(CPOD) Nov. 29, 2003 – Antonio Saca of the National Republican Alliance (ARENA) remains the man to beat in El Salvador’s presidential race, according to a poll by Universidad Francisco Gavidia. 32.9 per cent of respondents will support Saca in the next presidential election.
(CPOD) Nov. 29, 2003 – Antonio Saca of the National Republican Alliance (ARENA) remains the man to beat in El Salvador’s presidential race, according to a poll by Universidad Francisco Gavidia. 32.9 per cent of respondents will support Saca in the next presidential election.
Schafik Handal of the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) is second, with 27.4 per cent. Former FMLN member Hector Silva is a distant third with 4.5 per cent. Silva has been nominated by the Christian Democrat Party (PDC) and the United Democratic Center (CDU).
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 presidential election is slated for Mar. 21, 2004.
Polling Data
Which of these candidates will you vote for in the next presidential elections?
Nov. 2003 | Oct. 2003 | |
Antonio Saca (ARENA) | 32.9% | 44.9% |
Schafik Handal (FMLN) | 27.3% | 25.9% |
Hector Silva (PDC-CDU) | 4.5% | 9.3% |
Rafael Machuca (National Conciliation) | 1.5% | 0.9% |
