El Salvador Legislative Assembly. 2021 to 2024 legislative period.

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.

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.