List of political parties in El Salvador

This article lists political parties in El Salvador.

Political culture

El Salvador has a multi-party system. Two political parties, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) have tended to dominate elections. ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of Mauricio Funes of the FMLN in March 2009.

Geographically, the departments of the Central region, especially the capital and the coastal regions, known as departamentos rojos, or red departments, are relatively Leftist. The departamentos azules, or blue departments in the east, western and highland regions are relatively conservative.

Political parties

• Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano, PDC)
• Christian Force (Fuerza Cristiana)
• Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático, CD)
• Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA)
• National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, PAN)
• National Liberal Party (Partido Nacional Liberal, PNL)
• Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista, ARENA)
• Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN)- ruling party
• Party of National Conciliation (Partido de Conciliación Nacional, PCN)
• Popular Action (Acción Popular, AP)
• Republican People's Party (Partido Popular Republicano, PPR)
• Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata, PSD)
• United Democratic Centre (Centro Democrático Unido, CDU)
• Unity Movement (Unidad Movimiento, UNIDAD)
• Republican Party for National Unity (Partido Republicano de Union Nacional) PRUN (en formacion)
• Fraternidad Patriota Salvadoreña FPS

Defunct

• Renewal Movement (Movimiento Renovador)

See also

• Elections in El Salvador
• Politics of El Salvador