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.
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90 seats in the National Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results edit
President edit
| 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 | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.