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2003 Salvadoran legislative election

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Field	Value
country	El Salvador
previous_election	[2000](2000-salvadoran-legislative-election)
next_election	[2006](2006-salvadoran-legislative-election)
election_date	16 March 2003
seats_for_election	All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	43
party1	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
leader1	Salvador Sánchez Cerén
percentage1	33.96
seats1	31
last_election1	31
party2	Nationalist Republican Alliance
leader2	Archic Baldocchi Duenas
percentage2	31.91
seats2	27
last_election2	29
party3	National Coalition Party (El Salvador)
leader3	Ciro Cruz Zepeda
percentage3	12.95
seats3	16
last_election3	13
party4	Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)
leader4	Rodolfo Parker
percentage4	7.28
seats4	5
last_election4	6
party5	United Democratic Centre (El Salvador)
percentage5	6.37
seats5	5
last_election5	3
map	Elecciones legislativas de El Salvador de 2003 - Resultados por Departamento.svg
map_caption	Results by constituency

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 16 March 2003 to elect 84 deputies to the Legislative Assembly for a term of three years. The main opposition party, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), won the most seats in election at 31. However the governing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) won enough seats to continue in government with the Party of National Conciliation (PCN).

Background

ARENA had controlled the government of El Salvador since winning the 1989 presidential election. The 2003 legislative election was the fifth election since the ending of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1992.

Campaign

In total 11 political parties contested the election but it was seen as being primarily between ARENA and the opposition FMLN. ARENA campaigned for a mandate to continue the economic reforms they had been pursuing but was hurt in the election by a recent six-month strike by doctors. Meanwhile, FMLN won support from those who did not feel they have benefited from the economic reforms introduced by ARENA and they attacked the government over crime and declining economic growth.

There were five deaths during the campaign related to the election and for three days around the election a ban on the sales of alcohol was introduced to prevent any trouble. Election day itself saw problems with the electoral list, with reports of voters not being on the list, while some dead people were listed. Turnout was low with only slightly less than 39% voting.

Results

The FMLN remained the largest party in the Legislative Assembly winning 31 seats the same as the previous election in 2000. ARENA lost two seats, but with their allies the Party of National Conciliation gaining 3 seats, they retained a majority. At the same time as the legislative election, the 262 municipalities held elections with the FMLN retaining the most important post, the mayoralty of San Salvador, when Carlos Rivas Zamora defeated Evelyn Jacir de Lovo of ARENA.

References

(2003-03-18). "Former guerrillas score election advance". [[The Independent]].
[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p286 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
(2003-03-22). "The Americas: Guerrillas out of the mist; El Salvador's election". [[The Economist]].
"El Salvador: parliamentary elections Asamblea legislativa, 2003". [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]].
(2003-03-17). "Left claims El Salvador victory". [[BBC Online]].
Gonzalez, David. (2003-03-18). "El Salvador: Leftists First In Elections". [[The New York Times]].

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