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Security & Strategic Review - March 2024

EL SALVADOR: Election day marred by irregularities

Ahead of El Salvador’s 4 February presidential and legislative elections, civil society groups raised multiple democracy concerns. These ranged from the unconstitutional nature of Nayib Bukele’s presidential re-election bid [SSR-21-11] to the approval of electoral reforms last year which redraw the country’s political map in a manner widely considered to benefit Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas (NI) party [SSR-23-07]. Voting day itself, which produced a landslide re-election victory for the authoritarian leader and consolidated NI’s presence in the 60-member unicameral legislature (downsized from 84 seats), was beset by numerous irregularities – such that alternate magistrates of the electoral court (TSE) sought to distance themselves from the electoral process.

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