1990 Nicaraguan general election

1990 Nicaraguan general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	86.23% ( 10.81pp)
Candidate Violeta Chamorro Daniel Ortega Party UNO FSLN Running mate Virgilio Godoy Sergio Ramírez Popular vote 777,552 579,886 Percentage 54.74% 40.82%
Results by department
President before election Daniel Ortega FSLN Elected President Violeta Chamorro UNO
Parliamentary election
90 seats in the National Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– UNO Violeta Chamorro 53.88 51 New FSLN Daniel Ortega 40.84 39 −22 PSC Erick Ramírez 1.57 1 +1 MUR Moisés Hassan 0.99 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency President of the National Assembly before President of the National Assembly after Carlos Núñez FSLN Miriam Argüello APC–UNO

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General elections were held in Nicaragua on 25 February 1990 to elect the President and the members of the National Assembly.^[1] The result was a victory for the National Opposition Union (UNO), whose presidential candidate Violeta Chamorro surprisingly defeated incumbent president Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).^[2] This led to a historic peaceful and democratic transfer of power in Nicaragua.