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), had traditionally dominated politics.^[1] ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of Mauricio Funes of the FMLN in March 2009.^[2]

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.^[3]

Political parties

Major parties

Logo		Name	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Legislative Assembly	Mayors	Central American Parliament	Political position
		Christian Democratic Party Partido Demócrata Cristiano	PDC	Reinaldo Carballo	Christian democracy	1 / 60	4 / 44	1 / 20	Center[citation needed]
		Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional	FMLN	Óscar Ortiz	Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism	0 / 60	0 / 44	2 / 20	Left-wing
		Grand Alliance for National Unity Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional	GANA	Nelson Guardado	Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Right-wing populism	0 / 60	6 / 44	2 / 20	Center-right
		Let's Go Vamos	V	Cesia Rivas	Christian democracy Liberalism Centrism	1 / 60	0 / 44	0 / 20	Center
		Nationalist Republican Alliance Alianza Republicana Nacionalista	ARENA	Carlos García Saade	Salvadoran nationalism Conservatism Economic liberalism Anti-communism	2 / 60	1 / 44	2 / 20	Center-right to right-wing
		New Ideas Nuevas Ideas	NI	Xavier Zablah Bukele	Populism Bukelism	54 / 60	26 / 44	13 / 20	Big tent
		National Coalition Party Partido de Concertación Nacional	PCN	Manuel Rodríguez	Nationalism	2 / 60	3 / 44	0 / 20

Minor parties

• Christian Force (Fuerza Cristiana, FC)
• Citizen Power (Poder Ciudadano, PC)
• Communist Party of El Salvador (Partido Comunista de El Salvador, PCES)
• Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático, CD)
• National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, PAN)
• National Liberal Party (Partido Nacional Liberal, PNL)
• Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo, NT)
• Popular Action (Acción Popular, AP)
• Republican Party for National Unity (Partido Republicano de Union Nacional, PRUN)
• Republican People's Party (Partido Popular Republicano, PPR)
• Salvadoran Democracy (Democracia Salvadoreña, DS)
• Salvadoran Independent Party (Partido Independiente Salvadoreño, PAIS)
• Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity (Fraternidad Patriota Salvadoreña FPS)
• Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata, PSD)
• Solidary Force (Fuerza Solidaria, FS)
• United Democratic Centre (Centro Democrático Unido, CDU)
• Unity Movement (Unidad Movimiento, UNIDAD)

Defunct

• Authentic Constitutional Party (Partido Constitucional Auténtico, PCA)
• Authentic Democratic Christian Movement (Movimiento Cristiano Democrático Auténtico, MCDA)
• Constitutional Party (Partido Constitucional, PC)
• Democratic Action (Acción Democrático, AD)
• Democratic Convergence (Convergencia Democrática, CD)
• Democratic Republican League (Lega Republicana Democrática, LRD)
• Democratic Union Party (Partido de Unión Democrático, PUD)
• Movement of National Solidarity (Movimiento de Solidaridad Nacional, MSN)
• Movement of Unity (Movimiento de Unidad, MU)
• National Democratic Party (Partido Democrático Nacional, PDN)
• National Development Party, (Partido de Desarrollo Nacional, PDN)
• National Opposing Union (Unión Nacional Opuesto, UNO)
• National Pro Patria Party (Partido Nacional Pro Patria, PNPP)
• National Republican Party (Partido Republicano Nacional, PRN)
• Party of the United People and the New Deal (Partido de Pueblo Unido y el Nuevo Acuerdo, PPUNA)
• Popular Orientation Party (Partido de Orientación Popular, POP)
• Progressive Fraternal Party (Partido Fraternal Progresista, PFP)
• Renewal Movement (Movimiento Renovador, MR)
• Renovated Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovado, PAR)
• Renovating Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovando, PAR)
• Republican Social Front (Frente Social Republicana, FSR)
• Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática, PRUD)
• Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party (Partido Institucional Auténtico Salvadoreño, PIAS)
• Salvadoran Laborist Party (Partido Laborista Salvadoreña, PLS)
• Salvadoran People's Party (Partido del Pueblo Salvadoreño, PPS)
• Social Christian Union (Union Social Cristiana, UCS)
• Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata, PSD)
• Social Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrático Social, PUDS)
• Stable Republican Centrist Movement (Movimiento Centrista Republicana Estable, MCRE)
• United Independent Democratic Front (Frente Democrática Independiente Unida, FDIR)
• Zaratista Party (Partido Zaratista, PZ)

See also

• Elections in El Salvador
• Politics of El Salvador

References

1. "BTI 2022 El Salvador Country Report". BTI 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
2. "Leftist leader sworn in as president, reopens ties with Cuba". France 24. 2 June 2009.
3. "El Salvador: Bukele has become the country's most powerful leader in three decades after his party won a supermajority". Credendo.