At Stake in this Election:

• The office of the President of El Salvador

Government Structure:

• Chief of State: President Salvador SÁNCHEZ CERÉN
• Head of Government: President Salvador SÁNCHEZ CERÉN
• Assembly: El Salvador has a unicameral Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly) consisting of 84 seats.

Electoral System:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a five-year term. If no candidate wins an absolute majority of the votes in the first round, the top two candidates head to a second round, scheduled for March 10.
• The Legislative Assembly, which includes multi-seat constituencies and a proportional nationwide constituency is elected every three years to a three-year term. The current Assembly was elected in 2018.

Main Candidates in this Election:

• Nayib BUKELE
  • Party: Grand Alliance for National Unity / Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional (GANA or UNIDAD)
• Carlos CALLEJA
  • Party: Nationalist Republican Alliance / Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA)
• Hugo MARTÍNEZ
  • Party: Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front / Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
• Josué ALVARADO
  • Party: VAMOS

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 6,445,405 (2019 est.)
• Registered Voters: 5,268,411

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 3,423,235 (2019 est.)
• Is El Salvador a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (14 November 1980)
• Has El Salvador ratified CEDAW: Yes (19 August 1981)
• Gender Quota: Yes (for party lists in legislative elections)
• Female candidates in this election: No
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 26 (31%)
• Human Development Index Position: 121 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

• Is El Salvador a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
• Has El Salvador ratified CRPD: Yes (14 December 2007)
• Population with a disability: 921,203 (2018)