Global Information2021 Nicaraguan general election information
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| Turnout | 65.26%[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by department Ortega: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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90 of the 91 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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General elections were held in Nicaragua on 7 November 2021 to elect the President, the National Assembly and members of the Central American Parliament.[6]
President Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front sought re-election, while five opposition candidates appeared on the ballot. In early June, police arrested five other potential opposition candidates: Cristiana Chamorro Barrios, Arturo Cruz Jr., Félix Maradiaga, Juan Sebastián Chamorro and Miguel Mora. In July, candidates Medardo Mairena and Noel Vidaurre were arrested, while Luis Fley and María Asunción Moreno went into exile due to threats of arrest.[7][8][9][10][11] Critics stated that these arrests were intended to prevent the opposition candidates from running against Ortega.[12]
The deadline for candidates to register was 2 August 2021.[13] On 6 August the small party, Citizens for Liberty (Spanish: Ciudadanos por la Libertad, CxL) was disqualified from running by the Supreme Electoral Council after a complaint by the right-wing Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC), the largest opposition party in parliament, because the leadership of a party by someone holding dual Nicaraguan-US citizenship is illegal.[14][15] As a result PLC presidential candidate Milton Arcia resigned in protest,[16] claiming the PLC was still under the influence of disgraced former president Arnoldo Alemán.[17] On 3 August, CxL vice-presidential candidate Berenice Quezada had been placed under house arrest and disqualified from running, charged with inciting violence, provocation and conspiracy to commit terrorist acts.[15][18]
The elections were described as a sham by the European Union, Organization of American States, United States, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, some independent election observers, and human rights groups, due to the intimidation, detention, and disqualification of opposition journalists and politicians, since in their view these actions secured victory for Ortega and his allies.[19][20][21]
- ^ "El Consejo Supremo Electoral de Nicaragua dio a Daniel Ortega como ganador del fraude comicial con la mitad de las actas escrutadas". Infobae (in Spanish). 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Nicaragua's Ortega decries foes who question his re-election". AP NEWS. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Córdoba, David Luhnow and José de (9 November 2021). "Nicaragua's Shift Toward Dictatorship Is Part of a Latin American Backslide". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "The secret-poll watchers of Nicaragua. How they monitored a questionable presidential election". Los Angeles Times. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "A light of truth on Nicaragua's shady election". Christian Science Monitor. 10 November 2021. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Ortega confirms elections in 2021 with controversial resolution". Deutsche Welle. 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020. (in Spanish)
- ^ Diaz, Jaclyn (3 June 2021). "Police In Nicaragua Detain Opposition Figure At Her Home Following A Raid". NPR. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Nicaragua judge orders opposition figure jailed for 90 days". apnews.com. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "As election looms, Nicaraguan government arrests Ortega's challengers". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Nicaragua: Police arrest 2 more opposition contenders". dw.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Miguel Mora, the fifth opposition presidential hopeful arrested in Nicaragua". riotimesonline.com. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Nicaragua government detains possible challengers to Ortega". BBC News. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Nicaragua party lists presidential candidate despite arrests". AP NEWS. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Nicaragua's poll body disqualifies main opposition party". 7 August 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Nicaragua: opposition Citizens for Freedom excluded from elections". 7 August 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Milton Arcia resigns his presidential candidacy for the PLC". 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Milton Arcía tras su renuncia a la candidura por el PLC: «Arnoldo sigue mandando los hijos del partido". 7 August 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Daniel Ortega imposes house arrest on Berenice Quezada, the beauty queen who aspired to the vice-presidency of Nicaragua". elpais.com. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ Multiple sources:
- "Nicaragua's Ortega wins fourth term in election slammed as 'pantomime'". France24. 8 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
The elections "complete the conversion of Nicaragua into an autocratic regime", the EU said.
- Hu, Caitlin; Gallón, Natalie; Alberti, Mia (7 November 2021). "Ortega wins again in Nicaraguan elections panned as 'parody' by international observers". CNN. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- "Nicaragua votes, with a jailed opposition and Ortega's re-election all but certain". France 24. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- Phillips, Tom (5 November 2021). "Nicaraguan exiles see vote as step on Ortega's road to dictatorship". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- "Nicaragua's Ortega decries foes who question his re-election". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 10 November 2021.[permanent dead link]
- "'Rigged': Criticism mounts of Nicaragua's 'sham' elections under Ortega". news.yahoo.com. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- Solomon, Daina Beth (8 November 2021). "Nicaragua's Ortega set to win election that U.S. blasts as 'pantomime'". Reuters. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "Nicaragua's Ortega wins fourth term in election slammed as 'pantomime'". France24. 8 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "OAS assembly condemns Nicaragua's election as 'not free'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "OAS members condemn Nicaragua elections, urge action". Reuters. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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