(CPOD) Dec. 17, 2003 – Media businessman Antonio Saca kept the lead in El Salvador’s presidential election, according to a poll by Universidad Centroamericana. 46.5 per cent of respondents will support Saca of the National Republican Alliance (ARENA) in the next presidential election.
(CPOD) Dec. 17, 2003 – Media businessman Antonio Saca kept the lead in El Salvador’s presidential election, according to a poll by Universidad Centroamericana. 46.5 per cent of respondents will support Saca of the National Republican Alliance (ARENA) in the next presidential election.
Schafik Handal of the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) is second, with 18 per cent. Hector Silva of the Christian Democrat Party (PDC) and the United Democratic Center (CDU) is third, with 12 per cent.
Two women –Ana Vilma de Escobar for ARENA and Ana Cristina Sol for the CDU-PDC coalition– have been tabled as vice-presidential nominees.
El Salvador endured a 12-year civil war, which ended with a 1992 U.N.-brokered peace deal that dismissed dozens of military officers and called on the FMLN to lay down their arms. 70,000 people died during the conflict, and an estimated 1 million Salvadorians left the country.
The next presidential election is slated for Mar. 21, 2004. If no candidate receives more than 50 per cent of all votes, a run-off would take place five weeks later.
Polling Data
What candidate would you vote for in the presidential election?
Antonio Saca (ARENA) | 46.5% |
Schafik Handal (FMLN) | 18% |
Hector Silva (PDC-CDU) | 12% |
Rafael Machuca (National Conciliation) | 0.7% |
