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{{short description|Conservative political party in El Salvador}}
{{distinguish|text=the [[National Republican Alliance]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Nationalist Republican Alliance
| native_name      = Alianza Republicana Nacionalista
| native_name_lang = es
| logo             = 
| logo_size        = 
| logo_alt         = 
| caption          = 
| colorcode        = {{Party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}
| abbreviation     = ARENA
| leader1_title    = President
| leader1_name     = Carlos García Saade
| founder          = [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]]
| founded          = {{start date and age|1981|09|30|df=y}}
| registered       = {{start date and age|1981|12|04|df=y}}
| dissolved        = 
| headquarters     = 2429 Arce Street & North 45-47 Avenue, [[San Salvador]], El Salvador
| youth_wing       = Nationalist Republican Youth
| membership_year  = 2019
| membership       = 127,543<ref name="membership">{{cite web|url=https://historico.elsalvador.com/historico/635411/padron-de-afiliados-de-arena-bajaria-de-127543-a-60000.html|title=Padrón de Afiliados de ARENA Bajaría de 127,543 a 60,000|trans-title=Register of ARENA Affiliates Could Drop from 127,543 to 60,000|date=29 August 2019|access-date=9 January 2023|language=es|work=[[El Diario de Hoy]]|first1=Eugenia|last1=Velásquez}}</ref>
| ideology         = {{plainlist|
* [[Conservatism]]<ref>{{Citation|first=Kevin J.|last=Middlebrook|title=Conclusion|work=Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America|publisher=JHU Press|year=2000|page=286|isbn=9780801863868|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LemGCOnDu6sC&pg=PA173}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|first=Andrew|last=Bounds|title=El Salvador: History|work=South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002|publisher=Routledge|year=2001|page=384|isbn=9781857431216|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9ODxqsr-dIC&q=arena+el+salvador+right+wing&pg=PA384}}</ref>
* [[Nationalism]]<ref>{{Citation|first=Jair|last=Van Der Lijn|title=Walking the Tightrope: Do UN peacekeeping operations actually contribute to durable peace?|publisher=Rozenberg Publishers|year=2006|page=252|isbn=9036100372|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSKD1qsFBg8C&pg=PA252}}</ref>
* [[Anti-communism]]<ref>{{Citation |first=Kevin J.|last=Middlebrook|title=Introduction|work=Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America|publisher=JHU Press|year=2000|page=26|isbn=9780801863868|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LemGCOnDu6sC&pg=PA173}}</ref>
* [[Economic liberalism]]<ref name="auto">{{Citation|title=El Salvador's presidential election: A nation divided|newspaper=The Economist|date=12 March 2009|url=https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2009/03/12/a-nation-divided}}</ref>
}}
| position         = [[Center-right politics|Center-right]]<ref name="New_York_Times">{{cite news|work=[[New York Times]]|quote=the center-right Arena party|title=El Salvador, Prizing Water Over Gold, Bans All Metal Mining|date=29 March 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/world/americas/el-salvador-prizing-water-over-gold-bans-all-metal-mining.html}}</ref><ref name="Middle_East_Monitor">{{cite news|work=Middle East Monitor|title=Candidate of Palestine origin wins Salvador presidency|date=4 February 2019|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190204-candidate-of-palestine-origin-wins-salvador-presidency/|quote=the center-right Nationalist Republican Alliance}}</ref> to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]{{sfn|Haggerty|1990|p=44}}<ref name="auto1">{{Citation|first=David|last=Beetham|title=El Salvador|work=The State of Democracy|publisher=Kluwer Law International|year=2002|page=27|isbn=9789041119315|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=03AOOIh93gIC&q=arena+el+salvador+party+right+wing&pg=PR11}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Citation|first=Elisabeth J.|last=Wood|title=Civil War and the Transformation of Elite Representation in El Salvador|work=Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America|publisher=JHU Press|year=2000|page=243|isbn=9780801863868|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LemGCOnDu6sC&pg=PA173}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Citation|title=El Salvador |work=The Europa World Year Book 2008|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2008|page=1649}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Citation|first=Stephen E.|last=Atkins|author-link=Stephen E. Atkins|title=ARENA|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=2004|page=24|isbn=9780313324857|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8k4rEPvq_8C&pg=PA24}}</ref><br />'''Historical:'''<br />[[Far-right politics|Far-right]]{{sfn|Central Intelligence Agency|2013|pp=5 & 14}}<ref>{{cite journal |first=Jean-Germain |last=Gros |year=1996 |title=Towards a taxonomy of failed states in the New World Order: Decaying Somalia, Liberia, Rwanda and Haiti |journal=Third World Quarterly |volume=17 |issue=3 |doi=10.1080/01436599615452 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |page=462 |quote="The lack of a middle class of some significance in failed states, which therefore forces the rich and the poor to confront each other directly and violently, is often reflected in the nature of politics, which is usually dominated either by parties of the extreme right (eg. ARENA in El Salvador) or the extreme left (eg. the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia)."}}</ref>
| regional         = [[Union of Latin American Parties]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uplalatinoamerica.org/partidos-miembros/|title=Partidos Miembros|access-date=10 August 2020|archive-date=31 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331204506/http://uplalatinoamerica.org/partidos-miembros/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| international    = [[International Democracy Union]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idu.org/members/|title=Members &#124; International Democracy Union|date=1 February 2018}}</ref>
| colors           = {{plainlist|
* {{color box|#234B9A|border=darkgray}} Blue
* {{color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} White
* {{color box|#CF2439|border=darkgray}} Red
}}
| slogan           = {{plainlist|
* Peace, progress and freedom
* ({{langx|es|«Paz, progreso y libertad»}})
}}
| anthem           = Marcha de ARENA
| seats1_title     = Seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|Legislative Assembly]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|2|60|hex={{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}|
| seats2_title     = [[Municipalities of El Salvador|Municipalities]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|1|44|hex={{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}|
| seats3_title     = Seats in [[Central American Parliament|PARLACEN]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|2|20|hex={{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}|
| flag             = Alianza Republicana Nacionalista.svg
| flag_title       = Party flag
| flag_alt         = Flag of the Nationalist Republican Alliance
| website          = https://arena.org.sv
| country          = El Salvador
}}

The '''Nationalist Republican Alliance''' ({{langx|es|Alianza Republicana Nacionalista}}, abbreviated '''ARENA''') is a [[Conservatism|conservative]],<ref name="auto"/> [[Center-right politics|center-right]]<ref name="New_York_Times"/><ref name="Middle_East_Monitor"/> to [[right-wing]]<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto4"/> political party of [[El Salvador]]. It was founded on 30 September 1981 by retired Salvadoran Army Major [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]]. It defines itself as a political institution constituted to defend the [[Democracy|democratic]], [[Republicanism|republican]], and [[Representative democracy|representative]] system of government, the [[social market economy]] system and [[nationalism]].

ARENA controlled the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|National Assembly of El Salvador]] until 1985, and its party leader [[Alfredo Cristiani]] was elected to the presidency in [[1989 Salvadoran presidential election|1989]]. ARENA controlled the [[President of El Salvador|presidency]] from 1989 until [[2009 Salvadoran presidential election|2009]]. The party gained a plurality in the Legislative Assembly in 2012.

== History ==

[[File:Former Presidents and First Ladies of El Salvador.jpg|thumb|right|[[Alfredo Cristiani]], [[Antonio Saca]], [[Armando Calderón Sol]], and [[Francisco Flores Pérez]], ARENA's Presidents of El Salvador]]

The Nationalist Republican Alliance was founded on 30 September 1981 during the [[Salvadoran Civil War]]. Its founding leader was [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]], a former [[Major (rank)|major]] in the [[Salvadoran Army]] who was most well-known for commanding various [[Death squads in El Salvador|death squads]] and ordering the assassination of Archbishop [[Óscar Romero]] in 1980.{{sfn|Brockett|2005|p=240}} At the time of ARENA's establishment, it was considered a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] political party. The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) of the United States described ARENA as "reflect[ing] the personality" of D'Aubuisson, and that the party's primary goals were to defeat the far-left [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] (FMLN) and "restore El Salvador to the days before the [[1979 Salvadoran coup d'état|1979 officers' coup]]".{{sfn|Central Intelligence Agency|2013|pp=5 & 14}}

