The TSE has released the official results, 4 days after delaying the closing of the final check on claims of new ideas.
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal this Friday presented the final report of the results of the 2021 elections in which the representatives were elected to the Parlacen, the Legislative Assembly and the municipal councils for the period 2021-2024.
“We can rightly affirm that technology has enabled us to deliver timely and accurate results, the trend of which did not change with regard to the electoral results achieved in the final vote,” said TSE President Dora Esmeralda Martínez de Barahona .
In addition, it was reported that the final bill of materials and decision on the final statement will be published in accordance with the Electoral Act.
According to the electoral authority, this was the distribution of mayoral rights achieved by the parties: ARENA 34 mayoral rights; FMLN 30; WINS 27; PCN 14; PDC 3; Let’s go 1; New ideas 116.
Those obtained by coalition are added: New Ideas-CD 23 Mayors; ARENA-PCN 1; New Ideas-WINS 9; New Ideas CD-WINS 1; New Ideas-PCN 1. New Ideas-PCN-WINS 2.
While the division of the Central American parliament by political party is as follows: New Ideas-CD 14 deputies; ARENA 3; FMLN 1; WIN 1; PCN 1; PDC 0.
The statement took place four days after it was shelved over allegations of the New Ideas party that pointed out to the electoral entity that it had removed 83 councilors from the division for city councils.
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The President of the Council, Dora Martínez, indicated at the time that New Ideas has filed a request for a revision of the position determination in the municipal councils and that this request must be resolved.
Martínez was referring to Section 219 of the Elections Act which lays down the rules for interpreting how councilors should be appointed to the council, and on this basis the corresponding revision would be made.
“About some of the issues that they (New Ideas) are raising, we get to know them, including, we will meet in the afternoon today to go ahead and decide what will be the resolution we are going to issue,” Magistrate Noel Said Orellana Tuesday.
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The NI claim is given by the way the number of councilors in each city council is distributed in accordance with the provisions of Article 219 of the Electoral Code (CE).
In connection with this, election expert Ruth Eleonora López said in an interview with TVX that “such a change requires reform approved by the Legislative Assembly,” despite the TSE being the supreme authority on electoral matters. does not correspond to changing the law.
On the other hand, Article 272 of the EC provides that the actions for annulment of the final vote can be brought by the political parties to the Court within three days of notification or publication on the TSE website.
In the final report, 19 days after the completion of the assignments in which it has indicated, the Court will develop a computer system for the audit of the Voice Receiving Boards that allowed the development of a process of “transparency”.