Nicaraguan general election, 2016

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The Nicaraguan general election of 2016 was a national vote in which long-time president Daniel Ortega secured another term amid widespread concerns about democratic backsliding and the exclusion of key opposition forces.

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instanceOf Nicaraguan election ⓘ
general election ⓘ
context concerns about separation of powers in Nicaragua ⓘ
consolidation of power by Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista National Liberation Front ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Nicaragua ⓘ
criticizedBy Organization of American States observers and officials ⓘ
domestic opposition groups ⓘ
international human rights organizations ⓘ
date 6 November 2016 ⓘ
electoralSystemLegislative proportional representation ⓘ
electoralSystemPresidential first-past-the-post ⓘ
eligibleVoters Nicaraguan citizens meeting legal voting requirements ⓘ
followedBy Nicaraguan general election, 2021 ⓘ
follows Nicaraguan general election, 2011 ⓘ
incumbentParty Sandinista National Liberation Front ⓘ
incumbentPresident Daniel Ortega ⓘ
internationalObservation limited international electoral observation ⓘ
languageOfOfficialMaterials Spanish ⓘ
legislativeOutcome Sandinista National Liberation Front retained control of the National Assembly ⓘ
location Nicaragua ⓘ
mainCriticism democratic backsliding ⓘ
exclusion of key opposition forces ⓘ
lack of electoral transparency ⓘ
mainPresidentialCandidate Daniel Ortega ⓘ
Maximino Rodríguez ⓘ
other minor-party candidates ⓘ
officeContested Nicaraguan representatives to the Central American Parliament ⓘ
President of Nicaragua ⓘ
Vice President of Nicaragua ⓘ
members of the National Assembly of Nicaragua ⓘ
oppositionIssue legal challenges to opposition party status ⓘ
removal of opposition lawmakers from the National Assembly prior to the election ⓘ
organizedBy Supreme Electoral Council of Nicaragua ⓘ
partOf Nicaraguan electoral cycle ⓘ
resultingVicePresident Rosario Murillo ⓘ
resultOrtegaOverallTermCount fourth overall presidential term ⓘ
resultOrtegaTermNumber third consecutive presidential term ⓘ
resultPresidentialVoteShareOrtega over 70 percent (official results) ⓘ
resultPresidentialVoteShareRodríguez around 15 percent (official results) ⓘ
runningMateOfDanielOrtega Rosario Murillo ⓘ
significance further entrenched Daniel Ortega’s control over Nicaraguan politics ⓘ
raised international alarm about the state of democracy in Nicaragua ⓘ
typeOfVote direct popular vote ⓘ
winningCandidate Daniel Ortega ⓘ
winningParty Sandinista National Liberation Front ⓘ
year 2016 ⓘ

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Daniel Ortega → election → Nicaraguan general election, 2016 ⓘ
Nicaraguan general election, 2011 → nextElection → Nicaraguan general election, 2016 ⓘ
Nicaraguan general election, 2021 → precededBy → Nicaraguan general election, 2016 ⓘ