Legislative Assembly of El Salvador

Legislative Assembly of the Republic of El Salvador Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador
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Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1824
Leadership
President	Ernesto Castro (Nuevas Ideas) Since 1 May 2021
Structure
Seats	84 Deputies
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Political groups	Government: (64)      Nuevas Ideas (56)      GANA (5)      PCN (2)      PDC (1) Opposition: (20)      ARENA (13)      FMLN (4)      Nuestro Tiempo (1)      Vamos (1)      Independent (Formerly in ARENA) (1)
Elections
Last election	28 February 2021
Next election	2024
Meeting place
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San Salvador
Website
www.asamblea.gob.sv

The Legislative Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa) is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador.

Structure

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Blue Room of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.

The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of whom are elected by direct popular vote according to open-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16 deputies each. The remaining 20 deputies are selected on the basis of a single national constituency.

To be eligible for election to the Assembly, candidates must be (Art. 126, Constitution):

• Older than 25.
• Salvadoran citizens by birth, born of either a Salvadoran father or a Salvadoran mother.
• Of recognised honesty and education.
• Not have had the enjoyment of their rights as citizens cancelled in the previous five years.

Current Standing by Party

See also: List of members of the XIII Legislative Assembly of El Salvador

Party / Group	Deputies
Nuevas Ideas (NUEVAS IDEAS)	56
Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)	13
Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA)	5
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)	4
National Concertation Party (PCN)	2
Nuestro Tiempo	1
Vamos	1
Christian Democratic Party (PDC)	1
Independent (Formerly in ARENA) (IND)	1
Source: Salvadoran Legislative Assembly

XIII legislative composition

Board committee 2021-2024

Charge	Name	Party
President	Ernesto Castro	Nuevas Ideas
First Vice President	Suecy Callejas	Nuevas Ideas
Second Vice President	Rodrigo Ayala	Nuevas Ideas
Third Vice President	Guillermo Gallegos	GANA
First Secretary	Elisa Rosales	Nuevas Ideas
Second Secretary	Numan Salgado	GANA
Third Secretary	Serafín Orantes (2021-2022) Reynaldo Cardoza (2022-2024)	PCN
Fourth Secretary	Reinaldo Carballo	PDC

Election results

Main article: 2021 Salvadoran legislative election

Other parliamentary bodies

El Salvador also returns 20 deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament, also elected according to closed-list proportional representation from a single national constituency.

See also

• Politics of El Salvador
• List of legislatures by country
• List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador

External links

• Official website