2003 Salvadoran legislative election

2003 Salvadoran legislative election
El Salvador
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All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly
43 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
FMLN Salvador Sánchez Cerén 33.96 31 0
ARENA Archic Baldocchi Duenas 31.91 27 −2
PCN Ciro Cruz Zepeda 12.95 16 +3
PDC Rodolfo Parker 7.28 5 −1
CDU 6.37 5 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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.[1][2] However the governing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) won enough seats to continue in government with the Party of National Conciliation (PCN).[1]

  1. ^ a b "Former guerrillas score election advance". The Independent. 18 March 2003. p. 15.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p286 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6