List of political parties in El Salvador

This article lists political parties in El Salvador.

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El Salvador has a multi-party system. Two political parties, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), have tended to dominate elections. ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of Mauricio Funes of the FMLN in March 2009.

Geographically, the departments of the Central region, especially the capital and the coastal regions, known as departamentos rojos, or red departments, are relatively Leftist. The departamentos azules, or blue departments in the east, western and highland regions are relatively conservative.

Political parties

Major parties
Logo Name Abbr. Leader Ideology Legislative Assembly Mayors Central American Parliament Political position
Christian Democratic Party
Partido Demócrata Cristiano		 PDC Rodolfo Parker Christian democracy
3 / 84
2 / 262
1 / 20
 Center
Grand Alliance for National Unity
Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional		 GANA Andrés Rovira Social conservatism
Economic liberalism
Populism
10 / 84
26 / 262
2 / 20
 Center-right
Nationalist Republican Alliance
Alianza Republicana Nacionalista		 ARENA Érick Salguero Salvadoran nationalism
Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Anti-communism
37 / 84
140 / 262
8 / 20
 Right-wing
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional		 FMLN Óscar Ortiz Socialism
Syndicalism
23 / 84
64 / 262
8 / 20
 Left-wing
National Coalition Party
Partido de Concertación Nacional		 PCN Manuel Rodriguez Nationalism
National liberalism
9 / 84
25 / 262
1 / 20
 Center-right

Minor parties

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

See also
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