Development: On 27 March, El Salvador’s supreme electoral tribunal (TSE) finally announced the official results of the country’s legislative and municipal elections, nearly a month after they were staged on 1 March. Significance: The painstakingly slow count was compounded by the fact that the very final deputy to be confirmed by the TSE in the 84-seat legislative assembly won by fewer than 100 votes. This meant that the ballot papers and tally sheets related to this seat, which contained irregularities, had to be recounted, not least because so much was rested on the outcome. In the event, the main right-wing…