With an advantage in 57% of the municipalities, New Ideas has five times more mayoralties than its ally WINS, that will govern in 27 municipalities.
Preliminary data from the TSE reveals that the New Ideas party is emerging as the winner in at least 149 of El Salvador’s 262 municipalities, after the election day on 28 February.
According to the acts processed until 3 pm on March 2, the cyan party has obtained the necessary votes to govern in 57% of country mayors. It is followed by ARENA, which is emerging as a winner in 35 municipalities; the FMLN at 31; WINS in 27 and the PCN in 16. The parties PDC and ANEM won 3 and 1 municipality respectively.
Among the municipalities won by the PDC is Metapán, where days before the election a plane launched tickets stapled to propaganda of the candidate of WIN Ricardo Polanco.
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In the department of San Salvador, New Ideas takes the advantage in 18 of 19 municipalities. Being Ayutuxtepeque the only one that could have been retained by ARENA, as the mayor seeking re-election obtained 7499 votes, surpassing the 5421 of New Ideas with 91.11% of acts processed. In that same department, the FMLN lost Mexicans, where New Ideas gained grace in its coalition with the CD.
In the department of La Libertad, New Ideas seems to have won 16 of 22 municipalities. The rest are distributed to them: WIN (3), SAND (2) and the PCN (1). The municipalities where ARENA takes the lead are Antic Cuscatlán and Jicalapa; whereas the municipalities where WIN takes the advantage are Sacacoyo, Huizúcar and Tepecoyo.
Search this map prepared by Alfa Geomatics and elsalvador.com for the results for each of the municipalities and each of the parties. In addition to reviewing the February 28 results, you can review the 2018 results. For a better map view we suggest you view it on a desktop computer.
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