Type Unicameral Last election 11 March 2012 | Seats 84 Deputies | |
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President of the Legislative Assembly Guillermo Antonio Gallegos Navarrete, GANASince 8 Nov 2016 Political groups Nationalist Republican Alliance (35) Farabundo Martí National Liberation (31) Grand Alliance for National Unity (11) National Concertation Party (6) Christian Democrat Party (1) | ||
The Legislative Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa) is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador.
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Structure
The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of who are elected by direct popular vote according to open-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16 deputies each. The remaining 20 deputies are selected on the basis of a single national constituency.
To be eligible for election to the Assembly, candidates must be (Art. 126, Constitution):
Other parliamentary bodies
El Salvador also returns 20 deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament, also elected according to closed-list proportional representation from a single national constituency.