90 of 93 seats in the National Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
Liberal Alliance[a]
Arnoldo Alemán
45.97
42
New
FSLN
Daniel Ortega
36.46
35
−4
CCN
Guillermo Osorno
3.72
3
New
PRONAL
Benjamín Lanzas
2.37
2
New
Conservative
Noel Vidaurre
2.13
2
MRS
Sergio Ramírez
1.33
1
New
PRN
Edgar Quiñónez
1.23
1
New
Unity Alliance[b]
Alejandro Serrano
0.82
1
New
PLI
Virgilio Godoy
0.73
1
UNO-96
Alfredo Aguirre
0.62
1
New
APC
Miriam Argüello
0.39
1
−4
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General elections were held in Nicaragua on 20 October 1996 to elect the President and the members of the National Assembly.[1] Arnoldo Alemán of the Liberal Alliance (a coalition of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party, Independent Liberal Party for National Unity, Nationalist Liberal Party and Neoliberal Party) was elected President, with the Liberal Alliance also winning 42 of the 93 seats in the National Assembly.
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^Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p489 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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