Elections in Nicaragua gives information on
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
s and election results in
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
.
The
Republic of Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
elects on national level a
head of state
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– the
president
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*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
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– and a
unicameral
Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one.
Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
legislature
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its p ...
. The
President of Nicaragua
The president of Nicaragua ( es, Presidente de Nicaragua), officially known as the president of the Republic of Nicaragua ( es, Presidente de la República de Nicaragua), is the head of state and head of government of Nicaragua. The office was ...
and his or her vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five-year term by the people.
The
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
''(Asamblea Nacional)'' has 92 members: 90 deputies elected for a five-year term by
proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
(20 nationally and 70 regionally), the outgoing president, and the runner-up in the last presidential election. Should the president be reelected (not originally planned for in the Nicaraguan constitution), the outgoing vice president takes the seat reserved for him instead.
Nicaragua has a
multi-party system
In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coal ...
.
Latest elections
2021 Presidential Election
2021 National Assembly Election
2021 Central American Parliament Election
2019 autonomous regional elections
The eighth autonomous elections on the Caribbean Coast took place on March 3, 2019. The voters elected 45 members to each Regional Council in the RACCN and the RACCS.
(These results are preliminary, as voting is still being counted by the Supreme Electoral Council).
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 64 seats (RACCN: 30, RACCS: 34)
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Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka
Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (; YATAMA) is an indigenous party mainly active on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. YATAMA has its roots in the MISURASATA (Miskito, Sumo and Rama Sandinista Alliance) and the MISURA/KISAN organisations. In 198 ...
(YATAMA) - 14 seats (RACCN: 12, RACCS: 2)
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...
(PLC) - 12 seats (RACCN: 3, RACCS: 9)
Total votes for all participating parties:
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 81,503 (55.03%)
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Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka
Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (; YATAMA) is an indigenous party mainly active on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. YATAMA has its roots in the MISURASATA (Miskito, Sumo and Rama Sandinista Alliance) and the MISURA/KISAN organisations. In 198 ...
(YATAMA) - 27,522 (18.63%)
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...
(PLC) - 23,907 (16.14%)
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Conservative Party
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right.
Political parties called The Conservative P ...
- 364 (0.25%)
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Multiethnic Indigenist Party
The Multiethnic Indigenous Party ( - PIM) is a regional Nicaraguan political party founded in 1998 by the PLC dissident and Maranatha
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''Maranatha'' (Aramaic: ') is an Aramaic phrase which occurs once in the New Testament (). It also ...
(PIM) - 1,219 (0.82%)
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Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance
The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance ( – ALN) is a political coalition in Nicaragua. It was started in 2005 by Eduardo Montealegre and other members of the Constitutional Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista – PLC) who opposed former P ...
(ALN) - 622 (0.45%)
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Alliance for the Republic (APRE) - 334 (0.23%)
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Independent Liberal Party (PLI) - 1,428 (0.96%)
* Democratic Restoration Party (PRD) - 278 votes (0.18%)
* Citizens for Liberty (CXL) - 8,390 (5.67%)
* Myatamaran - 700 votes (0.47%)
* Moskitia Pawanka - 614 votes (0.41%)
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Neoliberal Party
The Neoliberal Party (''Partido Neo-Liberal'' - PALI) is a Nicaraguan neoliberal right-wing political party that split from the Independent Liberal Party (PLI) in 1986. PALI received legal status on appeal in 1989. In 2006, PLIUN was part of the ...
(PAL) - 1,113 votes (0.75%)
Source
Past elections
Presidential elections 1984-2011
1984
The 1984 election took place on November 4. Of the 1,551,597 citizens registered in July, 1,170,142 voted (75.41%). The null votes were 6% of the total. The national averages of valid votes for president were:
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Daniel Ortega
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguans, Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007. Previously he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as coordinator of the ...
,
Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 66.97%
*
Clemente Guido Clemente is both an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese surname and a given name. Notable people with the surname include:
Surname
* Aldo Di Clemente (born 1948), Italian amateur astronomer
* Anna Clemente (born 1994), Italian racewalker
* Ari Cleme ...
