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A presidential election was held in El Salvador on Sunday, 21 March 2004. The Salvadoran people elected a new president, together with his vice-president, for a five-year term. Antonio "Tony" Saca of the ARENA party won the election. El Salvador's constitution provides for a second-round runoff vote in the event that no candidate secures an absolute majority; however, Saca's 57% share of the vote meant that the second round, scheduled for 2 May, would not take place. ==Candidates== There were two front-running candidates: *Antonio Saca of the ruling Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). In his campaign, Saca embraced the free-market and pro-US policies followed by his predecessor and fellow ''arenista'', Francisco Flores. He was also the clear favorite of the Bush administration. *Schafik Handal of the opposition Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Handal sought to capitalize on discontent over slow economic growth, increasing crime, and income disparities between the poor and the tiny elite. He pledged to raise the tax burden on the rich and to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba. There were also two additional candidates. However, pre-vote opinion polls consistently placed both of them far behind the two leaders: *Héctor Silva Argüello, the United Democratic Centre-Christian Democratic Party (CDU-PDC) alliance candidate. *José Rafael Machuca Zelaya, representing the Party of National Conciliation (PCN). The election was monitored by 270 international observers and El Salvador's own ''Tribunal Supremo Electoral'', an institution created in 1992 to reform and validate the country's electoral system. Some 17,000 police were on security duty during the election. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salvadoran presidential election, 2004」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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