Vamos (El Salvador)

Let's Go Vamos
Leader	Cesia Rivas[1]
Founded	11 November 2017
Headquarters	San Salvador
Membership	920
Ideology	Liberalism Anti-communism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Blue,   White
Legislative Assembly	1 / 60
Mayors	0 / 44
PARLACEN	0 / 20
Website
vamos.org.sv
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Vamos (English: Let's Go) is a Salvadoran political party that was registered in November 2017. The party was described by inaugural leader Josué Alvarado as being a "project of ideas, principles and values" that accepts individuals from the political left and right.^[2]

History

Vamos was registered to the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) on 4 November 2017 obtaining 57,382 required signatures, and was legalised on 11 November 2017. Despite registering in 2017, the party was not permitted to participate in the 2018 elections as it missed the deadline for internal party elections.^[3]

Vamos participated for the first time in the 2019 presidential election, with the party's membership electing Josué Alvarado as their presidential candidate and Roberto Rivera Ocampo for the vice-presidential candidate.^[4] They received 0.76% of the popular vote.

In the 2021 legislative election, the party received 1.01% of the popular vote. They won one seat from the constituency of the department of San Salvador, represented by deputy Claudia Ortiz.^[5]

In the 2024 Salvadoran election, the party did not field a candidate for President of El Salvador.^[6] The party reelected its one deputy, Claudia Ortiz, to the National Assembly.^[7] The party did not elect any mayors.^[8]

Ideology

In 2017, then-national coordinator and former deputy Josué Alvarado described the party as a "project of ideas, principles and values" that rejects "messianic leaders".^[2]

Party leadership

National general secretary: Cesia Rivas^[9]

National secretary of organization: Wendy Alfaro [es]

Members of the National Assembly

Legislator	Department
Claudia Ortiz	San Salvador

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
2019	Josué Alvarado	20,763	0.76%	N/A		Not elected N
2024	Did not participate					Not elected N

Legislative Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Position	Seats	+/–	Status in legislature
2021	Josué Alvarado	26,492	1.01	8th	1 / 84	New	Opposition
2024	Cesia Rivas	91,675	2.94	5th	1 / 60	0	Opposition

Josué Alvarado Flores, the leader of Vamos until 2022 and its 2019 presidential candidate

Municipal elections

Election	Votes	%	Position	Seats	+/–	Ref.
2021	10,413	0.39	8th	1 / 262	New
2024	8,994	0.56	10th	0 / 44	1

References

1. Crespín, Verónica (16 July 2023). "Partido Vamos Presenta su Lista de Candidatos para 2024" [Vamos Party Presents Its List of Candidates for 2024]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
2. Santos, Carol (15 November 2017). "Lanzan partido Vamos y dice acepta gente de izquierda o derecha". Diario El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
3. Edgardo Rivera (4 November 2017). "TSE autoriza la inscripción del partido VAMOS". El Mundo. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
4. Beatriz Benítez (27 April 2018). "Josué Alvarado se inscribe como precandidato". La Prensa Gráfica. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
5. Violeta Rivas (2 March 2021). "VAMOS celebra tener una diputada en la Asamblea". elsalvador.com. El Diario de Hoy. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. "Bukele y las elecciones en El Salvador: quiénes conforman la oposición en El Salvador y qué plantean para batir al popular y controvertido presidente". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
7. "Partido de Bukele domina o Congresso de El Salvador". CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 20 February 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
8. Villarroel, Gabriela (5 March 2024). "Nuevas Ideas logra 24 alcaldías según resultados preliminares del TSE". La Prensa Grafica. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
9. Gavarrete, Julia; Peña, Víctor (4 November 2023). "Four Women Politicians Confront the Salvadoran Electoral Tribunal". Four Women Politicians Confront the Salvadoran Electoral Tribunal. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

See also

• List of political parties in El Salvador
• Politics of El Salvador