REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 16 MARCH 2003 ================================================================== Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal website, newspaper websites Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------ * AP - Acción Popular (Popular Action) * ARENA - Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (Nationalist Republican Alliance) * CDU - Centro Democratico Unido (United Democratic Centre) * FC - Fuerza Cristiana (Christian Force) * FMLN - Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion (Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation) * PAN - Partido Accion Nacional (National Action Party) * PCN - Partido de Conciliation National (Party of National Conciliation) * PDC - Partido Democrata Cristiano (Christian Democratic Party) * PMR - Partido Movimiento Renovador (Party of the Movement for Renovation) * PPR - Partido Popular Republicano (Popular Republican Party) * PSD - Partido Social Demócrata (Social Democratic Party) The Legislative Assembly consists of 64 members elected on a proportional basis from the Departments, and 20 elected on a proportional nationwide basis. I have not yet located the names of the deputies elected on the nationwide list. These are latest voting figures posted by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. I do not know if they are final figures. NATIONAL SUMMARY ================================================================== Seats Seats Seats Party Votes % Dept National Total ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 11,673 01.2 - - - ARENA 321,685 32.0 (-04.0) 21 6 27 (-02) CDU 63,530 06.3 (+00.9) 3 2 5 ( 00) FMLN 339,727 33.8 (-01.4) 24 7 31 ( 00) FC 11,054 01.1 - - - PAN 10,441 01.0 (-02.7) - - - (-02) PCN 131,762 13.1 (+04.3) 13 3 16 (+03) PDC 73,271 07.3 (+00.1) 3 2 5 (-01) PMR 19,079 01.9 - - - PPR 15,714 01.6 - - - PSD 7,349 00.7 - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 1,005,285 64 20 84 ------------------------------------------------------------------ The number of seats won by each party in the Departments is based on the tables below, obtained from the website of the newspaper El Diario de Hoy. The overall number of seats won is based on figures at the website of La Prensa. The number of seats won on the national lists is obtained by subtracting the former from the latter. VOTING BY DEPARTMENT ================================================================== AHUACHAPAN ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 118 00.2 - ARENA 19,713 36.4 1 CDU 1,599 03.0 - FMLN 14,328 26.5 1 FC 128 00.2 - PAN 449 00.8 - PCN 10,525 19.5 1 PDC 3,859 07.1 - PMR 1,418 02.6 - PPR 1,431 02.6 - PSD 522 01.0 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 54,090 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Carlos Walter Guzman (PCN) Humberto Centeno Najarro (FMLN) Jose Antonio Salaverria (ARENA) ------------------------------------------------------------------ CABANAS ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 355 01.2 - ARENA 11,181 39.2 1 CDU 514 01.8 - FMLN 8,643 30.3 1 FC 66 00.2 - PAN 104 00.4 - PCN 5,341 18.7 1 PDC 1,083 03.8 - PMR 868 03.0 - PPR 155 00.5 - PSD 181 00.6 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 28,491 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Wilbur Serrano Calles (FMLN) Gabino Hernandez (ARENA) Dolores Rivas (PCN) ------------------------------------------------------------------ CHALATENANGO ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 249 00.5 - ARENA 16,658 35.4 1 CDU 604 01.3 - FMLN 14,886 31.7 1 FC 169 00.4 - PAN 235 00.5 - PCN 8,817 18.8 1 PDC 4,018 08.5 - PMR 1,207 02.6 - PPR 70 00.1 - PSD 74 00.2 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 46,987 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Douglas Alejandro Alas (ARENA) Noe Orlando Gonzalez (PCN) Marco Tulio Mejia (FMLN) ------------------------------------------------------------------ CUSCATLAN ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 602 01.4 - ARENA 13,091 30.2 1 CDU 1,302 03.0 - FMLN 15,049 34.7 1 FC 198 00.5 - PAN 363 00.8 - PCN 8,384 19.3 1 PDC 1,926 04.4 - PMR 1,488 03.4 - PPR 373 00.9 - PSD 572 01.3 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 43,348 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jose Manuel Melgar (FMLN) William Rizzieri Pichinte (ARENA) Mario Antonio Ponce (PCN) ------------------------------------------------------------------ LA LIBERTAD ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 2,492 02.3 - ARENA 42,362 39.0 3 CDU 6,173 05.7 - FMLN 34,254 31.5 2 FC 1,155 01.1 - PAN 1,453 01.3 - PCN 9,466 08.7 1 PDC 4,775 04.4 - PMR 4,750 04.4 - PPR 841 00.8 - PSD 906 00.8 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 108,627 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Irma Segunda Amaya Echeverria (FMLN) Jose Orlando Arevalo (PCN) Roberto D'Aubuisson (ARENA) Osmin Lopez Escalante (ARENA) Calixto Mejia Hernandez (FMLN) Jose Mauricio Quinteros (ARENA) ------------------------------------------------------------------ LA PAZ ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 231 00.4 - ARENA 18,515 29.1 1 CDU 1,154 01.8 - FMLN 17,954 28.2 1 FC 275 00.4 - PAN 397 00.6 - PCN 14,422 22.7 1 PDC 8,426 13.2 - PMR 369 00.6 - PPR 1,708 02.7 - PSD 201 00.3 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 63,652 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Efren Arnoldo Bernal (FMLN) Jesus Grande (ARENA) Ruben Orellana (PCN) ------------------------------------------------------------------ LA UNION ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 42 00.1 - ARENA 10,923 32.9 1 CDU 344 01.0 - FMLN 5,986 18.0 1 FC 62 00.2 - PAN 261 00.8 - PCN 9,239 27.9 1 PDC 4,942 14.9 - PMR 395 01.2 - PPR 943 02.8 - PSD 28 00.1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 33,165 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jose Cruz (FMLN) Elizardo Gonzalez Lovo (PCN) Manuel De Jesus Gutierrez (ARENA) ------------------------------------------------------------------ MORAZAN ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 75 00.2 - ARENA 9,691 25.3 1 CDU 661 01.7 - FMLN 10,065 26.3 1 FC 245 00.6 - PAN 138 00.4 - PCN 8,480 22.2 1 PDC 6,567 17.2 - PMR 312 00.8 - PPR 1,642 04.3 - PSD 383 01.0 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 38,259 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Isidro Caballero (PCN) Jorge Escobar (FMLN) Francisco Prudencio (ARENA) ------------------------------------------------------------------ SAN MIGUEL ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 351 00.5 - ARENA 19,399 28.0 1 CDU 3,191 04.6 - FMLN 22,604 32.6 2 FC 1,685 02.4 - PAN 1,172 01.7 - PCN 12,167 17.5 1 PDC 7,509 10.8 1 PMR 648 00.9 - PPR 313 00.4 - PSD 311 00.4 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 69,350 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Noel Abilio Bonilla (ARENA) Ricardo Bladimir Gonzalez (FMLN) Mauricio Hernandez Perez (PDC) Gaspar Portillo Benitez (FMLN) Juan De Jesus Sorto Espinoza (PCN) ------------------------------------------------------------------ SAN SALVADOR ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 3,852 01.4 - ARENA 85,496 31.9 5 CDU 33,582 12.5 2 FMLN 108,863 40.6 7 FC 5,415 02.0 - PAN 1,273 00.5 - PCN 9,424 03.5 1 PDC 10,630 04.0 1 PMR 3,763 01.4 - PPR 3,652 01.4 - PSD 2,308 00.9 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 268,258 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Roger Blandino Nerio (FMLN) Hector Cordova Arteaga (FMLN) Marta Coto Videla De Cuellar (FMLN) Agustin Diaz Saravia (PDC) Guillermo Gallegos (ARENA) Julio Gamero (ARENA) Schafik Jorge Handal (FMLN) Dagoberto Marroquin (PCN) Hugo Martinez Bonilla (FMLN) Elvia Menjivar Escalante (FMLN) Zoila Quijada Solis (FMLN) Norman Quijano (ARENA) Hector Ricardo Silva Arguello (CDU) Gerardo Suvillaga (ARENA) Enrique Valdes (ARENA) Jorge Alberto Villacorta (CDU) ------------------------------------------------------------------ SAN VICENTE ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 395 01.1 - ARENA 9,665 28.2 1 CDU 554 01.6 - FMLN 12,724 37.2 1 FC 97 00.3 - PAN 114 00.3 - PCN 6,867 20.1 1 PDC 1,281 03.7 - PMR 1,472 04.3 - PPR 909 02.7 - PSD 139 00.4 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 34,217 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Luis Angulo (PCN) Nicolas Garcia (FMLN) Donato Vaquerano (ARENA) ------------------------------------------------------------------ SANTA ANA ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 570 00.7 - ARENA 24,346 31.0 2 CDU 2,341 03.0 - FMLN 29,540 37.7 2 FC 472 00.6 - PAN 2,183 02.8 - PCN 7,308 09.3 - PDC 7,809 10.0 1 PMR 847 01.1 - PPR 2,327 03.0 - PSD 666 00.8 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 78,409 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Rene Aguiluz Carranza (PDC) Juan Miguel Bolaños (ARENA) Luis Corvera Rivas (FMLN) Nelson Napoleon Garcia (FMLN) Mario Marroquin (ARENA) ------------------------------------------------------------------ SONSONATE ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 1,095 01.4 - ARENA 21,827 28.5 1 CDU 10,368 13.5 1 FMLN 20,847 27.2 1 FC 852 01.1 - PAN 1,277 01.7 - PCN 11,990 15.6 1 PDC 5,894 07.7 - PMR 861 01.1 - PPR 799 01.0 - PSD 894 01.2 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 76,704 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jose Almendariz (PCN) Carlos Castañeda (FMLN) Cesar Garcia (ARENA) Teodoro Pineda (CDU) ------------------------------------------------------------------ USULUTAN ================================================================== Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ AP 1,172 02.0 - ARENA 17,672 30.4 1 CDU 592 01.0 - FMLN 22,598 38.9 2 FC 162 00.3 - PAN 1,008 01.7 - PCN 9,209 15.8 1 PDC 4,419 07.6 - PMR 638 01.1 - PPR 498 00.9 - PSD 149 00.3 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 92,334 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deputies elected ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ernesto Castellanos (ARENA) Roberto Castillo (FMLN) Jose Machuca (PCN) Miguel Navarrete (FMLN) ------------------------------------------------------------------