Elections in El Salvador

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In El Salvador, elections are held for government offices at the national, municipal, and supranational levels. Salvadoran citizens elect the president, vice president, and deputies of the Legislative Assembly at the national level; mayors and municipal council members at the municipal level; and El Salvador's deputies to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) at the supranational level. All elected officials are selected in direct elections.

El Salvador has held elections since the 1820s, but elections have faced fraud, clientelism, patronage, and political violence throughout its history. The 20th century military dictatorship utilized elections to legitimize its rule. Since the 1980s, El Salvador has held free and fair elections, but political analysts have raised concerns of democratic backsliding during Nayib Bukele's presidency.