The party's initial membership primarily consisted of members of the {{ill|Salvadoran Nationalist Movement|ru|Сальвадорское националистическое движение}} (MNS) and the {{ill|National Broad Front|ru|Национальный широкий фронт (Сальвадор)}} (FAN) opposed to the ruling [[Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador|Revolutionary Government Junta]] (JRG) and the preceding government of the [[National Coalition Party (El Salvador)|National Conciliation Party]] (PCN).<ref name="Monti Granados">{{cite web|url=http://archivo.elsalvador.com/noticias/2006/09/29/nacional/nac11.asp|title=La Huella Tricolor|trans-title=The Tricolor Footprint|language=es|work=El Salvador.com|date=29 September 2006|access-date=9 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820013901/http://archivo.elsalvador.com/noticias/2006/09/29/nacional/nac11.asp|archive-date=20 August 2022|url-status=dead|first1=Caterina|last1=Monti|first2=Ciro|last2=Granados}}</ref>

The party arose in response to "the insurgency of the [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]], FMLN, a group that united peasant farmers, unionists and intellectuals, which tried, through arms, to overthrow the dictatorship and to install a state regime inspired by the governments of revolutionary [[Cuba]] and [[Sandinista]] [[Nicaragua]]".{{citation needed|date=July 2009}}

The ideology the party claims to believe in is a system of democratic and representative government, emphasizing individual rights, the family as the nucleus of society and the respect for private property.

In February 2007, three ARENA politicians [[February 2007 Guatemalan congressmen killings|were murdered in Guatemala]], including Eduardo D'Aubuisson, the son of party founder [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]], in what was considered by the police as a crime related to drugs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elfaro.net/es/201011/noticias/2911/ | title=CICIG determinó que asesinato de diputados fue por drogas }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://voiceselsalvador.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/5-million-dollars-and-20-kilos-of-cocaine/|title=$5 Million Dollars and 20 Kilos of Cocaine|date=18 November 2010|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>

In 2009, ARENA took out a full-page ad in a Salvadoran newspaper calling on President [[Mauricio Funes]] to recognise the interim Honduran government of [[Roberto Micheletti]] installed after the military had expelled President [[Manuel Zelaya]].{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

On 21 July 2022, [[Gustavo López Davidson]], the leader of ARENA from August 2019 to February 2020, committed suicide amidst an ongoing investigation against him for [[embezzlement]] and [[arms trafficking]].<ref name="ElMundo">{{cite web|url=https://diario.elmundo.sv/nacionales/hallan-muerto-a-empresario-gustavo-lopez-davidson|title=Hallan Muerto a Empresario Gustavo López Davidson|trans-title=They Found Businessman Gustavo López Davidson Dead|date=21 July 2022|access-date=10 August 2022|language=es|work=[[El Mundo (El Salvador)|El Mundo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809232046/https://diario.elmundo.sv/nacionales/hallan-muerto-a-empresario-gustavo-lopez-davidson|archive-date=9 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LPG">{{cite web|url=https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/PNC-captura-a-Gustavo-Lopez-Davidson-por-el-delito-de-complice-necesario-en-perjuicio-de-la-administracion-publica-20200814-0057.html|title=Gustavo López Davidson, Atilio Benítez y David Munguía Detenidos por Peculado en Caso de Armas|trans-title=Gustavo López Davidson, Atilio Benítez and David Munguía Detained in Peculation of Arms Case|language=es|work=[[La Prensa Gráfica]]|date=14 August 2020|access-date=10 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922010947/https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/PNC-captura-a-Gustavo-Lopez-Davidson-por-el-delito-de-complice-necesario-en-perjuicio-de-la-administracion-publica-20200814-0057.html|archive-date=22 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

From [[2021 Salvadoran legislative election|2021]] to [[2024 Salvadoran legislative election|2024]], the party was the second largest in the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|Legislative Assembly]]. Following the election of [[Nuevas Ideas]]' [[Nayib Bukele]], the party has lost members of its party delegation to the ruling party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Chase |date=2022-05-31 |title=In El Salvador, a Chastened Opposition Looks to Find Its Way |url=https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/in-el-salvador-a-chastened-opposition-looks-to-find-its-way/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Americas Quarterly |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Structure ==