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Democratic Conservative Party
The Democratic Conservative Party ( Spanish: ''Partido Conservador Demócrata'', PCD) is a Nicaraguan political party with a traditional conservative ideology. The party was formed in 1979. Clemente Guido participated as PCD's presidential candida ...
(PCD) - 14.04%
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Virgilio Godoy
Virgilio Abelardo Godoy Reyes (1 May 1934 in León – 17 November 2016 in Managua) was a Nicaraguan politician who served as the vice president of his respective Central American nation from 25 April 1990 until he resigned in October 1995 to run ...
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Independent Liberal Party (PLI) - 9.60%
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Mauricio Diaz Mauricio may refer to:
*Mauricio (given name)
*Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (born 1988), Brazilian footballer known by the mononym Maurício
*Maurício (footballer) (Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
*216428 M ...
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Popular Social Christian Party
The Popular Social Christian Party ( - PPSC), was a Nicaraguan political party. It was an offshoot of the Social Christian Party formed in the late 1970s when Manolo Morales led schism from the PSC.
The party supported the FSLN against the Somoza ...
(PPSC) - 5.56%
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Allan Zambrana
Allan may refer to:
People
* Allan (name), a given name and surname, including list of people and characters with this name
* Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker
* Allan (footballer, born 1989) ( ...
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Nicaraguan Communist Party
The Communist Party of Nicaragua ( es, Partido Comunista de Nicaragua, abbr. PCdeN or PCN) is a communist party in Nicaragua. Founded as the Socialist Workers' Party () in 1967, the core founding members were Juan Lorio, Augusto Lorío, Elí Alt ...
(PCdeN) - 1.45%
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Domingo Sánchez Sancho,
Nicaraguan Socialist Party
The Nicaraguan Socialist Party (''Partido Socialista Nicaragüense'') is a political party in Nicaragua. Founded in July 1944 by Dr. Mario Flores Ortiz. PSN operated as the official communist party in the country. At the time of its foundation, P ...
(PSN) - 1.31%
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Isidro Téllez,
Marxist-Leninist Popular Action Movement (MAP-ML) - 1.03%
The pro-Sandinista magazine, ''Envio'' claimed that this election was considered to have the "most freedom of choice" in the nation's history and was approved by international advocates of free election
1990
The historical election of 1990 took place on February 25. The total registered voters were 1,752,088 and the abstentions 241,250 or 13.7%. The
United Nicaraguan Opposition
The United Nicaraguan Opposition (''Unidad Nicaragüense Opositora'', UNO) was a Nicaraguan rebel umbrella group formed in 1985, led by the triumvirate of Adolfo Calero, Alfonso Robelo, and Arturo Cruz. However, the great majority of UNO's milita ...
coalition of those who opposed the ruling
Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
was victorious, winning 55% of the vote.
Violeta Chamorro
Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (; 18 October 1929) is a Nicaraguan politician who served as President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997. She was the first and, as of 2022, only woman to hold the position of president of Nicaragua.
Born into ...
became president. The national averages of valid votes for president were:
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Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (; 18 October 1929) is a Nicaraguan politician who served as President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997. She was the first and, as of 2022, only woman to hold the position of president of Nicaragua.
Born int ...
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National Opposition Union
National Opposition Union ( es, Unión Nacional Opositora, UNO) was a Nicaraguan wide-range coalition of opposition parties formed to oppose president Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in the 1990 election. Its can ...
(UNO) - 777,552 votes - 54.73%
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Daniel Ortega
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguans, Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007. Previously he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as coordinator of the ...
,
Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 579,886 votes - 40.82%
*Other - 63,106 - 4.4
1996
In presidential elections,
Arnoldo Alemán
José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo (born 23 January 1946) is a Nicaraguan politician who served as the 81st president of Nicaragua from 10 January 1997 to 10 January 2002. In 2003, he was convicted of corruption and sentenced to a 20-year prison term; ...
of the
Liberal Alliance-
Liberal Constitutionalist Party defeated
Daniel Ortega
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguans, Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007. Previously he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as coordinator of the ...
of the
Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
. A record number of 24 parties and alliances participated in these elections.
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Arnoldo Alemán
José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo (born 23 January 1946) is a Nicaraguan politician who served as the 81st president of Nicaragua from 10 January 1997 to 10 January 2002. In 2003, he was convicted of corruption and sentenced to a 20-year prison term; ...
