The Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path (, CCN) was a

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founded in 1996 by the

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pastor and radio evangelist Guillermo Osorno. CCN participated for the first time in the Nicaraguan general elections in 1996 where they got 4.10% of the votes and 4 seats in the

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. In the 2001 nation election the party formed an alliance with the

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and Nicaraguan Resistance Party. The coalition running under the name of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party won government with a majority of the votes.

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