Central America. El Salvador: Sánchez Cerén almost elected president in the first round

CENTRAL AMERICA - In Brief 03 Feb 2014 by Francisco de Paula Gutierrez
With 99% of total votes counted, Vice president Salvador Sánchez Cerén of the official FMLN was slightly short of winning the presidency in yesterday´s election, after getting 48.9% of votes. Norman Quijano, of the opposition ARENA party, will be his contender in the March 9th runoff (38.9%% of the votes). The margin between the two contenders was much larger than recent polls have suggested and puts Sanchez Cerén with one foot inside the presidential house. Former president Antonio Saca, of the Unity party, finished as a distant third with just 11.44% of the votes.

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