,
Liberal Alliance - 51.03%
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Daniel Ortega
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguans, Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007. Previously he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as coordinator of the ...
,
Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 37.75%
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Guillermo Osorno,
Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...
(CCN) - 4.10%
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Noel Vidaurre
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Nicaraguan Conservative Party (PCN) - 2.26%
*Other (20 other candidates with less than 1% of the votes) - 4.8
2001
2006
2011
;2016
Parliamentary election results 1984-2016
1984
The 1984 parliamentary election was held together with the presidential election on November 4. The percentages for National Assembly representatives were very similar to those the parties had received for their presidential candidate. The electoral quotient needed to win one of the 90 National Assembly seats was obtained by dividing the number of valid votes in each region by the number of representatives that had been assigned to each region, proportional to its population.
Each party's "left over" votes—those insufficient to earn it a seat in a given region—were then added together and re-tallied nationally. The seats earned in this second count went to the next candidate on the party's slate in the regions where it had come closest to winning on the first round. In addition, any party getting at least 1% of the presidential vote (which all six losing parties did) was allowed a seat for its defeated presidential candidate. The final composition of the National Assembly was thus:
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 61 seats
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Democratic Conservative Party
The Democratic Conservative Party ( Spanish: ''Partido Conservador Demócrata'', PCD) is a Nicaraguan political party with a traditional conservative ideology. The party was formed in 1979. Clemente Guido participated as PCD's presidential candida ...
(PCD) - 14 seats
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Independent Liberal Party (PLI) - 9 seats
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Popular Social Christian Party
The Popular Social Christian Party ( - PPSC), was a Nicaraguan political party. It was an offshoot of the Social Christian Party formed in the late 1970s when Manolo Morales led schism from the PSC.
The party supported the FSLN against the Somoza ...
(PPSC) - 6 seats
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Nicaraguan Communist Party
The Communist Party of Nicaragua ( es, Partido Comunista de Nicaragua, abbr. PCdeN or PCN) is a communist party in Nicaragua. Founded as the Socialist Workers' Party () in 1967, the core founding members were Juan Lorio, Augusto Lorío, Elí Alt ...
(PCdeN) - 2 seats
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Nicaraguan Socialist Party
The Nicaraguan Socialist Party (''Partido Socialista Nicaragüense'') is a political party in Nicaragua. Founded in July 1944 by Dr. Mario Flores Ortiz. PSN operated as the official communist party in the country. At the time of its foundation, P ...
(PSN) - 2 seats
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Marxist-Leninist Popular Action Movement (MAP-ML) - 2 seats
Source
1990
The 1990 parliamentary election was held together with the presidential election on February 25. The final composition of the National Assembly in 1990 was:
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National Opposition Union
National Opposition Union ( es, Unión Nacional Opositora, UNO) was a Nicaraguan wide-range coalition of opposition parties formed to oppose president Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in the 1990 election. Its can ...
(UNO) - 51 seats
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 39 seats
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Democratic Conservative Party
The Democratic Conservative Party ( Spanish: ''Partido Conservador Demócrata'', PCD) is a Nicaraguan political party with a traditional conservative ideology. The party was formed in 1979. Clemente Guido participated as PCD's presidential candida ...
(PCD) - 3 seats
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Independent Liberal Party (PLI) - 3 seats
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Popular Social Christian Party
The Popular Social Christian Party ( - PPSC), was a Nicaraguan political party. It was an offshoot of the Social Christian Party formed in the late 1970s when Manolo Morales led schism from the PSC.
The party supported the FSLN against the Somoza ...
(PPSC) - 3 seats
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Nicaraguan Communist Party
The Communist Party of Nicaragua ( es, Partido Comunista de Nicaragua, abbr. PCdeN or PCN) is a communist party in Nicaragua. Founded as the Socialist Workers' Party () in 1967, the core founding members were Juan Lorio, Augusto Lorío, Elí Alt ...
(PCdeN) - 3 seats
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Nicaraguan Socialist Party
The Nicaraguan Socialist Party (''Partido Socialista Nicaragüense'') is a political party in Nicaragua. Founded in July 1944 by Dr. Mario Flores Ortiz. PSN operated as the official communist party in the country. At the time of its foundation, P ...
