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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Predicate Object
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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