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2001 Nicaraguan general election

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2001 Nicaraguan general election

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Presidential election
 
Candidate Enrique Bolaños Daniel Ortega
Party PLC FSLN
Running mate José Rizo Agustín Jarquín
Popular vote 1,228,412 922,436
Percentage 56.31% 42.28%

Results by department

President before election

Arnoldo Alemán
PLC

Elected President

Enrique Bolaños
PLC

Parliamentary election

90 seats in the National Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PLC Enrique Bolaños 53.23 52 +10
FSLN Daniel Ortega 42.13 37 +1
Conservative Alberto Saborío 4.64 1 −2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the National Assembly before President of the National Assembly after
Óscar Moncada
PLC
Arnoldo Alemán
PLC

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

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President

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CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
Enrique BolañosJosé RizoConstitutionalist Liberal Party1,228,41256.31
Daniel OrtegaAgustín JarquínSandinista National Liberation Front922,43642.28
Alberto Saborío Conservative Party30,6701.41
Total2,181,518100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,980,641
Source: IPADE, La Nacion

National Assembly

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PartyNationalDepartmentalTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Constitutionalist Liberal Party1,144,18253.23111,132,87652.604152
Sandinista National Liberation Front905,58942.139901,25441.842837
Conservative Party99,6734.640105,1304.8811
YATAMA11,1390.5200
Multiethnic Party for Coast Unity3,5200.1600
Special members[a]2
Total2,149,444100.00202,153,919100.007092
Source: IRI
  1. ^ The runner-up in the presidential election and the outgoing president are special members of the National Assembly.

By region

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Region FSLN PLC PCN Other
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

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  1. ^ "Nicaragua". Constituency-Level Elections Archive. Retrieved 2019-03-09.