2014 Salvadoran presidential election

2014 Salvadoran presidential election
← 2009 2 February 2014 (first round)
9 March 2014 (second round)		 2019 →
Registered4,955,107
Turnout55.32% (first round) Decrease 7.60pp
60.89% (second round) Increase 2.43pp
 
Nominee Salvador Sánchez Cerén Norman Quijano
Party FMLN ARENA
Running mate Óscar Ortiz René Portillo Cuadra
Popular vote 1,495,815 1,489,451
Percentage 50.11% 49.89%
President before election

Mauricio Funes
FMLN

Elected President

Salvador Sánchez Cerén
FMLN

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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 2 February 2014,[1] with a second round held on 9 March since no candidate won an outright majority.[2] The primary candidates were Vice-President Salvador Sánchez Cerén of the FMLN, San Salvador Mayor Norman Quijano of ARENA, and Former President Antonio "Tony" Saca.[3] Saca represented GANA, the National Conciliation Party, and the Christian Democratic Party in the UNIDAD coalition. Incumbent President Mauricio Funes was ineligible to run for a consecutive second term.[4] Sánchez Cerén and Quijano emerged as the contestants in the runoff held on 9 March in which Sánchez Cerén was declared the victor.[5]

  1. ^ "CALENDARIO ELECTORAL 2014" (PDF). Spanish: Tribunal Supremo Electoral de El Salvador. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. ^ Thale, Geoff (29 January 2014). "Background Info. on the Upcoming Elections in El Salvador". Washington Office on Latin America.
  3. ^ Allison, Mike (3 February 2013). "Predicting the results of El Salvador's next election". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  4. ^ "IFES Election Guide - Elections: El Salvador President 2014". www.electionguide.org.
  5. ^ "Former guerrilla commander wins El Salvador presidential election". Washington Post. 14 March 2014.