REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 20 OCTOBER 1996
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Source: Political Database of the Americas website


Parties
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* AL-PLC (Alianza Liberal-Partido Liberal 
   Constitucionalista) Liberal Alliance - Constititional 
   Liberal Party
* FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Naciona)
   Sandinist National Liberation Front
* PCCN (Partido Camino Cristiano Nicaraguense) Party of 
   the Nicaraguan Cristian Road


NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Candidate                      Party    Votes     %
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Jose Arnoldo ALEMAN LACAYO     AL-PLC   904,908   51.1
Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra    FSLN     669,443   37.8
Guillermo Osorno               PCCN      72,621   04.1
19 others                               125,023   07.0
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Total                                 1,771,995
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