1990 Nicaraguan general election

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The 1990 Nicaraguan general election was a pivotal national vote in which the opposition coalition led by Violeta Chamorro defeated the ruling Sandinista government, marking a major transition away from revolutionary rule.

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instanceOf general election
national election
abbreviationOfMainOppositionAlliance UNO
abbreviationOfRulingPartyBeforeElection FSLN
campaignIssue U.S. economic sanctions
economic crisis
end of civil war
category 1990 elections in North America
1990 in Nicaragua
Elections in Nicaragua
context held under international observation
took place during the final phase of the Contra War
continent North America
country Nicaragua
date 1990-02-25
defeatedPresidentialCandidate Daniel Ortega
electoralSystemForAssembly proportional representation
electoralSystemForPresident popular vote
externalInfluence United States support for opposition coalition
followedBy 1996 Nicaraguan general election
internationalObserversIncluded Organization of American States
United Nations
languageOfOfficialResults Spanish
location Nicaragua
losingParty Sandinista National Liberation Front
mainOppositionAlliance National Opposition Union
numberOfPresidentialCandidatesApproximate 9
officeContested Central American Parliament seats for Nicaragua
National Assembly of Nicaragua
President of Nicaragua
organizedBy Supreme Electoral Council of Nicaragua
partOf Nicaraguan Revolution era
precededBy 1984 Nicaraguan general election
presidentAfterElection Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
presidentBeforeElection Daniel Ortega
presidentialCandidateOfFSLN Daniel Ortega
presidentialCandidateOfUNO Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
resultType peaceful transfer of power
rulingPartyBeforeElection Sandinista National Liberation Front
significance ended uninterrupted Sandinista rule since 1979
marked transition from revolutionary government to elected opposition government
termStartOfElectedPresident 1990-04-25
typeOfSystem multi-party system
voterTurnoutApproximate 86%
winnerPresidentialCandidate Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
winningAlliance National Opposition Union
year 1990

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Sandinista National Liberation Front lostElection 1990 Nicaraguan general election
Nicaraguan Civil War significantEvent 1990 Nicaraguan general election
Nicaraguan general election, 1984 precedes Nicaraguan general election, 1990
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