<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is in a list format that may be better presented using prose . You can help by converting this article to prose, if appropriate . Editing help is available . (June 2017) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is in a list format that may be better presented using prose . You can help by converting this article to prose, if appropriate . Editing help is available . (June 2017) </Td> </Tr> <P> The government of El Salvador is a presidential representative democratic republic . The seat of the federal government is in San Salvador . </P> <P> El Salvador elects its head of state--the President of El Salvador--directly through a fixed - date general election whose winner is decided by absolute majority . If an absolute majority (50% + 1) is not achieved by any candidate in the first round of a presidential election, then a run - off election is conducted 30 days later between the two candidates who obtained the most votes in the first round . The presidential period is five years, and re-election is not permitted . </P>

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