2003 Salvadoran legislative election

none January 2022 El Salvador 2000 2006 16 March 2003 All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly 43 Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front Salvador Sánchez Cerén 33.96 31 31 Nationalist Republican Alliance Archic Baldocchi Duenas 31.91 27 29 National Coalition Party (El Salvador) Ciro Cruz Zepeda 12.95 16 13 Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador) Rodolfo Parker 7.28 5 6 United Democratic Centre (El Salvador) 6.37 5 3 Elecciones legislativas de El Salvador de 2003 - Resultados por Departamento.svg Results by constituency Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 16 March 2003 to elect 84 deputies to the Legislative Assembly for a term of three years. The main opposition party, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), won the most seats in election at 31. Former guerrillas score election advance The Independent 15 2003-03-18 Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p286 978-0-19-928357-6 However the governing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) won enough seats to continue in government with the Party of National Conciliation (PCN). Background ARENA had controlled the government of El Salvador since winning the 1989 presidential election. The Americas: Guerrillas out of the mist; El Salvador's election The Economist 58 2003-03-22 The 2003 legislative election was the fifth election since the ending of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1992. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2099_03.htm El Salvador: parliamentary elections Asamblea legislativa, 2003 2009-05-31 Inter-Parliamentary Union Campaign In total 11 political parties contested the election but it was seen as being primarily between ARENA and the opposition FMLN. ARENA campaigned for a mandate to continue the economic reforms they had been pursuing but was hurt in the election by a recent six-month strike by doctors. Meanwhile, FMLN won support from those who did not feel they have benefited from the economic reforms introduced by ARENA and they attacked the government over crime and declining economic growth. There were five deaths during the campaign related to the election and for three days around the election a ban on the sales of alcohol was introduced to prevent any trouble. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2855109.stm Left claims El Salvador victory 2009-05-31 2003-03-17 BBC Online Election day itself saw problems with the electoral list, with reports of voters not being on the list, while some dead people were listed. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/world/world-briefing-americas-el-salvador-leftists-first-in-elections.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FL%2FLegislatures%20and%20Parliaments El Salvador: Leftists First In Elections 2009-05-31 2003-03-18 The New York Times David Gonzalez Turnout was low with only slightly less than 39% voting. Results The FMLN remained the largest party in the Legislative Assembly winning 31 seats the same as the previous election in 2000. ARENA lost two seats, but with their allies the Party of National Conciliation gaining 3 seats, they retained a majority. At the same time as the legislative election, the 262 municipalities held elections with the FMLN retaining the most important post, the mayoralty of San Salvador, when Carlos Rivas Zamora defeated Evelyn Jacir de Lovo of ARENA. File:AsambleaSV2003.svg Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front 475146 31 0 Nationalist Republican Alliance 446381 27 –2 National Conciliation Party 181168 16 +3 Christian Democratic Party 101855 5 –1 United Democratic Centre 89121 5 +2 Renewal Movement 26298 0 New Republican People's Party 22783 0 New Popular Action 15998 0 New Christian Force 15468 0 New National Action Party 14553 0 –2 Social Democratic Party 10206 0 New 52350 3537091 0 IFES References El Salvador Category:Legislative elections in El Salvador Legislative