Opinion polling for the 2024 Salvadoran general election

The following tables list the results of opinion polls for the presidential, legislative, and municipal elections conducted since October 2022 in reverse chronological order for the 2024 Salvadoran general election. The party with the highest percentage is listed in bold and displayed with its background shaded, and the party with the second highest percentage is listed in bold. The lead column shows the percentage between the parties with the first and second highest percentages. For legislative and municipal election polls, projected seat counts, if available, are listed below the percentage.

Presidential election edit

After 20 July 2023 edit

Presidential election polls
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
              Other None Unsure Lead Ref.
Bukele
(NI)
Sánchez
(ARENA)
Flores
(FMLN)
Parada
(NT)
Renderos
(FS)
Murillo
(FPS)
Cardoza
(PAIS)
2024 election 4 Feb 2024 N/A 84.65 5.57 6.40 2.04 0.74 0.60 78.25 [1]
Cid-Gallup (exit poll) 4 Feb 2024 87.0 4.0 7.0 1.6 0.6 0.5 80.0 [2]
End of the presidential campaigning period on 31 January 2024
Cid-Gallup Jan 2024 2,400 79.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 12.0 74.0 [3]
Iudop-UCA 3–14 Jan 2024 2,892 81.9 3.4 4.2 2.5 1.1 1.0 3.0 3.0 77.7 [4]
Iudop-UCA 3–14 Jan 2024 1,264 68.7 1.3 2.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 7.8 19.3 66.4 [4]
CEC-UFG 3–8 Jan 2024 1,904 70.9 2.7 2.9 1.1 0.6 0.6 6.1 15.0 68.0 [5]
Fundaungo 11 Nov–14 Dec 2023 1,201 56.0 2.1 3.3 0.9 1.7 0.6 22.3 52.7 [6]
Iudop-UCA 11–29 Nov 2023 1,512 61.7 1.5 2.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.7 9.4 14.0 59.1 [7]
Cid-Gallup 6–13 Nov 2023 1,200 79.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 14.0 76.0 [8]
Beginning of the presidential campaigning period on 3 October 2023
OPINES 18 Sept 2023 1,320 92.0 2.0 1.0 0.3 2.0 2.7 90.0 [9]
CEC-UFG 15–21 Aug 2023 1,920 68.4 4.3 2.8 2.0 1.5 9.2 11.8 64.1 [10]

Before 20 July 2023 edit

Presidential election polls
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
        PCN       Other None Unsure Lead Ref.
Primary elections finalized by 20 July 2023
Fundaungo 2 May–9 Jun 2023 2,314 53.7 1.9 2.5 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.3 38.8 51.2 [11]
CEC-UFG 27 May–1 Jun 2023 1,334 70.3 3.3 1.2 1.8 23.4 67.0 [12]
La Prensa Gráfica 15–24 Feb 2023 1,520 54.0 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 42.5 52.5 [13]
La Prensa Gráfica 16–21 Nov 2022 1,520 49.3 2.6 1.4 1.1 8.6 9.8 27.2 46.7 [14]
CEC-UFG 27–31 Oct 2022 1,227 66.2 2.2 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 9.8 18.2 48.0 [15]
2019 election 7 Feb 2019 N/A 31.72 14.41 53.10 0.77 21.38 [16]

Legislative election edit

Legislative election polls
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
        PCN           FPS     Other None Unsure Lead Ref.
Cid-Gallup Jan 2024 2,400 60.0
56
5.0
2
2.0
1
4.0
1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0
2.0
0
27.0 55.0 [3]
Iudop-UCA 3–14 Jan 2024 534 67.6 4.7 3.6 2.6 0.4 0.9 0.4 19.9 62.9 [17]
Iudop-UCA 3–14 Jan 2024 428 58.6 2.1 3.0 5.6 1.9 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.5 26.2 53.0 [17]
CEC-UFG 3–8 Jan 2024 1,904
57

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0
[5]
Beginning of the legislative campaigning period on 3 December 2023
Iudop-UCA 11–29 Nov 2023 866 81.2 3.6 5.5 3.9 0.6 0.7 1.5 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 75.7 [7]
CEC-UFG 15–21 Aug 2023 1,920 59.0
58
5.8
1
2.9
1
2.5
0
2.1
0
1.2
0
0.5
0
0.9
0
0.4
0
0.0
0
0.1
0
0.4
0
1.1
0
12.0 11.1 53.2 [18]
Primary elections finalized by 20 July 2023
Fundaungo 2 May–9 Jun 2023 2,314 45.0 2.7 2.9 3.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.6 9.1 25.9 42.1 [11]
CEC-UFG 27 May–1 Jun 2023 1,334 63.0 5.0 1.3 2.8 1.4 1.6 4.7 20.2 58.0 [19]
La Prensa Gráfica 15–24 Feb 2023 1,500 49.7 2.5 1.4 2.7 43.7 47.2 [20]
La Prensa Gráfica 16–21 Nov 2022 1,520 44.3 3.1 1.1 2.6 1.7 9.7 33.9 41.2 [21]
CEC-UFG 27–31 Oct 2022 1,227 62.8 2.9 2.0 1.7 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.8 10.2 18.6 59.9 [15]
2021 election 28 Feb 2021 N/A 66.46
56
12.18
14
6.91
4
5.29
5
4.08
2
1.70
1
1.70
1
1.01
1
0.56
0
54.28 [22]

