Democratic Change (El Salvador)

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Democratic Change Cambio Democrático
Leader	Javier Milián[1]
Founded	2005
Headquarters	San Salvador
Ideology	Social democracy Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	COPPPAL
Colours	Yellow and Blue
Seats in the Legislative Assembly	0 / 84
Mayors	0 / 262
Central American Parliament	0 / 20
Party flag
Website
http://www.cambiodemocratico.com.sv/
Politics of El Salvador Political parties Elections

Democratic Change (Spanish: Cambio Democrático) is a center-left political party in El Salvador. It was formed by former members of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), and United Democratic Center (CDU). It is a social Christian and social democratic in ideological orientation, incorporating what the party calls the "democratic left."^[2]

In the 12 March 2006 legislative election, the party won 3.1% of the popular vote and 2 out of 84 seats.

At the January 18, 2009 legislative elections, Democratic Change won 2.1% of the vote and 1 seat.

The party was controversially dissolved by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) in July 2018 for failing to meet minimum seat and vote requirements in the 2015 Salvadoran legislative election, despite meeting those requirements in the following 2018 election.^[3] As of October 2019, the party has acquired the necessary signatures to be reregistered, and has begun the process with the TSE.^[4]

As Democratic Change failed to receive more than 50,000 votes in the 2024 election, the TSE began the process to deregister the party on 11 April 2024.^[5]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
2009	Did not run
2014	Did not run
2019	Did not run
2024	Supported Nayib Bukele (NI)[6]	2,701,725	84.65%	—		Won Y

Legislative Assembly elections

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Election	Votes	%	Position	Seats	+/–	Status in legislature	Ref.
2006	61,022	3.05%	5th	2 / 84	2	Opposition
2009	46,971	2.12%	5th	1 / 84	1	Opposition
2012	47,747	2.12%	6th	1 / 84	0	Opposition
2015	36,796	1.62%	7th	0 / 84	1	Extra-parliamentary
2018	19,869	0.94%	10th	1 / 84	1	Opposition
2021	14,768	0.56%	9th	0 / 84	1	Extra-parliamentary
2024	12,165	0.39	10th	0 / 60	0	Extra-parliamentary

References

External links

• Official web site of the party

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