The Legislative Assembly () is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador.
History
The organization was founded in 1824 as the Central American Congress (). The 1824 constitution first established a bicameral legislature, including Senate. The 1880 constitution retained a bicameral legislature. The 1886 constitution introduced a unicameral legislature.
Structure
The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. Until 2024, it was 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 were 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 were selected on the basis of a single national constituency.
To be eligible for election to the assembly, candidates must be (Art. 126, Constitution): over 25; Salvadoran citizens by birth, born of at least one parent to be a Salvadoran citizen; of recognised honesty and education, and have not had the privilege of one's rights as a citizen cancelled in the previous five years.
On 1 June 2023, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele issued a proposal to the Legislative Assembly to reduce the number of its seats from 84 to 60. The proposal was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 7 June 2023 and went into effect on 1 May 2024.
Current standing by party
Party Ideology Position Deputies Nuevas Ideas (NI) Bukelism Big tent 54 Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) Conservatism Center-right to right-wing 2 National Coalition Party (PCN) Conservatism Center-right 2 Vamos (V) Liberalism Center 1 Christian Democratic Party (PDC) Christian democracy Center to center-left 1 Source: Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
Current leadership
Election results
Results
Other parliamentary bodies El Salvador also returns 20 deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament, also elected according to open-list proportional representation from a single national constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Members of the Legislative Assembly 1928–present Election Distribution 1928 42 1932 Election canceled 1936 42 1939 42 1944 42 1950 14 38 1952 54 1954 54 1956 54 1958 54 1960 54 1961 54 1964 14 6 32 1968 19 2 4 27 1970 16 1 1 34 1972 8 1 4 39 1974 15 1 36 1976 52 1978 4 50 1982 24 1 2 14 19 1985 33 1 1 12 13 1988 22 7 31 1991 22 1 1 8 9 39 1994 21 18 1 1 4 39 1997 27 10 1 2 2 3 11 28 2000 31 10 3 2 13 29 2003 31 5 5 16 27 2006 32 6 2 10 34 2009 35 5 1 11 32 2012 31 1 1 7 11 33 2015 31 1 6 11 35 2018 23 2 1 1 9 10 37 2021 4 1 1 56 2 5 1 14 2024 1 54 2 1 2
See also
Politics of El Salvador List of legislatures by country List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
References
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