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Meet the Candidates: El Salvador

By Rich Brown

Nayib Bukele continues to dominate the field ahead of elections on February 4.

El Salvador’s voters will elect a president, vice president and all 60 seats in its unicameral legislature on February 4. If no presidential candidate receives over 50% of the votes, a second round will be held on March 3, but incumbent Nayib Bukele is expected to win the first round with a margin wide enough to avoid a runoff. A second set of elections will be held on March 3 to choose mayors and councils in all 44 of the country’s municipalities and all 20 of its Central American Parliament (Parlacen) seats. This page includes the three leading presidential candidates in...

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