2012 Salvadoran legislative and local elections

2012 Salvadoran legislative and local elections

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All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly 43 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	51.91% ( 1.7 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– ARENA Jorge Velado 39.76 33 +1 FMLN Medardo González 36.76 31 −4 GANA José Andres Rovira 9.60 11 New PCN Manuel Rodríguez 7.18 7 −4 PDC 2.76 1 −4 CD 2.14 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency

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Legislative and local elections were held in El Salvador on 11 March 2012^[1] to choose 84 members of the legislative assembly and 262 mayors. The election was carried out by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. The opposition Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) narrowly defeated the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) and its ally Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA).