Editing Politics of El Salvador (section)

== Political culture ==
{{Further|List of political parties in El Salvador|Elections in El Salvador}}

El Salvador has a [[multi-party system]]. Three [[political parties]] [[Nuevas Ideas]] (NI), the [[Nationalist Republican Alliance]] (ARENA) and the [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] (FMLN) have tended to dominate elections since the end of the civil war. ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of [[Mauricio Funes]] of the FMLN in March 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/english-news/article3843948/Leftist-Mauricio-Funes-sworn-in-as-new-president.html|title = El Salvador: Leftist Mauricio Funes sworn in as new president|newspaper = Die Welt|date = 2 June 2009}}</ref> In 2014, he was followed by another FMLN president, [[Salvador Sánchez Cerén]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former guerilla rebel and VP declared El Salvador's president |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20140313-el-salvador-presidential-elections-former-guerilla-ceren-wins |work=France 24 |date=13 March 2014 |language=en}}</ref>

The [[2019 Salvadoran presidential election|2019 election]] was won by [[Nayib Bukele]] as the candidate of the center-right [[Grand Alliance for National Unity]] (GANA) party. In February 2021, El Salvador's [[2021 Salvadoran legislative election|legislative election]] was an important breakthrough. The new party, founded by President Bukele, [[Nuevas Ideas]] (NI), won around two-thirds of votes with its allies (NI–GANA). His party won a [[supermajority]] of 56 seats in the 84-seat legislature. Bukele became the country's most powerful leader in three decades.<ref>{{cite web |title=El Salvador: Bukele has become the country's most powerful leader in three decades after his party won a supermajority |url=https://credendo.com/en/knowledge-hub/el-salvador-bukele-has-become-countrys-most-powerful-leader-three-decades-after-his |website=Credendo |language=en}}</ref>

On 4 February 2024, President Nayib Bukele, won re-election with 83% of the vote in [[2024 Salvadoran general election|general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=El Salvador: Bukele confirmed as president after final count – DW – 02/10/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/el-salvador-bukele-confirmed-as-president-after-final-count/a-68222384 |work=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> His party Nuevas Ideas (New Ideas) won 58 of the El Salvador parliament's 60 seats.<ref>{{cite news |title=El Salvador votes must be recounted, says electoral court – DW – 02/06/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/el-salvador-votes-must-be-recounted-says-electoral-court/a-68181487 |work=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>

Before the Bukele era, [[Departments of El Salvador|the departments]] of the central region, especially the capital and the coastal regions, known as ''departamentos rojos'', or red departments, were mostly [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] while the ''departamentos azules'', or blue departments, in the east, western and highland regions were generally [[Conservatism|conservative]].