Sandinista National Liberation Front - Presidential Candidates

Presidential Candidates

• Daniel Ortega Saavedra November 4, 1984 'won' getting the 67.20% of the valid votes cast 735.067 votes equivalent to well above the second party of the Democratic Conservative Party (PCD ) who just won 154.127 corresponding to a 14.00% of the valid votes.

• Daniel Ortega Saavedra February 25, 1990 'Lost' as 579.886 A total valid votes equivalent to 40.82%, well below that obtained by the main opposition Mrs. Violeta Barrios de Chamorro candidate of the National Opposition Union (UNO) who won 777.552 to obtain valid votes equivalent to 54.74%.

• Daniel Ortega Saavedra October 20, 1996 'Lost' as 669.443 A total valid votes equivalent to 37.75%, well below that obtained by his main opponent on Arnoldo Aleman Lacayo candidate of the Liberal Alliance (AL) who won 904.908 to obtain valid votes equivalent to 51.03%.

• Daniel Ortega Saavedra November 4, 2001 'Lost' as 915.417 A total valid votes equivalent to 42.30%, well below that obtained by the main opposition Enrique Bolaños Geyer candidate Liberal Constitutionalist Party (PLC) who won by getting 1,216,863 valid votes equivalent to 56.30%.

• Daniel Ortega Saavedra November 5, 2006 'won' getting the 37.99% of the valid votes cast 930.802 votes equivalent to relatively higher than the two forces princiapl opisitora presented at election they were the party of the Second Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) with the degree candidate Eduardo Montealegre Rivas who won 693.391 votes recorded corresponding to a 28.30% and third place went to the Constitutionalist Liberal Party with Dr. José Rizo Castellón who earned a total 664.225 of valid votes corresponding to 27.11%.

• Daniel Ortega Saavedra November 6, 2011 'Won' In National Elections held on November 6, 2011 was the amount of 1,569,287 for 62.46% of the total valid votes, what became the Commander Daniel Ortega Saavedra in the presidential candidate who won more votes in a Presidential election in the history of Nicaragua, in addition to that obtained a lead of more than 30% of valid votes doubling the number of votes obtained by radial businessman Fabio Gadea Mantilla on behalf of the Independent Liberal Party (PLI) who obtained the amount of 778.889 votes recorded for 31.00%. The big loser of these elections was the former President Arnoldo Aleman Lacayo candidate Liberal Constitutionalist Party (PLC) who was located in a distant third with a 5.91% equivalent to 148.507 votes. These results demonstrate that the presidential Ortega was the right which caused the change in the correlation of political forces in the country.