2 June 2009.

[2] "El Salvador: Bukele has become the country's most powerful leader in three decades after his party won a supermajority". Credendo.

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v t e Political parties in El Salvador
Represented in the Legislative Assembly	Christian Democratic Party National Coalition Party Nationalist Republican Alliance Nuevas Ideas Vamos
Unrepresented	Authentic Republican Movement Authentic Salvadoran Movement Citizen Power Democratic Change Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front Grand Alliance for National Unity i Nuestro Tiempo Salvadoran Democracy Salvadoran Independent Party Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity Salvadoran Progressive Party Salvadoran Veteran Party Solidary Force Somos We Shall Construct a New El Salvador
Defunct parties	Authentic Constitutional Party Authentic Democratic Christian Movement Christian Force Communist Party of El Salvador Constitutional Party Democratic Action Democratic Convergence Democratic Republican League Democratic Union Party Movement of National Solidarity Movement of Unity National Action Party National Democratic Party National Development Party National Liberal Party National Opposing Union National Pro Patria Party National Republican Party National Revolutionary Movement Nationalist Democratic Union Party of Salvadoran Workers Party of the United People and the New Deal Popular Action Popular Orientation Party Progressive Fraternal Party Renewal Movement Renovated Action Party Renovating Action Party Republican People's Party Republican Social Front Revolutionary Democratic Front Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party Salvadoran Laborist Party Salvadoran People's Party Social Christian Union Social Democratic Unification Party Social Democratic Party Stable Republican Centrist Movement United Democratic Centre United Independent Democratic Front Unity Movement Zaratista Party
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