El Salvador Legislative Assembly: 2024-2027 Legislative Term

The 2024-2027 Salvadoran Legislature is different as it has only 60 deputies, 57 of whom are aligned with Nayib Bukele. The opposition managed to secure just three legislative seats, with ARENA claiming two and VAMOS securing one.

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

After the 2024 legislative election, the makeup of legislators by political parties is as follows, New Ideas 54, ARENA 2, PCN 2, PDC 1, and VAMOS 1.

SEE ALSO: 2024 Salvadoran Legislative Elections Results: New Ideas to Have Absolute Control of the 2024-2027 Congress

El Salvador Legislative Assembly – 2024-2027

The 2024 legislative elections gave the New Ideas political party absolute control of the legislative branch. The Bukele political party won 90% of the legislative seats, 54 out of 60.

The traditional political party, ARENA, which had control over the legislative branch until 2021, dropped from 14 legislators to only 2, an 86% reduction from the 2021-2024 legislature.

GANA, the political party allied to President Bukele, saw its members drop from 5 seats to none.

The FMLN political party, which had four legislators, dropped to zero; this is the first time the left-wing political party will not have representation in the legislative assembly since it became a political party.