The National Executive Council ({{lang|es|Consejo Ejecutivo Nacional}}, abbreviated COENA) is the leadership board of ARENA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canal12.com.sv/noticia/arena-eligio-a-los-miembros-del-consejo-ejecutivo-nacional/|title=ARENA Eligió a los Miembros del Consejo Ejecutivo Nacional|trans-title=ARENA Elected the Members of the National Executive Council|language=es|date=27 February 2023|access-date=2 February 2025|work=[[Canal 12 (Salvadoran TV channel)|Channel 12]]}}</ref> Carlos García Saade has been the president of COENA since 27 February 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/ARENA-confirma-a-Carlos-Saade-como-presidente-de-COENA-20230226-0068.html|title=ARENA Confirma a Carlos Saade como Presidente de COENA|trans-title=ARENA Confirms Carlos Saade as the President of COENA|language=es|date=27 February 2023|access-date=2 February 2025|work=[[La Prensa Gráfica]]|first1=Marielos|last1=Román}}</ref>

In addition to the COENA, there are 14 Directors-in-Chief, one for each department and departmental councils called "Juntas Directivas Conjuntas" to coordinate political work in their respective department. In each department, a director is chosen who works with a specific member of COENA. The director's role is to organize and co-ordinate electoral campaigns and help the councils form party structures in the municipalities of their departments.{{original research inline|date=March 2012}}

ARENA's party headquarters is located at 2429 Arce Street & North 45-47 Avenue in San Salvador.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/TSE/Elecciones/Partidos-Pol%C3%ADticos|title=Partidos Políticos|trans-title=Political Parties|language=es|access-date=2 February 2025|work=[[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|Supreme Electoral Court]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403211856/https://www.tse.gob.sv/TSE/Elecciones/Partidos-Pol%C3%ADticos|archive-date=3 April 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2019, ARENA had 127,543 members.<ref name="membership" />

== Electoral record ==

At the [[2003 Salvadoran legislative election|legislative elections]] held on 16 March 2003, the party won 32.0% of the popular vote and 27 out of 84 seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|Legislative Assembly]]. ARENA's successful candidate in [[2004 Salvadoran presidential election|El Salvador's 2004 presidential election]] was [[Antonio Saca]]. On 21 March 2004, Saca defeated [[Schafik Hándal]], the candidate of the left-wing [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] (FMLN), by a margin of 58% to 36% with 70% turnout. He was sworn in as president the following 1 June.

In the 12 March 2006 [[2006 Salvadoran legislative election|legislative election]], the party won 39.4% of the popular vote and 32 out of 84 seats. At the [[2009 Salvadoran legislative election|18 January 2009 legislative elections]], the party received 38.55% of the vote, and again won 32 of the 84 seats.

On 15 March 2009, ARENA candidate [[Rodrigo Ávila]] lost the presidential election to [[Mauricio Funes]] of the FMLN. After elections, the party president was changed to [[Alfredo Cristiani]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}

On 9 March 2014, [[Salvador Sánchez Cerén]] of FMLN narrowly defeated the ARENA candidate [[Norman Quijano]] by 0.2% in a run-off vote in a controversial election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27568032|title = Ex-rebel becomes el Salvador leader|work = BBC News|date = June 2014}}</ref>

ARENA also lost both [[2019 Salvadoran presidential election|2019 presidential election]] and [[2021 Salvadoran legislative election|2021 legislative election]] dominated by [[Nuevas Ideas]], the party of current president [[Nayib Bukele]].<ref name="2019P">{{Cite tweet|author=Supreme Electoral Court|author-link=Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|user=TSEElSalvador|number=1093622803935432704|date=7 February 2019|title=Resultados (Elección Presidencial de 2019)|trans-title=Results (2019 Presidential Election)|language=es|location=[[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]|access-date=16 September 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829100823/https://twitter.com/TSEElSalvador/status/1093622803935432704|archive-date=29 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="AQ">{{cite web|url=https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/in-el-salvador-a-chastened-opposition-looks-to-find-its-way/|title=In El Salvador, a Chastened Opposition Looks to Find Its Way|date=31 May 2022|access-date=8 September 2022|language=en|first1=Chase|last1=Harrison|work=[[Americas Quarterly]]}}</ref> In 2024 [[2024 Salvadoran legislative election|election]], ARENA got only two seats in the Legislative Assembly, while Bukele's Nuevas Ideas got supermajority.<ref>{{cite news |title=El Salvador confirms Bukele's supermajority after opposition calls to void election results |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-opposition-requests-repeat-election-congress-after-irregularities-2024-02-19/ |access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==