(PSN) - 3 seats
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Marxist-Leninist Popular Action Movement (MAP-ML) - 3 seats
*
Revolutionary Unity Movement (MUR) - 1 seat
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Social Christian Party (PSC) - 1 seat
Note: The 1990 Assembly members are joined by any presidential candidate who receives over 1% of the vote
Sources
1996
The 1996 elections for the National Assembly took place together with the Presidential election on October 20. The final composition of the National Assembly in 1996 was:
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Liberal Alliance (AL) - 42 seats
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 36 seats
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Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...
(CCN) - 4 seats
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Nicaraguan Conservative Party (PCN) - 3 seats
*
National Project (PRONAL) - 2 seats
*
Nicaraguan Resistance Party (PRN) - 1 seat
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Sandinista Renovation Movement
The Sandinista Renovation Movement (''Movimiento Renovador Sandinista'' or MRS, in Spanish) is a Nicaraguan political party founded on 21 May 1995. It defines itself as a democratic and progressive party, made of women and men, which promotes the ...
(MRS) - 1 seat
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Unity Alliance
The Unity Alliance ( es, Alianza Unidad - AU) was a Nicaraguan electoral alliance of three center left and right parties in the Nicaraguan 1996 elections. Members of the coalition were:
* Social Christian Party (PSC)
*Social Democratic Party
...
(AU) - 1 seat
*
Independent Liberal Party (PLI) - 1 seat
*
National Conservative Action (ANC) - 1 seat
*
UNO-96 Alliance (UNO-96) - 1 seat
Source
2001
2006
2011
; 2016 legislative election
Municipal election results 1990-2017
1990
The 1990 municipal election was held together with the presidential and the parliamentary elections on February 25. Municipal Councils were elected in 131 municipalities nationwide. The final results for the elections were:
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National Opposition Union
National Opposition Union ( es, Unión Nacional Opositora, UNO) was a Nicaraguan wide-range coalition of opposition parties formed to oppose president Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in the 1990 election. Its can ...
(UNO) - 98 municipalities controlled
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 31 municipalities controlled
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Central American Unionist Party The Central American Unionist Party (Spanish: ''Partido Unionista Centroamericano'' - PUCA) is a center-right Nicaraguan political party.
PUCA was originally established as a cultural grouping advocating 'Central Americanization' in 1904. Renamed t ...
(PUCA) - 2 municipalities controlled
Sources
1996
A great expectation in the 1996 municipal elections was the participation for the first (and last) time of what the Electoral Law terms "popular subscription associations". According to the Electoral Law, to be formed, an association needed, among other things, to present to the
Supreme Electoral Council (Nicaragua), Supreme Electoral Council a "written request signed by a minimum of 5% of the citizens on the electoral rolls corresponding to the respective electoral area". A total of 53 associations participated in the municipal elections. One of them (the
Civic Association of Potosí) won the mayor's post.
Despite winning only one municipality, an important number of association candidates finished in second or third place. In the nation's capital,
Managua
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, two independent candidates;
Pedro Solórzano of the
Viva Managua Movement association and
Herty Lewites
Herty Lewites Rodríguez (December 24, 1939 – July 2, 2006) was a Nicaraguan politician. He was Mayor of Managua and a candidate for president in the 2006 Nicaraguan general election when he died suddenly.
Early life and involvement in the N ...
of the Sol (sun) association competed against the AL and FSLN official candidates. ALN's
Roberto Cedeño got the 28% of the votes followed closely by Solórzano with 26%,
Carlos Guadamúz from the FSLN with 25.7% and
Herty Lewites
Herty Lewites Rodríguez (December 24, 1939 – July 2, 2006) was a Nicaraguan politician. He was Mayor of Managua and a candidate for president in the 2006 Nicaraguan general election when he died suddenly.
Early life and involvement in the N ...
who became
Managua
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's mayor four years later came in fourth place with 12.3%.
