REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 OCTOBER 1996
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Elections to the Asamblea Nacional (National Assembly)
Source: Political Database of the Americas website


Parties
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* AL-PLC (Alianza Liberal-Partido Liberal 
   Constitucionalista) Liberal Alliance - Constititional 
   Liberal Party
* AU (Alianza Unida) United Alliance
* FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Naciona)
   Sandinist National Liberation Front
* MRS (Movimiento Renovador Sandinista) Sandinist Renewal
   Movement
* PCCN (Partido Camino Cristiano Nicaraguense) Party of 
   the Nicaraguan Cristian Road
* PCN (Partido Conservador Nicaraguense) Nicaraguan
   Conservative Party
* PN (Proyecto Nacional) National Project
* PRNN (Partido Resistencia Nacional Nicaraguense)
   Nicaraguan party of National Resistance

NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Party                      Votes    %      Deputies
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AL-PLC                     801,564  46.0    42
AU                          14,308  00.8     1
CCN                         64,941  03.7     4
FSLN                       636,492  36.5    37
MRS                         23,089  01.3     1
PCN                         36,929  02.1     2
PN                          41,073  02.4     2
PRNN                        21,395  01.2     1
Others                     101,739  05.8     3
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Total                    1,741,530          93
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