=== Presidential elections ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Election
! rowspan="2" | Candidate
! colspan="2" scope="col" | First round
! colspan="2" | Second round
! rowspan="2" | Result
! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
! [[1982 Salvadoran presidential election|1982]]
| {{no2|[[Hugo César Barrera]]}}
| 17{{efn|The 1982 presidential election was determined by the Legislative Assembly rather than through a popular vote.}}
| {{Percentage bar|32.08|hex=234B9A}}
| colspan="2" {{N/A}}
| rowspan="2" | '''Lost''' {{Nay}}
| 
|-
! [[1984 Salvadoran presidential election|1984]]
| {{no2|[[Roberto D'Aubuisson]]}}
| 376,917
| {{Percentage bar|29.77|hex=234B9A}}
| 651,741
| {{Percentage bar|46.41|hex=234B9A}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=289}}
|-
! [[1989 Salvadoran presidential election|1989]]
| {{yes2|'''[[Alfredo Cristiani]]'''}}
| 505,370
| {{Percentage bar|53.82|hex=234B9A}}
| colspan="2" {{N/A}}
| rowspan="4" | '''Elected''' {{Y}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=290}}
|-
! [[1994 Salvadoran general election|1994]]
| {{yes2|'''[[Armando Calderón Sol]]'''}}
| 641,108
| {{Percentage bar|49.03|hex=234B9A}}
| 818,264
| {{Percentage bar|68.35|hex=234B9A}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=290}}
|-
! [[1999 Salvadoran presidential election|1999]]
| {{yes2|'''[[Francisco Flores Pérez|Francisco Flores]]'''}}
| 614,268
| {{Percentage bar|51.96|hex=234B9A}}
| colspan="2" {{N/A}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=291}}
|-
! [[2004 Salvadoran presidential election|2004]]
| {{yes2|'''[[Antonio Saca]]'''}}
| 1,314,436
| {{Percentage bar|57.71|hex=234B9A}}
| colspan="2" {{N/A}}
| {{sfn|Supreme Electoral Court|2004|p=110}}
|-
! [[2009 Salvadoran presidential election|2009]]
| {{no2|[[Rodrigo Ávila]]}}
| 1,284,588
| {{Percentage bar|48.68|hex=234B9A}}
| colspan="2" {{N/A}}
| rowspan="4" | '''Lost''' {{Nay}}
| {{sfn|Supreme Electoral Court|2009|p=87}}
|-
! [[2014 Salvadoran presidential election|2014]]
| {{no2|[[Norman Quijano]]}}
| 1,047,592
| {{Percentage bar|38.96|hex=234B9A}}
| 1,489,451
| {{Percentage bar|49.89|hex=234B9A}}
| {{sfn|Supreme Electoral Court|2014|pp=131 & 144}}
|-
! [[2019 Salvadoran presidential election|2019]]
| {{no2|[[Carlos Calleja]]}}
| 857,084
| {{Percentage bar|31.72|hex=234B9A}}
| colspan="2" {{N/A}}
| <ref name="2019P" />
|-
! [[2024 Salvadoran presidential election|2024]]
| {{no2|Joel Sánchez}}
| 177,881
| {{Percentage bar|5.57|hex=234B9A}}
| colspan="2" {{N/A}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://diario.elmundo.sv/politica/en-vivo-cierre-de-escrutinio-final-de-la-eleccion-de-presidente-y-vicepresidente-2024|title=En Vivo: Cierre de Escrutinio Final de la Elección de Presidente y Vicepresidente 2024|trans-title=Live: The Final Tally of the 2024 Election for President and Vice President Closes|language=es|date=9 February 2024|access-date=9 February 2024|work=[[El Mundo (El Salvador)|El Mundo]]}}</ref>
|}