The 1996 municipal election took place together with the Presidential election on October 20. Municipal Councils were elected in 145 municipalities nationwide. The final results for the elections were:
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Liberal Alliance (AL) - 92 municipalities controlled
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 51 municipalities controlled
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Sandinista Renovation Movement
The Sandinista Renovation Movement (''Movimiento Renovador Sandinista'' or MRS, in Spanish) is a Nicaraguan political party founded on 21 May 1995. It defines itself as a democratic and progressive party, made of women and men, which promotes the ...
(MRS) - 1 municipality controlled
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Civic Association of Potosí (ACP) - 1 municipality controlled
Source
2000
In the 2000 municipal election 1,532,816 voters elected Municipal Councils in 151 municipalities nationwide. It was the first time that the Presidential and Municipal elections were held separately. The final results for the elections were:
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...
(PLC) - 94 municipalities controlled
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 52 municipalities controlled
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Conservative Party of Nicaragua, Conservative Party (PC) - 5 municipalities controlled
The FSLN won for the first time in ten years the municipality of
Managua
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, Nicaragua's capital city with its candidate
Herty Lewites
Herty Lewites Rodríguez (December 24, 1939 – July 2, 2006) was a Nicaraguan politician. He was Mayor of Managua and a candidate for president in the 2006 Nicaraguan general election when he died suddenly.
Early life and involvement in the N ...
that pulled 44% of the votes.
Source
2004
In the 2004 municipal election 1,664,243 voters elected Municipal Councils in 152 municipalities nationwide, with nearly a 56% abstention. The final results for the elections were:
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN-Convergence) - 87 municipalities controlled
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...
(PLC) - 57 municipalities controlled
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Alliance for the Republic (APRE) - 4 municipalities controlled
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Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka
Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (; YATAMA) is an indigenous party mainly active on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. YATAMA has its roots in the MISURASATA (Miskito, Sumo and Rama Sandinista Alliance) and the MISURA/KISAN organisations. In 198 ...
(YATAMA) - 3 municipalities controlled
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Nicaraguan Resistance Party (PRN) - 1 municipality controlled
Note: Elections took place for the first time in the newly created municipality of
San José de Bocay
San José de Bocay is a town and a municipality in the Jinotega department, Nicaragua.
With an area of 3,990.40 km2, the municipality of San José de Bocay was officially created on March 13, 2002, as a result of the division of the El Cu ...
in the
Jinotega
Jinotega () (derived from Náhuatl: ''Xiotenko'' ‘place next to the jiñocuajo trees’) is the capital city of the Department of Jinotega in north-central Nicaragua.
The city is located in a long valley surrounded by the cool climate and Da ...
department.
The 2004 municipal elections represented a huge Sandinista victory. The FSLN-Convergence won 14 of the 17 departmental capitals, 87 of the 152 municipalities —including 5 of the 6 that make up
Managua
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’s greater metropolitan area— and 25 of
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
’s 42 largest cities. In total it will govern a little over 4 million inhabitants, nearly 71% of the national population.
The Sandinista victory was attributed to the success of the FSLN-Convergence alliance. Of the 87 mayors elected on the FSLN ticket, 17 come from these allies: 5 are independents, 3 are from the Resistance, 3 belong to the
Sandinista Renovation Movement
The Sandinista Renovation Movement (''Movimiento Renovador Sandinista'' or MRS, in Spanish) is a Nicaraguan political party founded on 21 May 1995. It defines itself as a democratic and progressive party, made of women and men, which promotes the ...
(MRS), 2 are Conservatives, 2 are Liberals, 1 is from the
Christian Unity Movement (MUC) and 1 is a Social Christian. Of the deputy mayors who ran with an FSLN mayoral candidate, 28 are Liberals, 16 are independent, 14 are from the MUC, 9 are Conservatives, 9 are from the MRS, 3 are from the Resistance and 1 is a Social Christian. These allied candidates allowed the FSLN to win 12 municipal governments for the first time.
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2017 municipal elections
In the 2017 municipal election voters elected Municipal Councils in 153 municipalities nationwide, with around 53% turnout. The final results for the elections were:
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
- 135 municipalities controlled
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Independent Liberal Party (PLI) - 12 municipalities controlled
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Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka
Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (; YATAMA) is an indigenous party mainly active on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. YATAMA has its roots in the MISURASATA (Miskito, Sumo and Rama Sandinista Alliance) and the MISURA/KISAN organisations. In 198 ...
