Grand Alliance for National Unity Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | GANA |
| President | Nelson Guardado[1] |
| Founder | Andrés Rovira |
| Founded | 16 January 2010; 15 years ago (2010-01-16) |
| Registered | 19 May 2010; 15 years ago (2010-05-19) |
| Split from | Nationalist Republican Alliance |
| Headquarters | 41 Avenida Sur y Sexta-Décima Calle Poniente,San Salvador,El Salvador |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism Populism |
| Political position | Center-right[2] |
| PARLACEN group | Center-Democratic Integration |
| Colours | Orange (until 2018, from 2021)[3] Turquoise (2018–2021) |
| Seats in theLegislative Assembly | 0 / 60 |
| Mayors | 6 / 44 |
| Seats in thePARLACEN | 2 / 20 |
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| Website | |
| gana.org.sv | |
TheGrand Alliance for National Unity (GANA;Spanish:Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional) is a political party inEl Salvador. The party established itself on 16 January 2010[4] and was recognized by the Supreme Electoral Court of El Salvador on 19 May of the same year.
The majority of party members came from theNationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). Originally the defection from ARENA included 12 deputies in theLegislative Assembly, but this number has grown to 16. GANA ranks third in seats in the assembly with 11, after theFMLN's 31 and the ARENA's remaining 28.[5] There have been accusations of ARENA members being bought or blackmailed by the GANA party in order to secure them in their party.[6][7][8] GANA has also been accused of multiple cases of corruption.[9][10][11]
On 1 June 2019,Nayib Bukele under the banner of the GANA party became the first president of El Salvador sinceJosé Napoleón Duarte to come from outside of the two major political parties in El Salvador, theARENA andFMLN. Bukele is also the first president to be elected while a part of GANA.
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 2014 | SupportedAntonio Saca | 307,603 | 11.44% | Lost N | ||
| 2019 | Nayib Bukele | 1,434,856 | 53.10% | Elected Y | ||
| 2024 | SupportedNayib Bukele (NI)[12] | 2,701,725 | 84.65% | — | ElectedY | |
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| 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 |
| 2024 | 99,344 | 3.19 | 7th | 0 / 60 | 5 | Extraparliamentary |
| Election | Votes | % | Position | Municipalities | +/– | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 265,358 | 11.48 | 3rd | 17 / 262 | New | |
| 2015 | 244,567 | 10.34 | 3rd | 19 / 262 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 289,820 | 12.58 | 3rd | 26 / 262 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 295,091 | 11.16 | 3rd | 27 / 262 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 216,664 | 13.41 | 2nd | 6 / 44 | 21 |
