El Salvador Legislative Assembly. 2021 to 2024 legislative period.

By Eddie Galdamez  |  Jun 7th, 2023
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On the June 6 plenary session, the proposal to reduce the number of lawmakers from 84 to 60 deputies was approved and signed into law by President Bukele. The Bill to change the number of Legislators was announced by President Bukele on June 1, when he addressed the nation at the Legislative assembly.

El Salvador Legislative Assembly is one of the three branches of government in El Salvador. The Legislative body is made up of 84 deputies (60 in 2024) that serve a three-year term. All the deputies are elected by direct popular vote and are eligible for unlimited reelection.

How many deputies will each department have after the new reform takes effect for the 2024 legislative elections? Here are the details.

San Salvador Changes from 24 to 16 Deputies
# San Salvador (24 to 16) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Ernesto Castro New Ideas 117,416
2 Suecy Callejas New Ideas 76,271
3 Dania Gonzales New Ideas 74,502
4 Dennis Salas New Ideas 72,818
5 Alexia Rivas New Ideas 71,549
6 Elisa Rosales New Ideas 70,860
7 Ana Figueroa New Ideas 69,788
8 Carlos Bruch New Ideas 69,466
9 Rodrigo Ayala New Ideas 68,109
10 Jose Urbina New Ideas 67,688
11 Aronette Mencia New Ideas 65,944
12 Christian Guevara New Ideas 65,926
13 Ivonne Hernandez New Ideas 64,185
14 Ruben Flores New Ideas 62,880
15 Francisco Villatoro New Ideas 62,662
16 Leonel Uceda New Ideas 61,719
17 Edgardo Mulato New Ideas 61,127
18 Margarita Escobar Arena 28,715
19 Rene Portillo Cuadra ARENA 27,588
20 John Wright Sol Nuestro Tiempo 22,235
21 Guillermo Gallegos GANA 22,148
22 Marcela Villatoro ARENA 19,423
23 Anabel Belloso FMLN 15,285
24 Claudia Ortiz VAMOS 13,133
La Libertad Changes from 10 to 7 Deputies
# La Libertad (10 to 7) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Rebeca Santos New Ideas 48,835
2 Ricardo Rivas New Ideas 37,131
3 Salvador Chacon New Ideas 36,852
4 Sandra Martinez New Ideas 35,862
5 Walter Aleman New Ideas 33,258
6 Norma Lobo New Ideas 32,976
7 Erick Garcia New Ideas 32,372
8 Rodrigo Avila ARENA 15,700
9 Francisco Lira ARENA 14,246
10 Romeo Auerbach GANA 6,220
Santa Ana Changes from 7 to 5 Deputies
# Santa Ana (7 to 5) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Felipe Interiano New Ideas 37,354
2 Jorge Castro New Ideas 29,511
3 Giovanny Saldaña New Ideas 29,020
4 Lorena Fuentes New Ideas 27,993
5 Evelyn Merlos New Ideas 25,987
6 Juan Carlos Mendoza GANA 10,297
7 Javier Palomo ARENA 7,848
San Miguel Changes from 6 to 5 Deputies
# San Miguel (6 to 5) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Eduardo Amaya New Ideas 33,890
2 Reinaldo Carballo PDC 28,528
3 Caleb Navarro New Ideas 21,648
4 Suni Cedillos New Ideas 21,349
5 Numan Salgado GANA 19,256
6 Dina Argueta FMLN 8,106

Sonsonate Changes from 6 to 5 Deputies
# Sonsonate (6 to 5) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Hector Sales New Ideas 36,200
2 Mauricio Ortiz New Ideas 28,479
3 Raul Chamagua New Ideas 25,732
4 Samuel Martinez New Ideas 23,670
5 Adelmo Rivas GANA 13,219
6 Silvia Ostorga ARENA 9,772
Usulutan Changes from 5 to 4 Deputies
# Usulutan (5 to 4) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Raul Castillo New Ideas 25,250
2 Angel Lobo New Ideas 18,279
3 Maricela de Guardado New Ideas 14,614
4 Marleni Funes FMLN 6,751
5 Mauricio Linares ARENA 4,539
Ahuachapan Changes from 4 to 3 Deputies
# Ahuachapan (4 to 3) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Estuardo Rodriguez New Ideas 25,818
2 Serafin Orantes PCN 20,492
3 Luis Figueroa New Ideas 19,072
4 Ricardo Godoy ARENA 7,185
La Paz Changes from 4 to 3 Deputies
# La Paz (4 to 3) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Marcela Pineda New Ideas 25,040
2 Walter Coto New Ideas 25,005
3 Herbert Rodas New Ideas 13,117
4 Rosa Romero ARENA 12,670
Chalatenango Changes from 3 to 2 Deputies
# Chalatenango (3 to 2) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Alexander Guardado New Ideas 22,986
2 Reynaldo Cardoza PCN 14,542
3 Saul Mancia New Ideas 14,059
Cuscatlan Changes from 3 to 2 Deputies
# Cuscatlan (3 to 2) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Jonathan Hernandez New Ideas 33,447
2 Janneth Molina New Ideas 22,400
3 Alberto Romero ARENA 5,730
Cabañas Changes from 3 to 2 Deputies
# Cabañas (3 to 2) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Jose Garcia New Ideas 20,539
2 Amilcar Ayala GANA 11,033
3 Carlos Reyes ARENA 7,454
San Vicente Changes from 3 to 2 Deputies
# San Vicente (3 to 2) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Edgar Fuentes New Ideas 20,658
2 Gerardo Aguilar New Ideas 12,299
3 Donato Vaquerano ARENA 9,953
La Union Changes from 3 to 2 Deputies
# La Union (3 to 2) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Edwin Serpas New Ideas 33,592
2 William Soriano New Ideas 23,081
3 Jorge Rosales ARENA 7,518
Morazan Changes from 3 to 2 Deputies
# Morazan (3) Political
Party
Votes
2021 Elections
1 Bladimir Barahona New Ideas 17,656
2 Juan Rodriguez New Ideas 13,035
3 Jaime Guevara ARENA 5,482
Salvadoran Congress
Salvadoran Congress Deputies

2021 to 2024 Legislative Assembly.

The 2021 elections brought improbable changes to the El Salvador Legislative Assembly. With 56 legislators, the New Ideas political party became the majority at the Salvadoran congress.

The two traditional political parties, ARENA and FMLN, which have had control over the legislative branch in the last 30 years, dropped from 60 legislators to 18, a 70% reduction.

GANA, the political party allied to President Bukele, saw its members drop from 10 to 5; however, the coalition of NI and GANA gained ten seats. In theory, GANA has a total of 15 deputies.

The FMLN political party, which had over 23 legislators dropped to 4, and ARENA dropped from 37 members to 14.

After the 2021 election, the makeup of legislators by political parties is as follows, NI 56, ARENA 14, GANA 5, FMLN 4, PCN 2, PDC 1, VAMOS 1, and NT 1.

The new congress has a big task; most Salvadorans consider the legislative assembly the most corrupted institution in the country.