(YATAMA) - 3 municipalities controlled
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...
(PLC) - 2 municipalities controlled
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Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance
The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance ( – ALN) is a political coalition in Nicaragua. It was started in 2005 by Eduardo Montealegre and other members of the Constitutional Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista – PLC) who opposed former P ...
- 1 municipality controlled
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2022 municipal elections
Autonomous elections on the Caribbean Coast results 1990-2014
1990
The first autonomous elections on the Caribbean Coast took place in 1990 together with the presidential, parliamentary and municipal election on February 25. The voters elected the 45 Regional Council members in what was officially called the
North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and the 45 in the
South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS). The abstention was 21%, only 7% higher than the national average:
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 39 seats (RAAN: 21, RAAS: 18)
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Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka
Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (; YATAMA) is an indigenous party mainly active on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. YATAMA has its roots in the MISURASATA (Miskito, Sumo and Rama Sandinista Alliance) and the MISURA/KISAN organisations. In 198 ...
(YATAMA) - 26 seats (RAAN: 22, RAAS: 4)
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National Opposition Union
National Opposition Union ( es, Unión Nacional Opositora, UNO) was a Nicaraguan wide-range coalition of opposition parties formed to oppose president Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in the 1990 election. Its can ...
(UNO) - 25 seats (RAAN: 2, RAAS: 23)
Note: National Assembly representatives also have a seat.
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1994
With an abstention of 34%, the inhabitants of the Atlantic Coast elected the 45 Regional Council members in what is officially called the
North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and the 45 in the
South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS) on February 27:
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...
(PLC) - 37 seats (RAAN: 19, RAAS: 18)
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 33 seats (RAAN: 19, RAAS: 14)
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Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka
Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (; YATAMA) is an indigenous party mainly active on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. YATAMA has its roots in the MISURASATA (Miskito, Sumo and Rama Sandinista Alliance) and the MISURA/KISAN organisations. In 198 ...
(YATAMA) - 12 seats (RAAN: 7, RAAS: 5)
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National Opposition Union
National Opposition Union ( es, Unión Nacional Opositora, UNO) was a Nicaraguan wide-range coalition of opposition parties formed to oppose president Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in the 1990 election. Its can ...
(UNO) - 5 seats (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 5)
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Authentic Costeño Autonomy Movement (MAAC) - 2 seats (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 2)
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Costeño Democratic Alliance (ADECO) - 1 seat (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 1)
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1998
With an abstention of 40%, the inhabitants of the Atlantic Coast elected the 45 Regional Council members in what is officially called the
North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and the 45 in the
South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS) on March 1.:
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...
(PLC) - 44 seats (RAAN: 24, RAAS: 20)
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 25 seats (RAAN: 13, RAAS: 12)
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Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka
Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (; YATAMA) is an indigenous party mainly active on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. YATAMA has its roots in the MISURASATA (Miskito, Sumo and Rama Sandinista Alliance) and the MISURA/KISAN organisations. In 198 ...
(YATAMA) - 12 seats (RAAN: 8, RAAS: 4)
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Multiethnic Indigenist Party
The Multiethnic Indigenous Party ( - PIM) is a regional Nicaraguan political party founded in 1998 by the PLC dissident and Maranatha
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''Maranatha'' (Aramaic: ') is an Aramaic phrase which occurs once in the New Testament (). It also ...
(PIM) - 7 seats (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 7)
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Coast Alliance (Alianza Costeña) - 2 seats (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 2)
Sources
2002
With an overall abstention of 50-60%, inhabitants of the Atlantic Coast elected 90 Regional Council members on March 3:
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...
(PLC) - 48 seats (RAAN: 17, RAAS: 31)
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 28 seats (RAAN: 15, RAAS: 13)
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Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka
Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (; YATAMA) is an indigenous party mainly active on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. YATAMA has its roots in the MISURASATA (Miskito, Sumo and Rama Sandinista Alliance) and the MISURA/KISAN organisations. In 198 ...
(YATAMA) - 13 seats (RAAN: 12, RAAS: 1)
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Multiethnic Party for Coast Unity (PAMUC) - 1 seat (RAAN: 1, RAAS: 0)
Sources
2006
The fifth autonomous elections on the Caribbean Coast took place on March 5. The abstention was a record-high 55%. The voters elected the 45 Regional Council members in what was officially called the
North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and the 45 in the
South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS):
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...
