General election in El Salvador 2009
On January 18, 2009, parliamentary elections for the Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador took place in the Central American country El Salvador .
Results
The social democratic Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) took the lead with 42.6% (35 seats), well ahead of the conservative Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA), which only received 38.6% of the vote and 32 seats. The Partido de Conciliación Nacional (PCN) could be the third strongest force with 11 seats. It reached 8.8%. The Christian Democratic Partido Demócrata Cristiano (PDC) received 6.6% of the vote and five seats. Cambio Democrático got 2.0% of the vote (1 seat), while Frente Democrático Revolucionario got 1.0% of the vote and no seat. PDC-FDR reached 0.4% and thus also missed the leap into parliament.
| Official end result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political party | be right | percent | +/- | Mandates | +/- |
| Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional | 943.936 | 42.60% | + 2.9% | 35 | + 3 |
| Alianza Republicana Nacionalista | 854.166 | 38.55% | - 0.85% | 32 | - 2nd |
| Partido de Conciliación Nacional | 194.751 | 8.79% | - 2.21% | 11 | + 1 |
| Partido Demócrata Cristiano | 146.904 | 6.63% | - 0.17% | 5 | - 1 |
| Cambio Democrático | 46,971 | 2.12% | - 0.98% | 1 | - 1 |
| Frente Democrático Revolucionario | 21,154 | 0.95% | + 0.95% | 0 | +/- 0 |
| PDC-FDR | 7,707 | 0.35% | + 0.35% | 0 | +/- 0 |
| voter turnout | 2,215,589 | 100% | - 3.2% | 84 | |
The election was democratic.
USA stance
In the run-up to the presidential elections in El Salvador, which will take place shortly afterwards, the US administration under Barack Obama reaffirmed its neutrality and its willingness to accept any election result. This was in contrast to the previous government under George W. Bush . In a previous election, Otto Reich's special envoy for the western hemisphere threatened bilateral relations with a deterioration in the event of an FMLN election victory.
A group of Republican US Congressmen demanded sanctions against El Salvador in the event that the Social Democratic FMLN should also win the presidency in the subsequent presidential elections in March 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Official result of the electoral authority - distribution of mandates
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Official result of the electoral authority - regions, votes
- ↑ a b Dana Rohrabacher Speaks out on El Salvador Election, Clashes With Obama Administration ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , March 16, 2009
