1996 Nicaraguan general election
20 October 1996
Presidential election
Turnout76.39% (Decrease 9.84pp)
 
Candidate Arnoldo Alemán Daniel Ortega
Party Liberal Alliance FSLN
Running mate Enrique Bolaños Juan Manuel Caldera
Popular vote 896,207 664,909
Percentage 50.99% 37.83%
Results by department
President before election

Violeta Chamorro
Independent

 Elected President

Arnoldo Alemán
PLC

Parliamentary election
90 of 93 seats in the National Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Liberal Alliance[lower-alpha 1] Arnoldo Alemán 45.97 42 New
FSLN Daniel Ortega 36.46 35 −4
CCN Guillermo Osorno 3.72 3 New
PRONAL Benjamín Lanzas 2.37 2 New
Conservative Noel Vidaurre 2.13 2
MRS Sergio Ramírez 1.33 1 New
PRN Edgar Quiñónez 1.23 1 New
Unity Alliance[lower-alpha 2] Alejandro Serrano 0.82 1 New
PLI Virgilio Godoy 0.73 1
UNO-96 Alfredo Aguirre 0.62 1 New
APC Miriam Argüello 0.39 1 −4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the National Assembly before President of the National Assembly after
Cairo Manuel López
UDC		 Iván Escobar
PLC

General elections were held in Nicaragua on 20 October 1996 to elect the President and the members of the National Assembly.[1] 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.

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Arnoldo AlemánLiberal Alliance896,20750.99
Daniel OrtegaSandinista National Liberation Front664,90937.83
Guillermo Antonio Osorno MolinaNicaraguan Party of the Christian Path71,9084.09
Noel José Vidaurre ArgüelloConservative Party39,9832.27
Benjamin Ramón Lanzas SelvaNational Project9,2650.53
Sergio RamírezSandinista Renovation Movement7,6650.44
Francisco José Mayorga BalladaresBread and Strength Alliance (PAN–ASR)7,1020.40
Francisco José Duarte TapiaNational Conservative Action6,1780.35
Edgar Enrique Quiñónes TucklerNicaraguan Resistance Party5,8130.33
Andrés Abelino Robles PérezNicaraguan Workers, Peasants and Professionals Unity Party5,7890.33
Virgilio GodoyIndependent Liberal Party5,6920.32
Jorge Alberto Díaz CruzNational Justice Party5,5820.32
Alejandro Serrano CalderaUnity Alliance4,8730.28
Elí AltamiranoCommunist Party of Nicaragua4,8020.27
Miriam Auxiliadora Argüello MoralesPopular Conservative Alliance4,6320.26
Ausberto Narváez ArgüelloLiberal Unity Party3,8870.22
Alfredo César AguirreUNO–96 Alliance (PND–MAC–MDN)3,6640.21
Allan Antonio Tefel AlbaNational Renovation Movement2,6410.15
James Odnith Webster PittsDemocratic Action Party1,8950.11
Sergio Abilio Mendieta CastilloCentral American Integrationist Party1,6530.09
Moisés HassánRenovating Action Movement1,3930.08
Gustavo Ernesto Tablada ZelayaNicaraguan Socialist Party1,3520.08
Roberto Urcuyo MuñozNicaraguan Democratic Party8900.05
Total1,757,775100.00
Valid votes1,757,77595.05
Invalid/blank votes91,5874.95
Total votes1,849,362100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,421,06776.39
Source: Nohlen

National Assembly

PartyNationalDepartmentalTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Liberal Alliance789,53345.979781,06845.253342
Sandinista National Liberation Front[lower-alpha 3]629,17836.648629,93936.492736
Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path[lower-alpha 4]63,8673.72163,9863.7124
National Project40,6562.37136,4172.1112
Conservative Party[lower-alpha 5]36,5432.13139,1532.2713
Sandinista Renovation Movement22,7891.33023,5541.3611
Nicaraguan Resistance Party21,0681.23027,9701.6211
Unity Alliance14,0010.82013,8480.8011
Independent Liberal Party12,4590.73013,6970.7911
UNO–96 Alliance (PND–MAC–MDN)10,7060.62012,7200.7411
National Conservative Action9,8110.57013,0110.7500
National Action Party9,7240.57012,0160.7000
National Justice Party8,1550.4708,5270.4900
Liberal Unity Party7,5310.4409,8930.5700
Popular Conservative Alliance6,7260.3906,3350.3711
Communist Party of Nicaragua6,3600.3706,9700.4000
Nicaraguan Workers, Peasants and Professionals Unity Party5,6410.3305,0670.2900
Democratic Action Party5,2720.3106,2540.3600
National Renovation Movement4,9880.2903,7880.2200
Nicaraguan Socialist Party2,9800.1703,2280.1900
Central American Integrationist Party2,8340.1702,4060.1400
Marxist–Leninist Popular Action Movement2,4460.1405200.0300
Renovating Action Movement2,4180.1402,9920.1700
Nicaraguan Democratic Alliance1,7300.1002,0600.1200
Social Democratic Party7240.0400
Total1,717,416100.00201,726,143100.007093
Valid votes1,717,41693.811,726,14393.85
Invalid/blank votes113,3916.19113,1696.15
Total votes1,830,807100.001,839,312100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,421,06775.622,421,06775.97
Source: Nohlen, Election Passport
  1. ↑ Coalition of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party, Independent Liberal Party for National Unity, Nationalist Liberal Party and Neoliberal Party
  2. ↑ Coalition of the Social Christian Party, Social Democratic Party and Revolutionary Unity Movement
  3. ↑ Awarded an additional seat for the party's unsuccessful presidential candidate. Vice presidential candidate Juan Manuel Caldera took the seat.
  4. ↑ Awarded an additional seat for the party's unsuccessful presidential candidate.
  5. ↑ Awarded an additional seat for the party's unsuccessful presidential candidate.

By region

Region AL FSLN PCCN Other
Boaco 57.19% 21.03% 4.59% 17.19%
Carazo 40.02% 39.39% 4.08% 16.51%
Chinandega 36.20% 45.72% 3.28% 14.79%
Chontales 63.76% 19.05% 0.96% 16.23%
Esteli 40.66% 45.78% 2.65% 10.91%
Granada 48.00% 32.92% 2.82% 16.26%
Jinotega 53.40% 28.24% 4.74% 13.62%
Leon 35.79% 46.06% 5.10% 13.05%
Madriz 37.08% 41.64% 2.10% 19.18%
Managua 43.95% 39.87% 4.70% 11.48%
Masaya 43.48% 34.98% 4.00% 17.53%
Matagalpa 49.29% 31.20% 4.40% 15.11%
Nueva Segovia 36.44% 42.80% 1.62% 19.14%
RAAN 50.50% 29.31% 1.12% 19.06%
RAAS 57.06% 28.81% 1.29% 12.85%
Rio San Juan 47.22% 31.15% 3.25% 18.38%
Rivas 44.65% 34.27% 3.48% 17.60%
Source: Constituency Level Elections Archive[2]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p489 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ↑ "Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA)". www.electiondataarchive.org. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
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