=== Legislative Assembly elections ===

{{Graph:Chart|width=300|type=rect|colors=#234B9A|showValues=
|xAxisTitle=Legislative Assembly Elections
|xAxisAngle=-50
|x=1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021,
|yAxisTitle=% of popular vote
|y=29.3, 29.7, 48.1, 44.3, 45.0, 35.4, 36.0, 31.9, 39.4, 38.6, 39.4, 38.9, 41.7, 12.2}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Election
! scope="col" | Votes
! scope="col" | %
! Position
! scope="col" | Seats
! +/–
! Status in legislature
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! [[1982 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election|1982]]
| 430,205
| 29.28%
| rowspan="2" | {{increase}} 2nd
| {{Composition bar|19|60|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{increase}} 19
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=281}}
|-
! [[1985 Salvadoran legislative election|1985]]
| 286,665
| 29.70%
| {{Composition bar|13|60|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|pp=283 & 286}}
|-
! [[1988 Salvadoran legislative election|1988]]
| 447,696
| 48.10%
| rowspan="5" | {{increase}} '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|31|60|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{increase}} 18
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|pp=284 & 286}}
|-
! [[1991 Salvadoran legislative election|1991]]
| 466,091
| 44.33%
| {{Composition bar|39|84|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{increase}} 8
| {{yes2|Government}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|pp=284 & 286}}
|-
! [[1994 Salvadoran general election|1994]]
| 605,775
| 45.03%
| {{Composition bar|39|84|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{yes2|Government}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|pp=285–286}}
|-
! [[1997 Salvadoran legislative election|1997]]
| 396,301
| 35.40%
| {{Composition bar|28|84|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{decrease}} 11
| {{yes2|Government}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|pp=285–286}}
|-
! [[2000 Salvadoran legislative election|2000]]
| 436,169
| 36.04%
| {{Composition bar|29|84|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{yes2|Government}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=286}}
|-
! [[2003 Salvadoran legislative election|2003]]
| 446,233
| 31.90%
| rowspan="4" |{{decrease}} 2nd
| {{Composition bar|27|84|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{yes2|Government}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=286}}
|-
! [[2006 Salvadoran legislative election|2006]]
| 620,117
| 39.40%
| {{Composition bar|34|84|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{increase}} 7
| {{yes2|Government}}
| {{sfn|Supreme Electoral Court|2006}}
|-
! [[2009 Salvadoran legislative election|2009]]
| 854,166
| 38.55%
| {{Composition bar|32|84|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| {{sfn|Supreme Electoral Court|2009|p=196}}
|-
! [[2012 Salvadoran legislative and local elections|2012]]
| 620,117
| 39.40%
| {{Composition bar|34|84|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresources.org/sv/deputies.php?election=2012&department=|title=Legislative Election Results – El Salvador Totals|access-date=9 January 2023|work=Election Resources.org|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! [[2015 Salvadoran legislative election|2015]]
| 885,374
| 38.90%
| rowspan="2" |{{increase}} '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|32|84|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/laip_tse/documentos/estadisticos/2015/Consolidado%20depto%20y%20partido%20polco%20Asamblea%20Legislativa2015.pdf|title=Elecciones 2015|trans-title=2015 Elections|date=2015|access-date=9 January 2023|work=[[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|Supreme Electoral Court]]|language=es|archive-date=29 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229072244/https://www.tse.gob.sv/laip_tse/documentos/estadisticos/2015/Consolidado%20depto%20y%20partido%20polco%20Asamblea%20Legislativa2015.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! [[2018 Salvadoran legislative election|2018]]
| 886,365
| 41.72%
| {{Composition bar|37|84|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{increase}} 5
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/2018/escrutinio-final/asamblea/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323153120/https://www.tse.gob.sv/2018/escrutinio-final/asamblea/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 March 2019|date=2018|access-date=9 January 2023|language=es|work=[[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|Supreme Electoral Court]]|title=Elecciones 2018|trans-title=2018 Elections}}</ref>
|-
! [[2021 Salvadoran legislative election|2021]]
| 305,108
| 12.22%
| {{decrease}} 2nd
| {{Composition bar|14|84|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{decrease}} 23
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| <ref name="2021L">{{cite web|url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/documentos/elecciones/2021/escrutinio-final/reporte/02-Asamblea-Legislativa-conformacion-departamental.pdf|url-status=live|title=Elecciones 2021 – Diputados y Diputadas para Asamblea Legislativa|trans-title=2021 Elections – Deputies for the Legislative Assembly|language=es|date=March 2021|access-date=16 September 2022|work=[[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|Supreme Electoral Court]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407043602/https://www.tse.gob.sv/documentos/elecciones/2021/escrutinio-final/reporte/02-Asamblea-Legislativa-conformacion-departamental.pdf|archive-date=7 April 2022}}</ref>
|-
! [[2024 Salvadoran legislative election|2024]]
| 227,357
| 7.29
| {{steady}} 2nd
| {{Composition bar|2|60|{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}}}
| {{decrease}} 12
| {{no2|Opposition}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/TSE-anuncia-que-termino-de-escrutar-los-votos-para-diputados-20240218-0010.html|title=TSE Anuncia que Terminó de Escrutar los Votos para Diputados|trans-title=TSE Announces it Completed Counting the Votes for Deputy|language=es|date=18 February 2024|access-date=18 February 2024|work=[[La Prensa Gráfica]]|first1=Laura|last1=Jordán|first2=Alejandra|last2=Hernández}}</ref>
|}

