2009 Salvadoran presidential election

2009 Salvadoran presidential election

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Registered	4,226,479
Turnout	62.92% (4.42pp)
Nominee Mauricio Funes Rodrigo Ávila Party FMLN ARENA Running mate Salvador Sánchez Cerén Arturo Zablah Popular vote 1,354,000 1,284,588 Percentage 51.32% 48.68%
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President before election Antonio Saca ARENA Elected President Mauricio Funes FMLN

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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 15 March 2009. The main candidates were Rodrigo Ávila (ARENA) and Mauricio Funes (FMLN). Funes won the election with 51.3% of the vote and became the first leftist president of El Salvador.^[1]