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NICARAGUA This File Contains Elections Results for the 1990, 1996 NICARAGUA This file contains elections results for the 1990, 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2011 Nicaraguan National Assembly. Except in 1990, voters possessed two votes: one for the national constituency and one for their departmental or autonomous regional constituencies. Both types of votes are reported here. In 1990, voters cast ballots only in departmental or autonomous regional constituencies. Year, Geography, and Registered Voters YEAR Election Year; 2001CC is used to indicate the final election results as stated in the Carter Center election observation report. The 2001 results included here are from the CSE website and may not be final or official. REGION Department or Autonomous Region; the two autonomous regions are abbreviated as RAAN for the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte (North Atlantic Autonomous Region) and the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur (South Atlantic Autonomous Region) ELEC Registered Voters Turnout for National Constituency BALLOTS_N Ballots Cast INVALID_N Invalid Votes VALID_N Valid Votes Votes by Party in National Constituency PLC_N Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (Constitutionalist Liberal Party) FSLN_N Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (Sandinista National Liberation Front) ALN_N Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense (Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance) APRE_N Alianza por la República (Alliance for the Republic) PLI_N Partido Liberal Independiente (Independent Liberal Party) AC_N Alternativa por el Cambio (Alternative for Change) MRS_N Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista (Sandinista Renovation Movement) PC_N Partido Conservador de Nicaragua (Conservative Party of Nicaragua) AL_N Alianza Liberal (AL): Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, Partido Liberal Independiente por la Unidad Nacional, Partido Liberal Nacional, Partido Neoliberal (Liberal Alliance: Constitutional Liberal Party, Independent Liberal Party for National Unity, Nationalist Liberal Party, Neo-Liberal Party) CCN_N Camino Cristiano Nicaragüense (Nicaraguan Christian Path) PRONAL_N Proyecto Nacional (National Project) PRN_N Partido Resistencia Nicaragüense (Nicaraguan Resistance Party) ANC_N Acción Nacional Conservadora (National Conservative Action) AU_N Alianza Unidad (AU): Partido Social Cristiano, Movimiento de Unidad Revolucionaria, and Partido Social Demócrata (Unity Alliance: Social Christian Party, Revolutionary Unity Movement, Social Democratic Party) UNO96 _N Unión Nacional Opositora 96 (UNO 96): (National Opposition Union 96: National Democratic Party, Conservative Action Movement, National Democratic Movement) MAPML_N Movimiento de Acción Popular—Marxista-Leninista (People’s Action Movement—Marxist-Leninist) PJN_N Partido de Justicia Nacional (National Justice Party) PCdeN_N Partido Comunista de Nicaragua (Communist Party of Nicaragua) PAN-F_N Pan y Fuerza (Bread and Strength) PUL_N Partido de Unidad Liberal (Liberal Unity Party) PAD_N Partido Acción Demócratica (Democratic Action Party) APC_N Partido Alianza Popular Conservadora (Conservative People’s Alliance Party) PUNOCP_N Partido Unidad Nicaragüense Obreros, Campesinos y Profesionales (Nicrarguan Unity Party Workers, Farmes, and Professionals) PSN_N Partido Socialista Nicaragüense (Nicaraguan Socialist Party) MORENA_N Movimiento Renovación Nacional (National Renewal Movement) PADENIC_N Alianza Demócratica Nicaragüense (Nicaraguan Democratic Alliance) PIAC_N Partido Integracionista de América Central (Integrating Party of Central America) ELMAR_N Movimiento de Acción Renovadora (Movement of Renewal Action Party) Turnout for Departmental or Autonomous Regional Constituencies BALLOTS_D Ballots Cast INVALID_D Invalid Votes VALID_D Valid Votes Votes by Party in Departmental or Autonomous Regional Constituencies PLC_D Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (Constitutionalist Liberal Party) FSLN_D Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (Sandinista National Liberation Front) ALN_D Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense (Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance) APRE_D Alianza por la República (Alliance for the Republic) PLI_D Partido Liberal Independiente (Independent Liberal Party) AC_D Alternativa por el Cambio (Alternative for Change) MRS_D Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista (Sandinista Renovation Movement) PC_D Partido Conservador de Nicaragua (Conservative Party of Nicaragua) PAMUC Partido Multiétnico por la Unidad Costeña (Multiethnic Party for Coast Unity) YATAMA Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (Sons of Mother Earth) AL_D Alianza Liberal (AL): Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, Partido Liberal Independiente por la Unidad Nacional, Partido Liberal Nacional, Partido Neoliberal (Liberal Alliance: Constitutional Liberal Party, Independent Liberal Party for National Unity, Nationalist Liberal Party, Neo-Liberal Party) CCN_D Camino Cristiano Nicaragüense (Nicaraguan Christian Path) PRONAL_D Proyecto Nacional (National Project) PRN_D Partido Resistencia Nicaragüense (Nicaraguan Resistance Party) ANC_D Acción Nacional Conservadora (National Conservative Action) AU_D Alianza Unidad (AU): Partido Social Cristiano, Movimiento de Unidad Revolucionaria, and Partido Social Demócrata (Unity Alliance: Social Christian Party, Revolutionary Unity Movement, Social Democratic Party) UNO96 _D Unión Nacional Opositora 96 (UNO 96): (National Opposition Union 96: National Democratic Party, Conservative Action Movement, National Democratic Movement) UNO Unión Nacional Opositora: Alianza Popular Conservadora, Movimiento Democrático Nicaragüense, Partido de Acción Nacional, Partido de Acción Nacional Conservadora, Partido Comunista de Nicaragua, Partido Conservador Nacional, Partido Demócrata de Confianza Nacional, Partido Integracionalista Centroamericano, Partido Liberal, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, Partido Liberal Independiente, Partido Popular Social Cristiano, Partido Social Demócrata, Partido Socialista Nicaragüense (National Opposition Union: Popular Conservative Alliance, Nicaraguan Democratic Movement, National Action Party, Conservative National Action Party, Communist Party of Nicaragua, National Conservative Party, Democratic Party of National Confidence, Central American Integrationist Party, Liberal Party, Liberal Constitutionalist Party, Independent Liberal Party, Social Christian People’s Party, Social Democratic Party, Nicaraguan Socialist Party) PSOC Partido Social Conservador (Social Conservative Party) PLIUN Partido Liberal Independiente por la Unidad Nacional (Independent Liberal Party for National Unity) PRT Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores (Workers’ Revolutionary Party) MAPML_D Movimiento de Acción Popular—Marxista-Leninista (People’s Action Movement—Marxist-Leninist) PSC Partido Social Cristiano (Social Christian Party) PUCA Partido Unionista Centroamericano (Central American Unionist Party) PCDN Partido Conservador Demócrata de Nicaragua (Democratic Conservative Party of Nicaragua) MUR Movimiento de Unidad Revolucionaria (Revolutionary Unity Movement) PJN_D Partido de Justicia Nacional (National Justice Party) PCdeN_D Partido Comunista de Nicaragua (Communist Party of Nicaragua) PAN-F_D Pan y Fuerza (Bread and Strength) PUL_D Partido de Unidad Liberal (Liberal Unity Party) PAD_D Partido Acción Demócratica (Democratic Action Party) APC_D Partido Alianza Popular Conservadora (Conservative People’s Alliance Party) PUNOCP_D Partido Unidad Nicaragüense Obreros, Campesinos y Profesionales (Nicrarguan Unity Party Workers, Farmes, and Professionals) PSN_D Partido Socialista Nicaragüense (Nicaraguan Socialist Party) MORENA_D Movimiento Renovación Nacional (National Renewal Movement) PADENIC_D Alianza Demócratica Nicaragüense (Nicaraguan Democratic Alliance) PIAC_D Partido Integracionista de América Central (Integrating Party of Central America) ELMAR_D Movimiento de Acción Renovadora (Movement of Renewal Action Party) PSD Partido Social Demócrata (Social Democratic Party) Sources: http://www.cse.gob.ni/, Consejo Supremo Electoral; Catálogo Estadístico de Elecciones en Nicaragua 1990-2006 (Managua, Nicaragua: Instituto para el Desarrollo y la Democracia, IPADE, February 2008); David R. Dye with Shelley A. McConnell, “Observando la Elecciones Nicaraguenses de 2001: Informe Final” (Atlanta, GA: The Carter Center, The Democracy Program, April 2002). .
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