== See also ==

* [[List of political parties in El Salvador]]
* [[Politics of El Salvador]]

== Notes ==

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== References ==

=== Citations ===

{{reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===

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* {{cite book|last1=Brockett|first1=Charles D.|editor1-last=Tarrow|editor1-first=Sidney|title=Political Movements and Violence in Central America|language=en|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2005|access-date=9 January 2023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1_PgauRgLwC|isbn=9780521600552}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/laip_tse/documentos/estadisticos/2006/consolidadonacionaldip2006.pdf|date=2006|access-date=9 January 2023|work=[[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|Supreme Electoral Court]]|language=es|title=Consolidado Nacional de las Actas del Escrutinio Final – Elecciones para Diputados del Año 2006|trans-title=National Consolidation of the Acts of the Final Scrutiny – Elections for Deputies of the Year 2006|ref={{harvid|Supreme Electoral Court|2006}}}}
* {{cite web|publication-date=17 March 2013|title=El Salvador: Significant Political Actors and Their Interaction|publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|language=en|pages=1–16|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP04T00367R000100090001-3.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123172358/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP04T00367R000100090001-3.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 January 2017|access-date=11 September 2020|ref={{harvid|Central Intelligence Agency|2013}}}}
* {{cite book|editor-last1=Haggerty|editor-first1=Richard A.|title=El Salvador: A Country Study|date=1990|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|language=en|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/frd/frdcstdy/el/elsalvadorcountr00hagg/elsalvadorcountr00hagg.pdf|oclc=44362656}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/documentos/memoria-de-elecciones/memoria-elecciones-2004.pdf|date=June 2004|access-date=9 January 2023|work=[[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|Supreme Electoral Court]]|language=es|title=Memorial Especial – Elección Presidencial 2004|trans-title=Special Memory – 2004 Presidential Election|ref={{harvid|Supreme Electoral Court|2004}}}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/documentos/memoria-de-elecciones/memoria-elecciones-2009.pdf|date=June 2009|access-date=9 January 2023|work=[[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|Supreme Electoral Court]]|language=es|title=Memorial Especial – Elecciones 2009|trans-title=Special Memory – 2009 Elections|ref={{harvid|Supreme Electoral Court|2009}}}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/documentos/memoria-de-elecciones/memoria-elecciones-2014.pdf|date=2014|access-date=9 January 2023|work=[[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|Supreme Electoral Court]]|language=es|title=Memorial Especial – Elecciones 2014|trans-title=Special Memory – 2014 Elections|ref={{harvid|Supreme Electoral Court|2014}}}}
* {{cite book|last1=Nohlen|first1=Dieter|author1-link=Dieter Nohlen|title=Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1: North America, Central America, and the Caribbean|language=en|date=2005|access-date=9 January 2023|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=9780191557934|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xZREAAAQBAJ}}
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