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2024 Salvadoran Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador in February and March 2024. In the first round on 4 February, voters elected all 60 deputies of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, Legislative Assembly. In the second round on 3 March, voters elected mayors and municipal councils for all 44 of the country's Municipalities of El Salvador, municipalities and all 20 of El Salvador's deputies to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN). The Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador), Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) allowed 13 List of political parties in El Salvador, political parties to participate in the election. Of those, ten parties participated in the Legislative Assembly election, eleven in the municipal elections, and nine in the PARLACEN election. Opinion polling for the 2024 Salvadoran general election, Opinion polling indicated significant leads for , the political party of President Nayib Bukele (who was seeking re-election in the 2024 Salvadoran presidential election, conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Salvadoran Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 18 February 2021. Salvadorans elected all 84 deputies of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, Legislative Assembly, all 262 mayors of municipal councils of the country's Municipalities of El Salvador, municipalities, and all 20 of El Salvador's deputies to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN). Ten List of political parties in El Salvador, political parties were allowed by the Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador), Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) to participate in the election. Opinion polling prior to the election indicated significant leads for Nuevas Ideas in the legislative and municipal elections. The election resulted in a landslide victory for Nuevas Ideas, which won a majority of the legislative seats, mayors and municipal councils and PARLACEN deputies. When the List of members of the XIII Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, 13th session of the Legislative Assembly began on 1 May 2021, Nuevas Ideas formed a supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America after Guatemala and Honduras. Nicaragua is bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean and shares maritime borders with El Salvador to the west and Colombia to the east. The country's largest city and national capital is Managua, the List of largest cities in Central America#Largest cities proper, fourth-largest city in Central America, with a population of 1,055,247 as of 2020. Nicaragua is known as "the breadbasket of Central America" due to having the most fertile soil and arable land in all of Central America. Nicaragua's multiethnic population includes people of mestizo, indigenous, European, and African heritage. The country's most spoken language is Spanish language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Prensa Gráfica
''La Prensa Gráfica'', commonly known as ''La Prensa'', is a daily newspaper published in El Salvador by Grupo Dutriz. ''La Prensa'' is a mainstream metropolitan newspaper, and became one of the first newspapers to print in color in Central America. History Brothers Antonio Dutriz and José Dutriz formed a commercial partnership known as Dutríz Hermanos on October 14, 1903. ''La Prensa'' was then founded by José and Antonio Dutriz, and its first issue was printed and distributed on May 10, 1915. The first issue had four standard size pages. The newspaper expanded and bought new equipment in 1916. Antonio and José Dutriz were the first directors of the newspaper. Antonio retired in 1928 due to illness and José Dutriz remained as sole owner. José Dutriz retired in 1934 and the newspaper was then directed by Manuel Andino. José Quetglas became director of the newspaper on November 5, 1939, and merged the newspapers ''La Prensa'' and ''El Gráfico'' on August 9, 1939, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Diario De Hoy
''Diario de Hoy'' is a morning newspaper in El Salvador. It is published in San Salvador and circulates throughout the country. It also has an open online edition. The director of ''El Diario de Hoy'' is Enrique Altamirano Madriz, its executive director is Fabricio Altamirano and the editor is Eduardo Torres. Overview ''El Diario de Hoy'' first appeared on May 2, 1936, and was founded by Napoleon Viera Altamirano and his wife, Mercedes Madriz de Altamirano. Since its founding, the newspaper has been owned by this family. ''El Diario de Hoy'' is part of the Latin American Newspaper Association (PAL, in Spanish), which gathers the major publishing newspapers and magazines in Latin America for lower-class Americans. Grupo Editorial Altamirano, the publisher of El Diario de Hoy, introduced in 2011 the e-commerce marketplace pagapoco.com, where subscribers can find discounted services and merchandise that can be bought as coupons. References External links * 1936 establishme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vamos (El Salvador)
Vamos () is a El Salvador, Salvadoran political party that was registered in November 2017. The party was described by inaugural leader Josué Alvarado as being a "project of ideas, principles and values" that accepts individuals from the political Left-wing politics, left and Right-wing politics, right. History Vamos was registered to the Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador), Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) on 4 November 2017 obtaining 57,382 required signatures, and was legalised on 11 November 2017. Despite registering in 2017, the party was not permitted to participate in the 2018 elections as it missed the deadline for internal party elections. Vamos participated for the first time in the 2019 Salvadoran presidential election, 2019 presidential election, with the party's membership electing Josué Alvarado as their President of El Salvador, presidential candidate and Roberto Rivera Ocampo for the Vice President of El Salvador, vice-presidential candidate. They received 0. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalist Republican Alliance
The Nationalist Republican Alliance (, abbreviated ARENA) is a conservative, center-right to right-wing political party of El Salvador. It was founded on 30 September 1981 by retired Salvadoran Army Major Roberto D'Aubuisson. It defines itself as a political institution constituted to defend the democratic, republican, and representative system of government, the social market economy system and nationalism. ARENA controlled the National Assembly of El Salvador until 1985, and its party leader Alfredo Cristiani was elected to the presidency in 1989. ARENA controlled the presidency from 1989 until 2009. The party gained a plurality in the Legislative Assembly in 2012. History The Nationalist Republican Alliance was founded on 30 September 1981 during the Salvadoran Civil War. Its founding leader was Roberto D'Aubuisson, a former major in the Salvadoran Army who was most well-known for commanding various death squads and ordering the assassination of Archbishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Coalition Party (El Salvador)
