El Salvador's Bukele poised for majority in mid-term votes

FILE PHOTO: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks during a promotion ceremony from policemen to corporals in San Salvador, El Salvador, September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Salvadorans went to the polls on Sunday to vote in legislative and municipal elections that could give a broad victory to President Nayib Bukele's party, consolidating his overhaul of traditional politics.

Opinion polls show that Bukele's party, New Ideas, could win more than half of the mayoral positions, and enough seats to hold at least a simple majority in Congress.