2006 Nicaraguan general election

2006 Nicaraguan general election

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Presidential election
 
Candidate Daniel Ortega Eduardo Montealegre
Party FSLN ALN
Running mate Jaime Morales Fabricio Cajina
Popular vote 854,316 650,879
Percentage 38.07% 29.00%

 
Candidate José Rizo Castellón Edmundo Jarquín
Party PLC MRS
Running mate José Antonio Alvarado Carlos Mejía
Popular vote 588,304 144,596
Percentage 26.21% 6.44%

Results by department

President before election

Enrique Bolaños
PLC

Elected President

Daniel Ortega
FSLN

Parliamentary election

90 seats in the National Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
FSLN Daniel Ortega 37.90 38 +1
PLC José Rizo Castellón 26.46 25 −27
ALN Eduardo Montealegre 26.66 22 New
MRS Edmundo Jarquín 8.42 5 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the National Assembly before President of the National Assembly after
Eduardo Goméz
PLC
René Nuñez
FSLN

General elections were held in Nicaragua on 5 November 2006. The country's voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and 90 members of the National Assembly. Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) was elected president with 38% of the vote, defeating Eduardo Montealegre (Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance) with 28%, José Rizo (Constitutionalist Liberal Party) with 27%, Edmundo Jarquín (Sandinista Renovation Movement) with 6%, and Edén Pastora (Alternative for Change) with 0.3%.[1] The FSLN also emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 38 seats.