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DescriptionThe President is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of El Salvador. The President serves a five year term, and on September 3, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that the president is eligible to serve two consecutive terms in office.

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Date Type Results
Feb 04, 2024 General Election
 Nayib Bukele(I)
2,701,725
84.65%
 Manuel Flores
204,167
6.40%
 Joel Sánchez
177,881
5.57%
 Luis Parada
65,076
2.04%
 Javier Renderos
23,473
0.74%
 Marina Murillo
19,293
0.60%
Nov 30, 2023 Acting
 Claudia Juana Rodríguez de Guevara
67
85.90%
  Reject
11
14.10%
Feb 03, 2019 General Election
 Nayib Bukele
1,434,856
53.10%
 Carlos Calleja
857,084
31.72%
 Hugo Roger Martínez Bonilla
389,289
14.41%
 Josué Alvarado
20,763
0.77%
Jul 29, 2018 Primary Election
 Nayib Bukele
1,863
93.71%
 Will Salgado
125
6.29%
May 27, 2018 Primary Election
 Hugo Roger Martínez Bonilla
20,259
72.09%
 Gerson Martínez
7,845
27.91%
Apr 22, 2018 Primary Election
 Carlos Calleja
34,670
60.80%
 Javier Simán
21,779
38.19%
 Gustavo López
574
1.01%
Mar 09, 2014 General Election
 Salvador Sánchez Cerén
1,495,815
50.11%
 Norman Noel Quijano González
1,489,451
49.89%
Feb 02, 2014 General Election - Requires Run-Off
 Salvador Sánchez Cerén
1,315,768
48.93%
 Norman Noel Quijano González
1,047,592
38.96%
 Antonio "Tony" Saca
307,603
11.44%
 René Rodríguez Hurtado
11,314
0.42%
 Óscar Lemus
6,659
0.25%
Mar 15, 2009 General Election
 Mauricio Funes
1,349,142
51.30%
 Rodrigo Ávila
1,280,995
48.70%
Mar 21, 2004 General Election
 Antonio "Tony" Saca
1,190,235
57.73%
 Schafik Hándal
734,469
35.63%
 José Rafael Machuca Zelaya
80,592
3.91%
 Héctor Ricardo Silva Argüello
56,289
2.73%
Mar 07, 1999 General Election
 Francisco Flores
614,268
51.94%
 Facundo Guardado
343,472
29.04%
 Rubén Zamora
88,640
7.50%
 Rodolfo Antonio Parker Soto
67,207
5.68%
 Rafael Hernán Contreras Rodríguez
45,140
3.82%
 Nelson Salvador García Córdova
19,269
1.63%
 Francisco Ayala de Paz
4,571
0.39%
Apr 24, 1994 General Election
 Armando Calderón Sol
818,264
68.52%
 Rubén Zamora
375,980
31.48%
Mar 20, 1994 General Election
 Armando Calderón Sol
651,632
49.11%
 Rubén Zamora
331,629
24.99%
 Fidel Chávez Mena
215,936
16.27%
  Others
127,639
9.62%
Mar 19, 1989 General Election
 Alfredo Cristiani
505,370
53.82%
 Fidel Chávez Mena
338,369
36.03%
 Rafael Morán Castañeda
38,218
4.07%
 Guillermo Ungo
35,642
3.80%
  Others
21,479
2.29%
May 06, 1984 Run-Off
 José Napoleón Duarte
752,625
53.59%
 Roberto D'Aubuisson
651,741
46.41%
Mar 25, 1984 General Election - Requires Run-Off
 José Napoleón Duarte
549,727
43.41%
 Roberto D'Aubuisson
376,917
29.77%
 Francisco José Guerrero
244,556
19.31%
 René Fortín Magaña
43,939
3.47%
 Francisco Quiñones Ávila
24,395
1.93%
 Roberto García Escobar
15,430
1.22%
 Juan Ramón Rosales
6,645
0.52%
  Gilberto Trujillo
4,677
0.37%
May 02, 1982 General Election
 Álvaro Magaña
1
100.00%
Dec 22, 1980 General Election
 José Napoleón Duarte(I)
2
40.00%
 Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez Avendaño(I)
1
20.00%
 José Antonio Morales Ehrlich(I)
1
20.00%
 José Ramón Ávalos Navarrete(I)
1
20.00%
Dec 07, 1980 General Election
 Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez Avendaño(I)
1
25.00%
 José Antonio Morales Ehrlich(I)
1
25.00%
 José Ramón Ávalos Navarrete(I)
1
25.00%
 José Napoleón Duarte(I)
1
25.00%
Mar 10, 1980 General Election
 Adolfo Arnoldo Majano Ramos(I)
1
20.00%
 Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez Avendaño(I)
1
20.00%
 José Antonio Morales Ehrlich(I)
1
20.00%
 José Ramón Ávalos Navarrete(I)
1
20.00%
 José Napoleón Duarte
1
20.00%
Mar 03, 1980 General Election
 Adolfo Arnoldo Majano Ramos(I)
1
25.00%
 Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez Avendaño(I)
1
25.00%
 José Antonio Morales Ehrlich(I)
1
25.00%
 José Ramón Ávalos Navarrete(I)
1
25.00%
Jan 09, 1980 General Election
 Adolfo Arnoldo Majano Ramos(I)
1
20.00%
 Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez Avendaño(I)
1
20.00%
 José Antonio Morales Ehrlich