The National Coalition Party (, PCN) is a nationalist political party in El Salvador. Until 2011 it was known as the National Conciliation Party (, PCN). It was the most powerful political party in the country during the 1960s and 1970s, and was closely associated with the Salvadoran military. Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo, a candidate of the National Conciliation Party, was elected president in 1962, and the next three presidents were also from the party. After the 1979 coup the party declined in influence but continued to exist. History After 2000 Today, it is considered relatively minor as compared with the three major organizations, ARENA, FMLN and Nuevas Ideas. At the legislative elections, held on 16 March 2003, the party won 13.0% of the popular vote and 16 out of 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Its candidate in the presidential election of 21 March 2004, José Rafael Machuca Zelaya, won 2.7%. In the 12 March 2006 legislative election, the party won 11.0% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)
The Christian Democratic Party (, abbreviated PDC) is a Salvadoran political party. From 2011 to 2012, the party was renamed to Party of Hope (, abbreviated PES) before reverting to the Christian Democratic Party. The PDC has been led by Reinaldo Carballo since 2023. The PDC was founded in November 1960 in opposition of the Salvadoran military government, but in 1961, some members of the PDC left the party to form the National Conciliation Party (PCN) which would become the military's ruling party. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the PDC participated in various presidential and legislative elections which were marked by electoral fraud in the PCN's favor. In January 1980, following a coup d'état the year prior which overthrew the PCN's government, the PDC became involved in the ruling Revolutionary Government Junta. In December 1980, José Napoleón Duarte, a founding member of the PDC and former 1972 presidential candidate, was appointed as the president of the JRG. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering, ( , originally ) defined in the contexts of Representative democracy, representative electoral systems, is the political manipulation of Boundary delimitation, electoral district boundaries to advantage a Political party, party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency. The manipulation may involve "cracking" (diluting the voting power of the opposing party's supporters across many districts) or "packing" (concentrating the opposing party's voting power in one district to reduce their voting power in other districts). Gerrymandering can also be used to protect incumbents. Wayne Dawkins, a professor at Morgan State University, describes it as politicians picking their voters instead of voters picking their politicians. The term ''gerrymandering'' is a portmanteau of a salamander and Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States at the time of his death, who, as governor of Massachusetts in 1812, signed a bill that created a partisan distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Salvadoran Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 4 February 2024. Voters elected the country's President of El Salvador, president and Vice President of El Salvador, vice president to serve a five-year term. El Salvador uses a two-round system, and if no candidate reached an absolute majority, a second round would have occurred on 3 March 2024. The presidential election occurred concurrently with 2024 Salvadoran legislative election, legislative elections. Thirteen List of political parties in El Salvador, political parties were registered with the Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador), Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) making them eligible to participate in the election. Of those, only 7 parties ran candidates, of which, 6 were on the ballot. Incumbent president Nayib Bukele ran for re-election with Nuevas Ideas. His candidacy was controversial as the Constitution of El Salvador, country's constitution prohibited immediate re-election, but in September 2021, the Supreme Court of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayib Bukele
Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez (; born 24 July 1981) is a Salvadoran politician and businessman who has served as the 81st president of El Salvador since 2019. In 1999, Bukele established an advertising company and worked at an advertising company owned by his father, Armando Bukele Kattán. Both companies advertised election campaigns for the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) political party. Bukele entered politics in 2011. In 2012, he joined the FMLN and was elected mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlán. Bukele served until his 2015 election as Mayor of San Salvador, where he served until 2018. In 2017, Bukele was ousted from the FMLN. He founded the Nuevas Ideas political party shortly afterward and pursued a presidential 2019 Salvadoran presidential election, campaign in 2019. After the Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador), Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) refused to register his party, Bukele ran for president with the Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA) and won wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opinion Polling For The 2024 Salvadoran General Election
The following tables list the results of opinion polls for the presidential, legislative, and municipal elections conducted since October 2022 in reverse chronological order for the 2024 Salvadoran 2024 Salvadoran presidential election, presidential and 2024 Salvadoran legislative election, legislative elections. The party with the highest percentage is listed in bold and displayed with its background shaded, and the party with the second highest percentage is listed in bold. The lead column shows the percentage between the parties with the first and second highest percentages. For legislative and municipal election polls, projected seat counts, if available, are listed below the percentage. Presidential election Graphical summary After 20 July 2023 Before 20 July 2023 Legislative election Municipal election Polling on Bukele's re-election According to polling conducted CIESCA and TResearch shortly after Bukele's announcement of re-election campa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
