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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Salvadorans voted Sunday in elections that many believe will set the stage for the left wing to come to power for the first time — a milestone in a nation still polarized after a civil war that ended nearly two decades ago.
Most surveys gave the advantage to leftist candidates in races to choose 84 legislators and 262 mayors. But early returns indicated that the left would lose the mayoralty in San Salvador, the capital.
A big showing by the left now would stoke momentum for a widely expected victory by El Salvador’s former guerrilla movement in presidential elections in March.
