Vamos (El Salvador)
Let's Go Vamos | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Cesia Rivas[1] |
| Founded | 11 November 2017 |
| Headquarters | San Salvador |
| Membership | 920 |
| Ideology | Christian humanism Liberalism Anti-communism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | Blue, White |
| Legislative Assembly | 1 / 84 |
| Mayors | 1 / 262 |
| PARLACEN | 0 / 20 |
| Heads of Departments | 0 / 14 |
| Website | |
| vamos.org.sv | |
Vamos (English: Let's Go) is a Salvadoran political party. It was registered to the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) on 4 November 2017 by obtaining 57,382 signatures as stated by law and legalised on 11 November 2017.[2] In addition to being described as a centrist party, it accepts people from the left and the right.[3]
History
Vamos participated for the first time in the 2019 presidential election, with the party's membership electing Josué Alvarado as their presidential candidate and Roberto Rivera Ocampo for the vice-presidential candidate.[4] They received 0.76% of the popular vote.
In the 2021 legislative election, the party received 1.01% of the popular vote. They won one seat from the constituency of the department of San Salvador, represented by deputy Claudia Ortiz.[5]
Electoral history
Presidential elections
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 2019 | Josué Alvarado | 20,763 | 0.76% |
N/A | Not elected 
| |
| 2024 | Did not participate | Not elected
| ||||
Legislative Assembly elections
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Position | Seats | +/– | Status in legislature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Josué Alvarado | 26,492 | 1.01 |  8th
|
1 / 84
|
New | Opposition |
| 2024 | Cesia Rivas | 91,675 | 2.94 | 5th
|
1 / 60
|
 0
|
Opposition |
Municipal elections
| Election | Votes | % | Position | Seats | +/– | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10,413 | 0.39% | 8th
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1 / 262
|
New | |
| 2024 | 0 / 44
|
 1
|
References
- ^ Crespín, Verónica (16 July 2023). "Partido Vamos Presenta su Lista de Candidatos para 2024" [Vamos Party Presents Its List of Candidates for 2024]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ Edgardo Rivera (4 November 2017). "TSE autoriza la inscripción del partido VAMOS". El Mundo. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Lanzan partido Vamos y dice que acepta gente de izquierda o derecha". El Mundo. Retrieved 16 March 2021.[dead link]
- ^ Beatriz Benítez (27 April 2018). "Josué Alvarado se inscribe como precandidato". La Prensa Gráfica. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ Violeta Rivas (2 March 2021). "VAMOS celebra tener una diputada en la Asamblea". elsalvador.com. El Diario de Hoy. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
See also
| Represented in the Legislative Assembly | |
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| Unrepresented |
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| Defunct parties |
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