Election Profile:
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At stake in this election:
- 90 seats in the National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Enrique BOLANOS Geyer *
- Head of Government: President Enrique BOLANOS Geyer
- Assembly: Nicaragua has a unicameral National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) with 92 seats.
* The president is both the chief of state and head of government. In order to avoid a run-off, a candidate must obtain 40 percent of the vote or 35 percent conditioned on the fact that s/he has at least a 5-point lead over the nearest rival.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 5-year term.
- In the National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) 90 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***
*** One seat is reserved for the previous president and one seat for the runner-up in previous presidential election.
Main parties in the electoral race:
- Party: Sandinista National Liberation Front / Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN)
Leader: Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra
Seats won in this election: 38
Seats won in last election: 37 - Party: Liberal Constitutionalist Party / Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC)
Leader: Jorge CASTILLO Quant
Seats won in this election: 25
Seats won in last election: 52 - Alliance: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance - Conservative Party / Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense - Partido Conservador (ALN-PC)***
Leader: Eduardo MONTEALEGRE Rivas
Seats won in this election: 22
Seats won in last election: N/A - Party: Sandinista Renewal Movement / Movimiento Renovador Sandinista (MRS)
Leader: Dora Maria TELLEZ
Seats won in this election: 5
Seats won in last election: N/A - Party: Alternative for Change / Alternativa por El Cambio (AC)
Leader: Orlando TARDENCILLA Espinoza
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: 0
*** The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN), which includes the Conservative Party (Partido Conservador - PC), is also known by the acronym ALN-PC.
Last Legislative election:
- Legislative elections were last held on 4 November 2001.
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 5,570,129 (July 2006 )
- Registered Voters: 3,665,141 (October 2006 )
Last Updated on 02/14/2006
