{"iso":"NI","name":"Nicaragua","flag":"\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee","vote":"Presidential \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2021-11-07","source":"2021 presidential election, official count, main challengers imprisoned or exiled","credit":"Presidential results as published by the Consejo Supremo Electoral. The 2021 vote was held after leading opposition candidates were imprisoned or driven into exile and is not regarded as free or fair by international observers","shares":{"FSLN":75.9,"PLC":14.3,"CCN":3.3,"ALN":3.1,"APRE":1.8,"PLI":1.7},"polls":[],"parties":{"FSLN":{"name":"Frente Sandinista de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional","color":"#8B0000","name_en":"Sandinista National Liberation Front"},"PLC":{"name":"Partido Liberal Constitucionalista","color":"#FF2400","name_en":"Constitutionalist Liberal Party"},"CCN":{"name":"Camino Cristiano Nicarag\u00fcense","color":"#00B1EC","name_en":"Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path"},"ALN":{"name":"Alianza Liberal Nicarag\u00fcense","color":"#ED1B25","name_en":"Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance"},"APRE":{"name":"Alianza por la Rep\u00fablica","color":"#800080","name_en":"Alliance for the Republic"},"PLI":{"name":"Partido Liberal Independiente","color":"#FF69B4","name_en":"Independent Liberal Party"}},"primer":{"system":"Authoritarian presidential republic under family rule","head_of_state":"Co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, a married couple under the 2025 constitutional overhaul","legislature":"National Assembly \u00b7 about 90 seats, dominated by the Sandinista front","electoral_system":"The presidency is decided by plurality and the National Assembly by party-list proportional representation, though only parties tolerated by the government can compete.","government_now":"Daniel Ortega, in power since 2007, took 75.9 percent of the official 2021 count after every leading challenger was jailed or exiled. A 2025 constitutional reform made Rosario Murillo formal co-president and extended terms to six years.","context":"General elections are due by November 2026 but may be pushed to November 2027 under the extended terms. The government has shuttered thousands of NGOs, stripped critics of citizenship and driven the Catholic Church and independent press into exile.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders and official election results \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"FSLN":["Frente Sandinista de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional","Sandinista National Liberation Front","Left-wing party of Daniel Ortega, in power since 2007; now an authoritarian dominant ruling party controlling nearly all state institutions."],"PLC":["Partido Liberal Constitucionalista","Constitutionalist Liberal Party","Right-wing liberal party, the largest of the government-tolerated 'opposition' but widely seen as collaborationist."],"CCN":["Camino Cristiano Nicarag\u00fcense","Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path","Small evangelical Christian-conservative party within the tolerated opposition."],"ALN":["Alianza Liberal Nicarag\u00fcense","Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance","Small liberal party within the tolerated opposition."],"APRE":["Alianza por la Rep\u00fablica","Alliance for the Republic","Small party holding a single seat within the tolerated opposition."],"PLI":["Partido Liberal Independiente","Independent Liberal Party","Small liberal party, once a genuine opposition force, now much reduced within the tolerated opposition."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2021 election","total":91,"seats":{"FSLN":75,"PLC":9,"ALN":2,"CCN":1,"APRE":1,"PLI":1}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2026-11","title":"Nicaraguan general election (due by November, may slip to 2027)","chamber":"Presidency & National Assembly","type":"expected"}}