Nicaraguan general election, 1984

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The Nicaraguan general election of 1984 was a pivotal post-revolution vote in which the Sandinista National Liberation Front, led by Daniel Ortega, consolidated power amid intense domestic and international controversy over its fairness and legitimacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nicaraguan election ⓘ
general election ⓘ
abbreviationOfWinningParty FSLN ⓘ
boycottedBy Constitutional Liberal Party factions ⓘ
Contras ⓘ
Social Christian Party factions ⓘ
capitalCityWhereHeld Managua ⓘ
context Cold War ⓘ
U.S.-backed Contra war ⓘ
country Nicaragua ⓘ
criticizedBy Reagan administration ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
some Nicaraguan opposition parties ⓘ
date 4 November 1984 ⓘ
electoralBodyElected National Assembly ⓘ
electoralLaw 1984 Nicaraguan electoral law ⓘ
follows Nicaraguan general election, 1974 ⓘ
heldAfter Nicaraguan Revolution ⓘ
internationalObservation presence of foreign observers ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legitimacyDebate disputed fairness and competitiveness ⓘ
mainWinningParty Sandinista National Liberation Front ⓘ
officeContested National Assembly of Nicaragua ⓘ
President of Nicaragua ⓘ
oppositionParticipation legal opposition parties allowed to participate ⓘ
organizedBy Sandinista government ⓘ
partOf Nicaraguan Revolution period ⓘ
precedes Nicaraguan general election, 1990 ⓘ
presidentialCandidate Alfredo César Aguirre ⓘ
Clemente Guido ⓘ
Daniel Ortega ⓘ
Moises Hassan ⓘ
Rafael Córdova Rivas ⓘ
Roger Guevara Mena ⓘ
Virgilio Godoy ⓘ
presidentialRunningMateOfWinner Sergio Ramírez ⓘ
presidentialWinner Daniel Ortega ⓘ
recognizedBy Organization of American States observers ⓘ
many Western European governments ⓘ
resultedIn Daniel Ortega becoming president ⓘ
consolidation of Sandinista power ⓘ
significance first post-revolution national election in Nicaragua ⓘ
supervisedBy Supreme Electoral Council of Nicaragua ⓘ
typeOfSystemUsed multi-party election ⓘ
voterTurnoutApproximate around 75 percent ⓘ
over 80 percent of registered voters ⓘ
winningPartyIdeology left-wing ⓘ
socialist ⓘ
year 1984 ⓘ

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Daniel Ortega → election → Nicaraguan general election, 1984 ⓘ
Nicaraguan Civil War → significantEvent → 1984 Nicaraguan general election ⓘ
linked to: Nicaraguan general election, 1984
Contras → relatedEvent → 1984 Nicaraguan general election ⓘ
linked to: Nicaraguan general election, 1984
1990 Nicaraguan general election → precededBy → 1984 Nicaraguan general election ⓘ
linked to: Nicaraguan general election, 1984