(PLC) - 40 seats (RAAN: 18, RAAS: 22)
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 27 seats (RAAN: 15, RAAS: 12)
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Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka
Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (; YATAMA) is an indigenous party mainly active on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. YATAMA has its roots in the MISURASATA (Miskito, Sumo and Rama Sandinista Alliance) and the MISURA/KISAN organisations. In 198 ...
(YATAMA) - 18 seats (RAAN: 12, RAAS: 6)
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Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance
The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance ( – ALN) is a political coalition in Nicaragua. It was started in 2005 by Eduardo Montealegre and other members of the Constitutional Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista – PLC) who opposed former P ...
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Conservative Party of Nicaragua, Conservative Party (ALN-PC) - 5 seats (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 5)
Three other parties didn't pull enough votes to win a seat in the Regional Council; the regional
Multiethnic Party for Coast Unity (PAMUC), the
Sandinista Renovation Movement
The Sandinista Renovation Movement (''Movimiento Renovador Sandinista'' or MRS, in Spanish) is a Nicaraguan political party founded on 21 May 1995. It defines itself as a democratic and progressive party, made of women and men, which promotes the ...
(MRS) alliance, and
Alliance for the Republic (APRE).
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2010
The sixth autonomous elections on the Caribbean Coast took place on March 7. The abstention rate was 60%. The voters elected 45 Regional Council members in the RAAN and 45 in the RAAS:
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 41 seats (RAAN: 22, RAAS: 19)
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...
(PLC) - 30 seats (RAAN: 10, RAAS: 20)
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Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka
Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (; YATAMA) is an indigenous party mainly active on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. YATAMA has its roots in the MISURASATA (Miskito, Sumo and Rama Sandinista Alliance) and the MISURA/KISAN organisations. In 198 ...
(YATAMA) - 16 seats (RAAN: 13, RAAS: 3)
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Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance
The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance ( – ALN) is a political coalition in Nicaragua. It was started in 2005 by Eduardo Montealegre and other members of the Constitutional Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista – PLC) who opposed former P ...
(ALN) - 2 seats (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 2)
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Alliance for the Republic (APRE) - 1 seat (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 1)
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2014
The seventh autonomous elections on the Caribbean Coast took place on March 2. The abstention rate was 59%. The voters elected 45 members to each Regional Council in the newly renamed
North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
The North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It was created by the Autonomy Statute of 7 September 1987. It covers an area of 33,106 km2 and has a population of 541,189 (2021 estimate). It is the ...
(RACCN) and
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
The South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It covers an area of and has a population of 420,935 (2021 estimate). The capital is Bluefields. Bordering the Caribbean Sea, it contains part of the re ...
(RACCS):
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
(FSLN) - 58 seats (RACCN: 28, RACCS: 30)
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Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka
Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (; YATAMA) is an indigenous party mainly active on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. YATAMA has its roots in the MISURASATA (Miskito, Sumo and Rama Sandinista Alliance) and the MISURA/KISAN organisations. In 198 ...
(YATAMA) - 15 seats (RACCN: 11, RACCS: 4)
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Independent Liberal Party (PLI) - 8 seats (RACCN: 5, RACCS: 3)
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...
(PLC) - 7 seats (RACCN: 1, RACCS: 6)
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Multiethnic Indigenist Party
The Multiethnic Indigenous Party ( - PIM) is a regional Nicaraguan political party founded in 1998 by the PLC dissident and Maranatha
__NOTOC__
''Maranatha'' (Aramaic: ') is an Aramaic phrase which occurs once in the New Testament (). It also ...
(PIM) - 2 seats (RACCN: 0, RACCS: 2)
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See also
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Politics of Nicaragua
Nicaragua is a presidential republic, in which the President of Nicaragua is both head of state and head of government, and there is a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government.
Legislative power is vested in both the ...
References
External links
International Museum of Women Feature on Women and the 2006 Elections in NicaraguaNicaragua on Adam Carr's Election ArchiveNicaragua pageof th
ACE Project
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