2009 Salvadoran presidential election
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| Registered | 4,226,479 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 62.92% (4.42pp) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 15 March 2009. The main candidates were Rodrigo Ávila (ARENA) and Mauricio Funes (FMLN). Funes won the election with 51.3% of the vote and became the first leftist president of El Salvador.