1996 Nicaraguan general election

none Nicaragua 1990 Nicaraguan general election 1990 20 October 1996 2001 Nicaraguan general election 2001 yes Presidential election presidential 76.39% ( 9.84pp) ArnoldoAleman1997.png Arnoldo Alemán Liberal Alliance no Constitutionalist Liberal Party Enrique Bolaños 896,207 50.99% Felipe González comparece en rueda de prensa con el presidente de Nicaragua. Pool Moncloa. 26 de abril de 1989 (cropped).jpeg Daniel Ortega Sandinista National Liberation Front Juan Manuel Caldera 664,909 37.83% Elecciones presidenciales de Nicaragua de 1996 - Resultados por departamento.svg Results by department President Violeta Chamorro Independent Arnoldo Alemán Constitutionalist Liberal Party yes Parliamentary election 90 of the 93 seats in the National Assembly 46 Arnoldo Alemán Liberal AllianceCoalition of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party, Independent Liberal Party for National Unity, Nationalist Liberal Party and Neoliberal Party New 42 45.97 Daniel Ortega Sandinista National Liberation Front 39 35 36.46 Guillermo Osorno CCN New 3 3.72 Benjamín Lanzas PRONAL #003D88 New 2 2.37 Noel Vidaurre Conservative Party (Nicaragua) 2 2.13 Sergio Ramírez MRS New 1 1.33 Edgar Quiñónez PRN #003F9D New 1 1.23 Alejandro Serrano Unity AllianceCoalition of the Social Christian Party, Social Democratic Party and Revolutionary Unity Movement #7097CD New 1 0.82 Virgilio Godoy PLI 1 0.73 Alfredo César Aguirre UNO-96 #A0709E New 1 0.62 Miriam Argüello APC 5 1 0.39 President of the National Assembly Cairo Manuel López UDC Iván Escobar Constitutionalist Liberal Party General elections were held in Nicaragua on 20 October 1996 to elect the president and the members of the National Assembly.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p489 978-0-19-928357-6 Arnoldo Alemán of the Liberal Alliance (a coalition of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party, Independent Liberal Party for National Unity, Nationalist Liberal Party and Neoliberal Party) was elected president, with the Liberal Alliance also winning 42 of the 93 seats in the National Assembly.Nicaragua's 1996 Elections and Results https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/96-835.html Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress 14 June 2025 15 January 1997 Results President Arnoldo Alemán Liberal Alliance 896207 Constitutionalist Liberal Party Daniel Ortega Sandinista National Liberation Front 664909 Guillermo Antonio Osorno Molina Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path 71908 Noel José Vidaurre Argüello Conservative Party 39983 Benjamin Ramón Lanzas Selva National Project 9265 #003D88 Sergio Ramírez Sandinista Renovation Movement 7665 Francisco José Mayorga Balladares Bread and Strength Alliance (PAN–ASR) 7102 Francisco José Duarte Tapia National Conservative Action 6178 #00951F Edgar Enrique Quiñónes Tuckler Nicaraguan Resistance Party 5813 #003F9D Andrés Abelino Robles Pérez Nicaraguan Workers, Peasants and Professionals Unity Party 5789 Virgilio Godoy Independent Liberal Party 5692 Jorge Alberto Díaz Cruz National Justice Party 5582 Alejandro Serrano Caldera Unity Alliance 4873 #7097CD Elí Altamirano Communist Party of Nicaragua 4802 Miriam Argüello Popular Conservative Alliance 4632 Ausberto Narváez Argüello Liberal Unity Party 3887 Alfredo César Aguirre UNO–96 Alliance (PND–MAC–MDN) 3664 #A0709E Allan Antonio Tefel Alba National Renovation Movement 2641 #005BA9 James Odnith Webster Pitts Democratic Action Party 1895 Sergio Abilio Mendieta Castillo Central American Integrationist Party 1653 #752995 Moisés Hassán Renovating Action Movement 1393 Gustavo Ernesto Tablada Zelaya Nicaraguan Socialist Party 1352 Roberto Urcuyo Muñoz Nicaraguan Democratic Party 890 91587 2421067 Nohlen National Assembly National Departmental Liberal Alliance 789533 9 781068 33 42 Constitutionalist Liberal Party Sandinista National Liberation FrontAwarded an additional seat for the party's unsuccessful presidential candidate. Vice presidential candidate Juan Manuel Caldera took the seat. 629178 8 629939 27 36 Nicaraguan Party of the Christian PathAwarded an additional seat for the party's unsuccessful presidential candidate. 63867 1 63986 2 4 National Project 40656 1 36417 1 2 #003D88 Conservative PartyAwarded an additional seat for the party's unsuccessful presidential candidate. 36543 1 39153 1 3 Sandinista Renovation Movement 22789 0 23554 1 1 Nicaraguan Resistance Party 21068 0 27970 1 1 #003F9D Unity Alliance 14001 0 13848 1 1 #7097CD Independent Liberal Party 12459 0 13697 1 1 UNO–96 Alliance (PND–MAC–MDN) 10706 0 12720 1 1 #A0709E National Conservative Action 9811 0 13011 0 0 #00951F National Action Party 9724 0 12016 0 0 National Justice Party 8155 0 8527 0 0 Liberal Unity Party 7531 0 9893 0 0 Popular Conservative Alliance 6726 0 6335 1 1 Communist Party of Nicaragua 6360 0 6970 0 0 Nicaraguan Workers, Peasants and Professionals Unity Party 5641 0 5067 0 0 Democratic Action Party 5272 0 6254 0 0 National Renovation Movement 4988 0 3788 0 0 #005BA9 Nicaraguan Socialist Party 2980 0 3228 0 0 Central American Integrationist Party 2834 0 2406 0 0 #752995 Marxist–Leninist Popular Action Movement 2446 0 520 0 0 Renovating Action Movement 2418 0 2992 0 0 Nicaraguan Democratic Alliance 1730 0 2060 0 0 Social Democratic Party 724 0 0 113391 113169 0 2421067 2421067 Nohlen, Election Passport By region RegionALFSLNPCCNOtherBoaco57.19%21.03%4.59%17.19%Carazo40.02%39.39%4.08%16.51%Chinandega36.20%45.72%3.28%14.79%Chontales63.76%19.05%0.96%16.23%Esteli40.66%45.78%2.65%10.91%Granada48.00%32.92%2.82%16.26%Jinotega53.40%28.24%4.74%13.62%Leon35.79%46.06%5.10%13.05%Madriz37.08%41.64%2.10%19.18%Managua43.95%39.87%4.70%11.48%Masaya43.48%34.98%4.00%17.53%Matagalpa49.29%31.20%4.40%15.11%Nueva Segovia36.44%42.80%1.62%19.14%RAAN50.50%29.31%1.12%19.06%RAAS57.06%28.81%1.29%12.85%Rio San Juan47.22%31.15%3.25%18.38%Rivas44.65%34.27%3.48%17.60%Source: Constituency Level Elections Archivehttps://electiondataarchive.org/data-and-documentation/clea-lower-chamber-elections-archive/ CLEA Lower Chamber Elections Archive Constituency-Level Elections Archive 2019-03-09 References Category:Elections in Nicaragua Nicaragua General Category:Presidential elections in Nicaragua