Municipal election edit

Municipal election polls
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
        PCN           FPS     Other None Unsure Lead Ref.
Beginning of the municipal campaigning period on 5 February 2024
CEC-UFG 3–8 Jan 2024 1,904 54.7 5.8 2.8 3.3 3.0 12.1 18.3 48.9 [5]
Iudop-UCA 11–29 Nov 2023 1,512 40.3 4.8 4.0 4.0 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 11.5 31.2 35.5 [7]
Fundaungo 1–5 Sept 2023 502 35.9 2.1 1.0 2.2 1.4 0.1 0.1 2.4 17.1 37.7 33.7 [23]
Primary elections finalized by 20 July 2023
Fundaungo 2 May–9 Jun 2023 2,314 40.4 3.5 3.7 4.9 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 45.5 35.5 [11]
CEC-UFG 27 May–1 Jun 2023 1,334 56.7 4.9 2.2 3.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.3 6.5 23.5 51.8 [19]
La Prensa Gráfica 15–24 Feb 2023 1,500 41.9 4.3 2.3 1.9 2.0 47.6 37.6 [20]
La Prensa Gráfica 16–21 Nov 2022 1,520 35.3 4.6 2.2 3.6 2.7 8.2 41.0 30.7 [21]
CEC-UFG 27–31 Oct 2022 1,227 50.0 3.4 2.2 2.5 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.8 10.5 29.1 46.6 [15]
2021 election 28 Feb 2021 N/A 50.78
152
19.01
35
11.16
30
10.86
27
4.93
14
1.73
3
0.45
0
0.39
1
0.69
0
31.77 [24]

Polling on Bukele's re-election edit

According to polling conducted CIESCA and TResearch shortly after Bukele's announcement of re-election campaign, a large majority of Salvadorans support Bukele's re-election bid.[25][26] Additionally, many Salvadoran Americans strongly support Bukele's re-election.[27]

The following table lists the results of opinion polls regarding Bukele's re-election, with the option with the highest percentage listed in bold and displayed with its background shaded, and the lead column shows the difference between the "would support" and the "would not support" options. The following graph visualizes local regression of the table's results.

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
Would support Would not support Undecided Lead Ref.
Iudop-UCA 11–29 Nov 2023 1,512 69.9 24.3 5.8 45.6 [28]
TResearch Jun 2023 1,000 90.9 8.8 0.3 82.1 [29]
CEC-UFG 27 May–1 Jun 2023 1,334 75.6 12.5 11.9 63.1 [30]
CIESCA May 2023 91.85 5.36 2.79 86.49 [31]
TResearch May 2023 1,000 90.4 9.3 0.3 81.1 [29]
TResearch Apr 2023 1,000 91.2 7.5 1.3 83.7 [29]
TResearch Mar 2023 1,000 92.6 6.2 1.2 86.4 [29]
La Prensa Gráfica 15–24 Feb 2023 1,500 68.0 13.0 19.0 55.0 [32]
TResearch 14–16 Feb 2023 1,000 93.9 5.7 0.4 88.2 [29]
CEC-UFG 4–8 Feb 2023 1,263 62.2 19.0 18.8 43.2 [33]
TResearch Jan 2023 1,000 92.7 5.9 1.4 86.8 [29]
TResearch Dec 2022 1,000 93.7 4.8 1.5 88.9 [29]
La Prensa Gráfica 16–21 Nov 2022 1,520 64.6 17.9 17.5 46.7 [34]
TResearch Nov 2022 1,000 94.1 4.5 1.4 89.6 [29]
CEC-UFG 27–31 Oct 2022 1,227 74.7 12.8 12.5 61.9 [35]
CEC-UFG 27–31 Oct 2022 1,227 77.2 11.0 11.8 66.2 [35]
TResearch Oct 2022 1,000 94.8 3.9 1.3 90.9 [29]
TResearch 17–19 Sep 2022 1,000 94.3 4.4 1.4 89.9 [26]
CIESCA 18 Sep 2022 25,623 88.3 11.7 76.6 [25]
CEC-UFG 10–14 Sep 2022 1,231 58.9 23.1 15.0 35.8 [36]
CEC-UFG 26 May 2022 72.2 [37]

Intentions to vote edit

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
Will vote Will not vote Undecided Lead Ref.
Fundaungo 1–5 Sept 2023 502 82.8 16.7 0.5 66.1 [23]
Fundaungo 2 May–9 Jun 2023 2,314 83.2 15.1 1.7 68.1 [11]
La Prensa Gráfica Feb 2023 83.6 9.5 6.9 74.1 [38]
La Prensa Gráfica Nov 2022 78.8 10.3 11.0 68.5 [38]

See also edit

References edit

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