Country: | El Salvador |
Previous Election: | 2012 |
Next Election: | 2018 |
Election Date: | 1 March 2015 |
Seats For Election: | All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 43 |
Turnout: | 48.23% (3.7 pp) |
Party1: | Nationalist Republican Alliance |
Percentage1: | 38.90 |
Leader1: | Jorge Velado |
Seats1: | 32 |
Last Election1: | 33 |
Party2: | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front |
Percentage2: | 37.23 |
Leader2: | Medardo González |
Seats2: | 31 |
Last Election2: | 31 |
Party3: | Grand Alliance for National Unity |
Colour3: |
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Percentage3: | 9.22 |
Leader3: | José Andres Rovira |
Seats3: | 11 |
Last Election3: | 11 |
Party4: | PCN |
Percentage4: | 6.77 |
Leader4: | Manuel Rodríguez |
Seats4: | 4 |
Last Election4: | 7 |
Party6: | ARENA–PCN |
Percentage6: | 1.66 |
Leader6: | – |
Seats6: | 3 |
Party5: | Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador) |
Percentage5: | 2.48 |
Leader5: | Rodolfo Parker |
Seats5: | 1 |
Last Election5: | 1 |
Party7: | PCN–PDC |
Percentage7: | 0.28 |
Leader7: | – |
Seats7: | 1 |
Party8: | PCN–DS |
Percentage8: | 0.16 |
Leader8: | – |
Seats8: | 1 |
Map: | Elecciones legislativas de El Salvador de 2015 - Resultados por Departamento.svg |
President of the Legislative Assembly | |
Before Election: | Sigfrido Reyes |
Before Party: | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front |
After Election: | Lorena Peña |
After Party: | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front |
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 1 March 2015,[1] electing 84 members of the Legislative Assembly, 20 members of the Central American Parliament and 262 mayors.
The 84 members of the Legislative Assembly are elected by open list proportional representation from 14 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method.
Nayib Bukele was elected as the mayor of San Salvador, the country's capital and largest city.[2]