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2000 Salvadoran legislative election

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2000 Salvadoran legislative election
El Salvador
← 1997 12 March 2000 2003 →

All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly
43 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
ARENA Alfredo Cristiani 36.04 29 +1
FMLN Fabio Castillo Figueroa 35.22 31 +4
PCN Ciro Cruz Zepeda 8.82 13 +2
PDC René Aguiluz 7.19 6 −4
CDU Rubén Zamora 5.38 3 New
PAN Horacio Rios 3.71 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 2000.[1] Although the Nationalist Republican Alliance received the most votes, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front won the most seats. Voter turnout was 42%.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nationalist Republican Alliance436,16936.0429+1
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front426,28935.2231+4
National Conciliation Party106,8028.8213+2
Christian Democratic Party87,0747.196–4
United Democratic Centre65,0705.383New
National Action Party44,9013.712New
Social Christian Union23,3291.930New
Liberal Democratic Party15,6391.290–2
Popular Labor Party4,9960.410New
Total1,210,269100.00840
Valid votes1,210,26996.33
Invalid/blank votes46,0733.67
Total votes1,256,342100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,007,23341.78
Source: Nohlen

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

Bibliography

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  • Political Handbook of the world, 1997. New York, 1998.