2001 Nicaraguan general election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Nicaragua on 4 November 2001 to elect the President and the members of the National Assembly. Enrique Bolaños of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) was elected president, with Daniel Ortega losing his third successive presidential election. The Constitutionalist Liberal Party also won the parliamentary elections, receiving over half the vote and 52 of the 92 seats.
Results
[edit]President
[edit]Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Enrique Bolaños | José Rizo | Constitutionalist Liberal Party | 1,228,412 | 56.31 | |
Daniel Ortega | Agustín Jarquín | Sandinista National Liberation Front | 922,436 | 42.28 | |
Alberto Saborío | Conservative Party | 30,670 | 1.41 | ||
Total | 2,181,518 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,980,641 | – | |||
Source: IPADE, La Nacion |
National Assembly
[edit]Party | National | Departmental | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Constitutionalist Liberal Party | 1,144,182 | 53.23 | 11 | 1,132,876 | 52.60 | 41 | 52 | |
Sandinista National Liberation Front | 905,589 | 42.13 | 9 | 901,254 | 41.84 | 28 | 37 | |
Conservative Party | 99,673 | 4.64 | 0 | 105,130 | 4.88 | 1 | 1 | |
YATAMA | 11,139 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Multiethnic Party for Coast Unity | 3,520 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Special members[a] | 2 | |||||||
Total | 2,149,444 | 100.00 | 20 | 2,153,919 | 100.00 | 70 | 92 | |
Source: IRI |
- ^ The runner-up in the presidential election and the outgoing president are special members of the National Assembly.
By region
[edit]Region | FSLN | PLC | PCN | Other |
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Boaco | 27.98% | 68.43% | 3.60% | 0.00% |
Carazo | 46.44% | 48.61% | 4.95% | 0.00% |
Chinandega | 50.54% | 43.98% | 5.48% | 0.00% |
Chontales | 27.65% | 65.39% | 6.96% | 0.00% |
Esteli | 50.57% | 45.84% | 3.59% | 0.00% |
Granada | 38.29% | 47.72% | 13.98% | 0.00% |
Jinotega | 38.08% | 59.67% | 2.25% | 0.00% |
Leon | 51.08% | 45.35% | 3.56% | 0.00% |
Madriz | 46.13% | 50.22% | 3.66% | 0.00% |
Managua | 44.22% | 49.32% | 6.47% | 0.00% |
Masaya | 41.77% | 53.64% | 4.59% | 0.00% |
Matagalpa | 39.24% | 57.50% | 3.26% | 0.00% |
Nueva Segovia | 45.97% | 52.61% | 1.42% | 0.00% |
RAAN | 37.42% | 43.87% | 1.96% | 16.75% |
RAAS | 21.34% | 73.11% | 1.84% | 3.71% |
Rio San Juan | 34.96% | 59.40% | 5.64% | 0.00% |
Rivas | 41.06% | 51.56% | 7.38% | 0.00% |
Source: Constituency Level Elections Archive[1] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Nicaragua". Constituency-Level Elections Archive. Retrieved 2019-03-09.