The first results point to a strong advantage of officialdom in Assembly. The voting percentage reached 51% according to the Supreme Electoral Court.
The New Ideas party, which ran in its first elections, has reaffirmed a wide advantage in the preliminary results released last night by the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), and although there are no official data on numbers of deputies reached, the absolute numbers project by the officialism the dominion of the Legislative Assembly.
At the close of this edition (01:20 this Monday) the TSE data gave New Ides 390,721 votes nationwide, for 97,226 of the NI-WIN coalition and 70,948 for ARENA, 47,460 for the FMLN, 40,098 for WIN, 26,073 for PCN, 13,281 for PDC and 9,090 for our Time with 31% of the acts transmitted (2,622).
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The head of the technical mission of TSE, Eduardo Lozano, explained at 09:27 last night that until this time the transmission system was operating normally. Until now, the computer center had received 2.59% of the results of the legislative elections, that is, 219 acts out 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 must be carried out to collect the votes and this is up to final scrutiny, “Lozano explained in reference to the quotient and waste system of electoral legislation.
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The data on the number of deputies and who are the most voted deputies will be known in the course of the week and possibly until the final scrutiny.
New normalcy
Legislative and municipal elections passed with relative normality, except for some logistical drawbacks such as the late opening of some polling stations due to lack of electoral packages or the delay in voting at some receiving boards due to the extra time the application took of biosecurity protocols to prevent COVID-19 contagion, such as the application of gel alcohol on crayons for marking and disinfection of voter DUI.
In addition to a problem with the credentials of the board members of NI and WIN, a situation overcome in the early hours of the morning after the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) issued a ruling to resolve the inconvenience.
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Another relevant aspect was the opinion of the election observers who validated the performance of the Voting Boards (JRV) which are summarized in the statements of the representative of the United States in El Salvador, who clarified any suspicion. of “fraud” that had repeated officialdom from President Nayib Bukele and supporters of New Ideas and WIN.
“It is very important that you work with the institutions to do this,” the U.S. business manager said. “The important thing is not to say there is fraud where there is no fraud,” said Brendan O’Brien, business manager of the U.S. embassy in the country.
Electoral turnout was also important. Although no precise data is yet available, voters responded to the call to vote despite the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of contagion from attending a crowded center. .
TSE President Dora Martinez said at 9:27 p.m. that 51% of the convened voters had participated.
TSE conference before international observers. photo EDH
“So far we have overcome the influx of voters from other elections: we have 51% of people who have attended. The pandemic was not a pretext for not continuing to implement democracy,” he said in a news conference.
In general, the distance suggested by the health authorities and the appropriate and systematic use of biosecurity measures such as the use of alcohol gel and masks were observed. A significant participation of elderly people was also observed, who had priority when arriving at the JRV.
they break the silence
Another aspect to note is the call for a vote made by President Nayib Bukele during a press conference before giving his vote.
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Although the Electoral Code prohibits calling the vote three days before the election, which is called electoral silence, the president, without mentioning party names, called on the population to vote to “get the same as always” and even and it all called for the “operation completed” in the sense of completing with an Assembly favorable to the executive the triumph that the electorate gave it to come to power in 2019.
This joins the various inaugurations of works such as the Bypass of Freedom and the announcement of the delivery of computers to public schools and the delivery of solidarity packages even without DUI registration that was even done. one day before the vote.