The first results indicate a strong advantage of the ruling party in the Assembly. The turnout reached 51%, according to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.
The New Ideas Party, which was running in its first elections, consolidated its great advantage in the preliminary results published last night by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and, although there are no official data on the number of deputies obtained, the draft absolute numbers for the ruling party, the domain of the Legislative Assembly.
At the end of this edition (1:20 am, Monday), TSE data gave New Ideas 390,721 votes nationwide, with 97,226 from the NI-GANA coalition and 70,948 for ARENA, 47,460 for FMLN, 40,098 for GANA, 26,073 for PCN, 13,281 for PDC and 9,090 for Nuestro Tiempo with 31% of the records submitted (2,622).
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The head of the EST technical mission, Eduardo Lozano, explained at 9:27 last night that until then the transmission system was working normally. Until then, the computer center had received 2.59% of the results of the legislative elections, ie 219 minutes of the 8,451 to be processed.
“It should be clarified that, according to the seat allocation system, this data does not mean the number of seats, but the number of votes. A process of collecting votes must be carried out and this is up to the final control “, explained Lozano, referring to the system of coefficients and residues of the electoral legislation.
“The only center that did not fight,” says the head of the ARENA center. “Politics is no bigger than coming together,” he added. This in Carlos Álvarez Pineda Park, Calle a Motocross in San Salvador. Photo EDH / Ricardo Avelar
The data on the number of Members and who are the most voted Members will be known during the week and possibly until the final control.
New normal
Legislative and municipal elections took place relatively normally, with the exception of logistical inconveniences, such as the late opening of polling stations due to a lack of ballots or the delay in voting in some reception councils due to the additional time required to implement the measures. biosecurity to prevent COVID-19 infections, such as applying alcohol gel to marking pencils and disinfecting DUI of voters.
Also, due to a problem with the accreditations of NI and GANA board members, a situation that was overcome in the early hours of the morning after the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) issued a resolution to resolve the issue.
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Another relevant issue was the opinion of election observers who validated the performance of the Voting Committees (JRV), which is summarized in the statements of the US representative in El Salvador, which clarified any suspicion of “fraud” that had repeated the ruling party. from President Nayib Bukele and supporters of the new ideas and GANA.
“It is very important to work with the institutions to verify this,” said the US business official. “It’s important not to say that there is fraud where there is no fraud,” said Brendan O’Brien, the US embassy’s chief of staff.
Electoral turnout was also important. Although precise data are not yet available, voters responded to the call for a vote despite the situation posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential risk of contagion when attending a crowded center.
TSE President Dora Martínez assured at 21:27 that 51% of the called voters participated.
TSE conference in front of international observers. EDH photography
“So far we have overcome the influx of voters from other elections: we have 51% of the people who participated. The pandemic was not a pretext for not continuing the implementation of democracy, “he said at a briefing.
In general, the distance suggested by health authorities was observed, as well as the appropriate and systematic use of biosecurity measures, such as the use of alcohol gel and masks. There was also a significant participation of the elderly, who had priority when arriving at JRVs.
Pause the silence
Another noteworthy issue is the call for a vote by President Nayib Bukele during a press conference before voting.
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Despite the fact that the Electoral Code prohibits the convocation of the vote three days before the election, which is called electoral silence, the president, without mentioning the names of the parties, asked the population to vote for “removal of the same elders” and even “In the sense of concluding with an Assembly favorable to the Executive the victory that the electorate gave to come to power in 2019.
This is in addition to the various inaugurations of works such as the La Libertad bypass and the announcement of the delivery of computers to public schools and the delivery of solidarity packages even without the DUI registration that was made the day before the vote.