Global Challenges
Issue no. 16 | November 2024
Elections – What For?
Elections – What For? | Figure for Article 8

El Salvador’s “Strongman”

Results of the elections of 4 February 2024

Presidential and legislative elections

 

Incumbent President Nayib Bukele (New Ideas: conservative, economically liberal, populist, catch-all party dedicated to the president) was declared re-elected in the first round with 84.65% of the vote against five other candidates.

President Bukele’s New Ideas party won almost all the seats in the Legislative Assembly.

Note: An incumbent president does not constitutionally have the right to stand for re-election, but President Bukele has renewed the composition of the Supreme Court, which has authorised his candidacy.

Source: Wikipedia