2011 Nicaraguan general election

2011 Nicaraguan general election

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Presidential election

Candidate Daniel Ortega Fabio Gadea Mantilla Arnoldo Alemán Party FSLN PLI PLC Running mate Omar Halleslevens Edmundo Jarquín Francisco Aguirre Popular vote 1,569,287 778,889 148,507 Percentage 62.46% 31.00% 5.91%

Results by department

President before election Daniel Ortega FSLN Elected President Daniel Ortega FSLN

Parliamentary election

90 seats in the National Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– FSLN Daniel Ortega 60.64 62 +24 PLI Fabio Gadea Mantilla 31.33 26 New PLC Arnoldo Alemán 6.59 2 −23 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. President of the National Assembly before President of the National Assembly after René Núñez FSLN René Núñez FSLN

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General elections were held in Nicaragua on 6 November 2011.^[1] The incumbent president Daniel Ortega, won a third term in this election, with a landslide victory.