2004 Salvadoran presidential election

2004 Salvadoran presidential election

← 1999 21 March 2004 2009 →
Registered3,442,330
Turnout67.34% (Increase28.77pp)
 
Nominee Antonio Saca Schafik Hándal
Party ARENA FMLN
Running mate Ana Vilma de Escobar Guillermo Francisco Mata Bennett
Popular vote 1,314,436 812,519
Percentage 57.71% 35.68%

Results by department

President before election

Francisco Flores Pérez
ARENA

Elected President

Antonio Saca
ARENA

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 21 March 2004. Antonio Saca of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party won the election with 57% of the vote, avoiding the need for a run-off on 2 May.