The National Action Party is a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in El Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

. It first contested national elections in 1956. However, Roberto Edmundo Cannessa, its candidate in the presidential election

Salvadoran presidential election, 1956

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 4 March 1956. The result was a victory for José María Lemus of the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, who received 95.2% of the vote....

 was disqualified, whilst in the legislative elections

Salvadoran legislative election, 1956

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 15 May 1956. The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, which won all 54 seats.-Results:-Bibliography:*Political Handbook of the world, 1956. New York, 1957....

 it failed to win a seat, despite being the only party to run against the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification

Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification

The Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification was the ruling party in El Salvador during the 1950s and early 1960s.-History:The party was established 1945 as the official party of the military rulers. In the 1950 general elections, its candidate Óscar Osorio won the presidential elections,...

. It did not contest the 1958 elections

Salvadoran legislative election, 1958

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 23 March 1958. The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, which won all 54 seats unopposed after opposition candidates withdrew from the elections.-Results:...

, but returned in 1960

Salvadoran legislative election, 1960

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 24 April 1960. The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, which won all 54 seats after the Central Electoral Council had disqualified the candidates of the Renovating Action Party in seven of fourteen...

, again failing to win a seat against the PRUN. It also failed to win a seat in the Constitutional Assembly elections

Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election, 1961

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in El Salvador on 17 December 1961. The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won all 54 seats.-Results:...

 in 1961.

The party did not contest another election until 2000, when it won two seats in the legislative elections

Salvadoran legislative election, 2000

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 2000. Although the Nationalist Republican Alliance received the most votes, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front won the most seats. Voter turnout was 38.5%.-Results:...

 that year. However, it lost them both in the 2003 elections

Salvadoran legislative election, 2003

The 2003 Salvadoran legislative election took place in El Salvador on 16 March 2003 to elect 84 deputies to the Legislative Assembly for a term of three years. The main opposition party, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front , won the most seats in election at 31...

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