1996 Nicaraguan general election

1996 Nicaraguan general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	76.39% ( 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
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Liberal Alliance[a] 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[b] 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

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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.

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