1
20.00%
 José Ramón Ávalos Navarrete
1
20.00%
 Héctor Miguel Antonio Dada Hirezi
1
20.00%
Jan 05, 1980 General Election
 Adolfo Arnoldo Majano Ramos(I)
1
50.00%
 Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez Avendaño(I)
1
50.00%
Oct 17, 1979 General Election
 Guillermo Ungo
1
20.00%
 Adolfo Arnoldo Majano Ramos(I)
1
20.00%
 Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez Avendaño(I)
1
20.00%
 Román Mayorga Quirós
1
20.00%
 Mario Antonio Andino
1
20.00%
Oct 15, 1979 General Election
 Adolfo Arnoldo Majano Ramos
1
50.00%
 Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez Avendaño
1
50.00%
Feb 20, 1977 General Election
 Carlos Humberto Romero
812,281
67.30%
 Ernesto Claramount Rozeville
394,661
32.70%
Feb 20, 1972 General Election
 Arturo Armando Molina
334,600
43.42%
 José Napoleón Duarte
324,756
42.14%
 José Antonio Rodríguez Porth
94,367
12.25%
 José Alberto Medrano
16,871
2.19%
Mar 05, 1967 General Election
 Fidel Sánchez Hernández
267,447
54.37%
 Abraham Rodríguez Portillo
106,358
21.62%
 Fabio Castillo Figueroa
70,978
14.43%
 Álvaro Martínez
47,111
9.58%
Apr 30, 1962 General Election
 Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo
368,801
100.00%
Jan 25, 1962 General Election
 Rodolfo Cordón
1
100.00%
Sep 11, 1961 General Election
 Aníbal Portillo(I)
1
33.33%
 Feliciano Avelar(I)
1
33.33%
 Mariano Castro Morán
1
33.33%
Apr 06, 1961 General Election
 Aníbal Portillo(I)
1
33.33%
 Feliciano Avelar(I)
1
33.33%
 Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo(I)
1
33.33%
Jan 25, 1961 General Election
 Aníbal Portillo
1
20.00%
 Feliciano Avelar
1
20.00%
 José Antonio Rodríguez Porth
1
20.00%
 José Francisco Valiente
1
20.00%
 Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo
1
20.00%
Oct 26, 1960 General Election
 Miguel Ángel Castillo
1
16.67%
 Fabio Castillo Figueroa
1
16.67%
 Ricardo Falla Cáceres
1
16.67%
 René Fortín Magaña
1
16.67%
 Rubén Alonso Rosales
1
16.67%
 César Yanes Urías
1
16.67%
Mar 04, 1956 General Election
 José María Lemus
677,748
95.20%
 Rafael Carranza Amaya
22,659
3.18%
 Enrique Magaña Menéndez
11,524
1.62%
Mar 29, 1950 General Election
 Óscar Osorio
345,139
56.45%
 José Ascencio Menéndez
266,271
43.55%
Oct 22, 1949 General Election
 Humberto Costa(I)
1
50.00%
 Óscar A. Bolaños(I)
1
50.00%
Jan 05, 1949 General Election
 Óscar Osorio(I)
1
25.00%
 Reynaldo Galindo Pohl(I)
1
25.00%
 Humberto Costa(I)
1
25.00%
 Óscar A. Bolaños(I)
1
25.00%
Dec 15, 1948 General Election
 Reynaldo Galindo Pohl
1
20.00%
 Óscar Osorio
1
20.00%
 Manuel de Jesús Córdova
1
20.00%
 Óscar A. Bolaños
1
20.00%
 Humberto Costa
1
20.00%
Jan 16, 1945 General Election
 Salvador Castaneda Castro
312,754
99.70%
 Osmín Aguirre y Salinas(I)
690
0.22%
 Antonio Claramount Lucero
165
0.05%
 Arturo Romero
55
0.02%
 Napoleón Viera Altamirano
29
0.01%
 José Cipriano Castro
1
0.00%
Nov 04, 1944 General Election
 Miguel Tomás Molina
1
100.00%
Oct 21, 1944 General Election
 Osmín Aguirre y Salinas
1
100.00%
May 09, 1944 General Election
 Andrés Ignacio Menéndez
1
100.00%
Jan 01, 1944 General Election
 Maximiliano Hernández Martínez(I)
0
100.00%
Jan 03, 1939 General Election
 Maximiliano Hernández Martínez(I)
210,810
100.00%
Jan 15, 1935 General Election
 Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
329,555
100.00%
Aug 29, 1934 General Election
 Andrés Ignacio Menéndez
1
100.00%
Dec 04, 1931 General Election
 Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
1
100.00%
Jan 13, 1931 General Election
 Arturo Araujo
106,777
46.65%
 Alberto Gómez Zárate
64,280
28.09%
 Enrique Córdova
34,499
15.07%
 Antonio Claramount Lucero
18,399
8.04%
 Miguel Tomás Molina
4,911
2.15%
Jan 09, 1927 General Election
 Pío Romero Bosque
192,860
100.00%
Jan 14, 1923 General Election
 Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
1
100.00%
 Miguel Tomás Molina
0
0.00%
Feb 04, 1922 General Election
 Jorge Meléndez(I)
1
100.00%
Jun 13, 1921 General Election
 Jorge Meléndez(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 15, 1919 General Election
 Jorge Meléndez
185,492
100.00%
Dec 21, 1918 General Election
 Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
1
100.00%
Jan 12, 1915 General Election
 Carlos Meléndez
1
100.00%
Aug 29, 1914 General Election
 Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
1
100.00%
Feb 09, 1913 General Election
 Carlos Meléndez
1
100.00%
Jan 12, 1911 General Election
 Manuel Enrique Araujo
182,964
100.00%
Feb 19, 1907 General Election
 Fernando Figueroa
152,053
99.76%
 Luis Alonso Barahona
222
0.15%
  Others
144
0.09%
Feb 16, 1903 General Election
 Pedro José Escalón
91,861
77.82%
 Francisco A. Reyes
19,900
16.86%
 Potenciano Escalón
5,445
4.61%
 Tomás Regalado(I)
501
0.42%
  Others
191
0.16%
 Joaquín Pérez
150
0.13%
Jan 01, 1899 General Election
 Tomás Regalado(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 14, 1898 General Election
 Tomás Regalado
1
100.00%
Jan 01, 1895 General Election
 Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez(I)
61,080
99.85%
  Reject
91
0.15%
Jun 10, 1894 General Election
 Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez
1
100.00%
Jan 01, 1891 General Election
 Carlos Ezeta(I)
52,342
99.96%
  Reject
19
0.04%
Jun 22, 1890 General Election
 Carlos Ezeta
1
100.00%
Mar 01, 1887 General Election
 Francisco Menéndez Valdivieso(I)
1
100.00%
May 15, 1885 General Election
 Francisco Menéndez Valdivieso
1
100.00%
Feb 19, 1880 General Election
 Rafael Zaldívar(I)
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1880 General Election
 Rafael Zaldívar(I)
1
100.00%
Jul 15, 1876 General Election
 Rafael Zaldívar(I)
1
100.00%
May 01, 1876 General Election
 Rafael Zaldívar
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1876 General Election
 Andrés del Valle
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1872 General Election
 Santiago González Portillo(I)
1
100.00%
Apr 15, 1871 General Election
 Santiago González Portillo
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1865 General Election
 Francisco Dueñas
1
100.00%
Jul 12, 1863 General Election
 Francisco Dueñas
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1860 General Election
 Gerardo Barrios(I)
1
100.00%
Mar 12, 1859 General Election
 Gerardo Barrios
1
100.00%
Feb 15, 1859 General Election
 José María Peralta
1
100.00%
Jan 24, 1859 General Election
 Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
1
100.00%
Feb 07, 1858 General Election
 Miguel Santín del Castillo
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1858 General Election
 Lorenzo Zepeda
1
100.00%
Feb 12, 1856 General Election
 Rafael Campo
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1856 General Election
 Francisco Dueñas
1
100.00%
Feb 15, 1854 General Election
 José María San Martín
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1854 General Election
 Vicente Gómez
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1852 General Election
 Francisco Dueñas
1
100.00%
Jan 30, 1852 General Election
 José María San Martín
1
100.00%
May 13, 1851 General Election
 Francisco Dueñas
1
100.00%
Mar 01, 1851 General Election
 José Félix Quirós
1
100.00%
Feb 04, 1850 General Election
 Doroteo Vasconcelos
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1850 General Election
 Ramón Rodríguez
1
100.00%
Feb 07, 1848 General Election
 Doroteo Vasconcelos
1
100.00%
Feb 03, 1848 General Election
 José Félix Quirós
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1848 General Election
 Tomás Medina Menéndez
1
100.00%
Feb 21, 1846 General Election
 Eugenio Aguilar
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1846 General Election
 Fermín Palacios
1
100.00%
Feb 15, 1845 General Election
 Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
1
100.00%
Feb 07, 1844 General Election
 Francisco Malespín
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1844 General Election
 Fermín Palacios
1
100.00%
Sep 20, 1842 General Election
 Juan José Guzmán(I)
1
100.00%
Apr 14, 1842 General Election
 Juan José Guzmán
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1842 General Election
 José Escolástico Marín
1
100.00%
Feb 22, 1841 General Election
 Juan Lindo
1
100.00%

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