Grand Alliance for National Unity

The Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA; Spanish: Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional) is a political party in El Salvador. The party established itself on 16 January 2010[3] and was recognized by the Supreme Electoral Court of El Salvador on 19 May of the same year.

Grand Alliance for National Unity
Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional
AbbreviationGANA
PresidentNelson Guardado[1]
FounderAndrés Rovira
Founded16 January 2010 (2010-01-16)
Registered19 May 2010 (2010-05-19)
Split fromARENA
Headquarters41 Avenida Sur y Sexta-Décima Calle Poniente, San Salvador, El Salvador
IdeologySocial conservatism
Economic liberalism
Populism
Political positionCentre-right[2]
PARLACEN groupCenter-Democratic Integration
Colours  Turquoise
  Orange
Seats in the Legislative Assembly
5 / 84
Mayors
26 / 262
Seats in the PARLACEN
2 / 20
Heads of Departments
1 / 14
Party flag
Website
gana.org.sv
The party's logo until 2018

The majority of party members came from the ARENA. Originally the defection from ARENA included 12 deputies in the Legislative Assembly, but this number has grown to 16. GANA ranks third in seats in the assembly with 11, after the FMLN's 31 and the ARENA's remaining 28.[4] There have been accusations of ARENA members being bought or blackmailed by the GANA party in order to secure them in their party.[5][6][7] GANA has also been accused of multiple cases of corruption.[8][9][10]

On June 1, 2019, Nayib Bukele under the banner of the GANA party became the first president of El Salvador since José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes to come from outside of the two major political parties in El Salvador, the ARENA and FMLN. Bukele is also the first president to be elected while a part of GANA.

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
2014 Supported Antonio Saca 307,603
11.44%
 Lost N
2019 Nayib Bukele 1,434,856
53.10%
 Elected Y

Legislative Assembly elections
Election Party leader Votes % Position Seats +/– Status in legislature
2012 José Andres Rovira 210,101 9.6% 3rd
11 / 84
 11 Opposition
2015 209,897 9.22% 3rd
11 / 84
 Opposition
2018 243,268 11.45% 3rd
10 / 84
 1 Opposition
2021 Nelson Guardado 132,958 5.33% 4th
5 / 84
 5 Government

References
  1. https://www.elsalvador.com/eldiariodehoy/nelson-guardado-es-el-nuevo-presidente-de-gana/657907/2019/ Nelson Guardado es el nuevo presidente de GANA
  2. "GANA:a la derecha del FMLN, a la izquierda de ARENA", ContraPunto, 5 February 2014
  3. "Gana firma acta de constitución como instituto político". El Diario de Hoy. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  4. "Representantes por Grupo Parlamentario". Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  5. "San Sebastián será la capital por un día".
  6. "Soto denuncia presiones en interior ARENA".
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. http://www.elfaro.net/es/201103/noticias/3870/Cambalache-electoral-entre-FMLN-y-Gana.htm
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