2001 Nicaraguan general election

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Presidential election

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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%

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Results by department

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| President before election

Arnoldo Alemán
PLC

| Elected President

Enrique Bolaños
PLC

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Parliamentary election

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90 seats in the National Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
| Party  | Leader  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/–

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| 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

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Óscar Moncada
PLC | Arnoldo Alemán
PLC

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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

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### President

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Candidate| Running mate| Party| Votes| %

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| 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

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Party| National| Departmental| Total
seats

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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

1. ^ The runner-up in the presidential election and the outgoing president are special members of the National Assembly.

#### By region

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Region  | FSLN | PLC | PCN | Other

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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

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1. ^ "Nicaragua". Constituency-Level Elections Archive. Retrieved 2019-03-09.

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