2001 Nicaraguan general election

2001 Nicaraguan general election
	Presidential election
Registered	2,980,641 18.77%
Turnout	2,181,518 (73.19%) 3.20pp
President before election; Arnoldo Alemán; PLC	President-elect ; Enrique Bolaños; PLC
	Parliamentary election
	90 seats in the National Assembly; 46 seats needed for a majority
Óscar Moncada; PLC	Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo; 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[]


Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Enrique Bolaños	José Rizo Castellón	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


Party		National			Departmental			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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.

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]

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