Eduardo Montealegre - Elections For Mayor of Managua 2008, November 9, 2008

Elections For Mayor of Managua 2008, November 9, 2008

Candidate Party/Alliance Votes %
Alexis Arguello Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) 223,389 51.32%
Eduardo Montealegre Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) 202,752 46.58%
Others 3 Political Parties 9,104 02.09%
Total valid votes 100% 435,245

==

e • d Summary of the 6 November 2011 Nicaraguan National Assembly election results==
Parties Votes % Seats
Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) 1,583,199 60.85 63*
Independent Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Independiente) 822,023 31.59 27*
Constitutionalist Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista) 167,639 6.44 2
Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense ) 19,658 0.76 —
Alliance for the Republic (Alianza por la República) 9,317 0.36 —
Total votes 2,601,836 100.00 92
Source: CSE
* The runner-up in the presidential election (Fabio Gadea Mantilla of the PLI) and the outgoing president are special members of the National Assembly; as Ortega was reelected, the outgoing Vice President (Jaime Morales Carazo of the FSLN), who was not Ortega's running mate in this election (having been replaced by Omar Halleslevens, will take up his seat. (AFP)

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