2009 Salvadoran legislative election

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 18 January 2009.[1] The leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) was widely expected to win the most seats for the first time against the nationalist conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA).[2] As a result of the election, the Revolutionary Democratic Front, a left-wing party founded by FMLN dissidents in 2006 with the same name and symbols as the historic FDR from the Salvadoran Civil War, was deregistered as a political party as it failed to gain either a seat or 50,000 votes, as necessary to sustain registration.[3] All parties contested the election in all departments, except for the FDR, which did not contest the election in three departments and stood jointly with the PDC in two others.

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In San Isidro in Cabañas Department, voting had to be rescheduled to 25 January 2009 after a group of non-natives illegally attempted to vote.[4]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front943,93642.6035+3
Nationalist Republican Alliance854,16638.5532–2
National Conciliation Party194,7518.7911+1
Christian Democratic Party 153,6546.945–1
Democratic Change 46,9712.121–1
Revolutionary Democratic Front22,1111.000New
Total2,215,589100.00840
Valid votes2,215,58997.84
Invalid/blank votes48,9782.16
Total votes2,264,567100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,226,47953.58
Source: Election Resources

References
  1. "Smaller Lead for Ruling ARENA in El Salvador". Angus Reid Global Monitor. 2007-11-19. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  2. Renderos, Alex & Wilkinson, Tracy (2009-01-19). "Leftists favored in Salvador elections". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  3. Pastrán, Rosa María (2009-01-20). "FDR acepta su desaparición del mapa político". elsalvador.com. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  4. Soleil, Alexandria & Von Vogt, Maggie (2009-01-29). "El Salvador: Legislative and Municipal Elections Conducted with Flaws". The Narcosphere. Retrieved 2009-01-27.


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