# 2018 Salvadoran legislative election

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 4 March 2018 to choose 84 members of the Legislative Assembly and 262 mayors. The elections were carried out by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

## Electoral system

The 84 members of the Legislative Assembly are elected by open list proportional representation from 14 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method.

## Legislative election

| | Nationalist Republican Alliance | 886,365 | 41.72 | 35 | +3 |
| | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | 521,257 | 24.54 | 18 | –13 |
| | Grand Alliance for National Unity | 243,268 | 11.45 | 10 | –1 |
| | National Coalition Party | 230,862 | 10.87 | 9 | +3 |
| | Christian Democratic Party | 65,994 | 3.11 | 2 | +1 |
| | ARENA–PCN | 35,826 | 1.69 | 2 | –1 |
| | FMLN–CD | 24,405 | 1.15 | 3 | New |
| | PDC–PCN | 23,455 | 1.10 | 1 | 0 |
| | Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity | 20,026 | 0.94 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Change | 19,869 | 0.94 | 1 | +1 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 15,610 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 |
| | FMLN–CD–PSD | 12,437 | 0.59 | 1 | New |
| | FMLN–PSD | 10,609 | 0.50 | 1 | New |
| | Independents | 14,546 | 0.68 | 1 | +1 |
| Total | Total | 2,124,529 | 100.00 | 84 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,124,529 | 89.59 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 246,796 | 10.41 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,371,325 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 5,186,042 | 45.73 | | |
| Source: TSE ||||||

### By department

| Department | ARENA | ARENA | FMLN | FMLN | GANA | GANA | PCN | PCN | PDC | PDC | FPS | FPS | CD | CD | PSD | PSD | Ind | Ind |
| Department | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S |
| Ahuachapán | 36.41 | 2 | 25.24 | 1 | 7.07 | 0 | 27.46 | 1 | 1.71 | 0 | 2.08 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cabañas | 39.45 | 2 | 16.61 | 0 | 20.01 | 1 | 23.39 | 1 | - | - | 0.53 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chalatenango | 29.96 | 1 | 25.91 | 1 | 12.29 | 0 | 30.19 | 1 | 0.77 | 0 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.52 | 0 | 0.15 | 0 | - | - |
| Cuscatlán | 37.89 | 1 | 27.57 | 1 | 2.93 | 0 | 30.38 | 1 | - | - | 0.81 | 0 | - | - | 0.66 | 0 | - | - |
| La Libertad | 53.71 | 5 | 25.57 | 3 | 10.09 | 1 | 6.20 | 1 | 2.35 | - | 0.98 | 0 | - | - | 1.05 | 0 | - | - |
| La Paz | 44.15 | 2 | 26.87 | 1 | 18.23 | 1 | 7.56 | 0 | 1.66 | 0 | 0.43 | 0 | - | - | 1.06 | 0 | - | - |
| La Unión | 47.35 | 2 | 26.09 | 1 | 12.11 | 0 | 7.58 | 0 | 6.26 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.58 | 0 | - | - |
| Morazán | 26.61 | 1 | 31.60 | 1 | 18.25 | 0 | 23.52 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| San Miguel | 32.33 | 2 | 29.02 | 2 | 17.90 | 1 | 1.15 | 0 | 18.04 | 1 | 0.56 | 0 | 0.72 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | - | - |
| San Salvador | 50.26 | 12 | 26.09 | 6 | 6.29 | 2 | 5.43 | 1 | 3.88 | 1 | 1.17 | 0 | 2.59 | 1 | 1.41 | 0 | 2.82 | 1 |
| Santa Ana | 38.08 | 3 | 19.10 | 1 | 13.57 | 1 | 16.46 | 1 | 9.99 | 1 | 1.98 | 0 | 0.79 | 0 | 0.18 | 0 | - | - |
| San Vicente | 48.62 | 1 | 29.54 | 1 | 17.95 | 0 | 36.56 | 1 | - | - | 0.61 | 0 | - | - | 0.52 | 0 | - | - |
| Sonsonate | 42.25 | 2 | 25.90 | 2 | 11.83 | 1 | 12.82 | 1 | 3.88 | 0 | 0.46 | 0 | 2.06 | 0 | 0.76 | 0 | - | - |
| Usulután | 39.41 | 2 | 38.44 | 2 | 15.28 | 1 | 5.14 | 0 | - | - | 1.15 | 0 | - | - | 0.56 | 0 | - | - |
| Total | 41.72 | 38 | 24.54 | 23 | 11.45 | 10 | 10.87 | 9 | 3.11 | 3 | 0.94 | 0 | 0.94 | 1 | 0.73 | 0 | 0.68 | 1 |
| Source: TSE |||||||||||||||||||

## Municipal

| | Nationalist Republican Alliance | 962,807 | 41.80 | 140 | +11 |
| | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | 672,183 | 29.18 | 64 | –21 |
| | Grand Alliance for National Unity | 289,820 | 12.58 | 26 | +8 |
| | National Coalition Party | 241,850 | 10.50 | 25 | +5 |
| | Christian Democratic Party | 95,068 | 4.13 | 5 | –2 |
| | Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity | 12,565 | 0.55 | 1 | +1 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 12,556 | 0.55 | 1 | 0 |
| | Democratic Change | 11,539 | 0.50 | 0 | –1 |
| | Salvadoran Progressive Party | 3,607 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
| | Salvadoran Democracy | 1,227 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 2,303,222 | 100.00 | 262 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,303,222 | 95.22 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 115,495 | 4.78 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,418,717 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 5,186,042 | 46.64 | | |

### Departmental capitals

New control :
| Ahuachapán | National Coalition Party (PCN) | National Coalition Party (PCN) |
| Sensuntepeque | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) |
| Chalatenango | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) |
| Cojutepeque | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) | National Coalition Party (PCN) |
| Santa Tecla | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) |
| Zacatecoluca | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) |
| La Unión | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) |
| San Francisco Gotera | Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA) | Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA) |
| San Miguel | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) |
| San Salvador | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) |
| Santa Ana | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) |
| San Vicente | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) |
| Sonsonate | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) |
| Usulután | National Coalition Party (PCN) | Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) |