2001 Nicaraguan general election

2001 Nicaraguan general election

4 November 2001 (2001-11-04)

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.

The elections were characterized as free and fair by election monitors. There was no electoral violence.

Results

President

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	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	Consuelo Sequeira	Conservative Party	30,670	1.41
Total				2,181,518	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,980,641	–
Source: CSE, IPADE

National Assembly

Party		National			Departmental			Total seats
		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								2
Total		2,149,444	100.00	20	2,153,919	100.00	70	92
Source: CSE, CSE, IRI

By region

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

Central American Parliament

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Constitutionalist Liberal Party	1,150,115	53.43	11
	Sandinista National Liberation Front	907,237	42.14	9
	Conservative Party	95,367	4.43	0
Total		2,152,719	100.00	20
Source: CSE, IRI