1990 Nicaraguan general election

1990 Nicaraguan general election
25 February 1990
Presidential election
Turnout86.23% ( 10.81pp)
 
Candidate Violeta Chamorro Daniel Ortega
Party UNO FSLN
Running mate Virgilio Godoy Sergio Ramírez
Popular vote 777,552 579,886
Percentage 54.74% 40.82%
Results by department
President before election

Daniel Ortega
FSLN

 Elected President

Violeta Chamorro
UNO

Parliamentary election
90 seats in the National Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
UNO Violeta Chamorro 53.88 51 New
FSLN Daniel Ortega 40.84 39 −22
PSC Erick Ramírez 1.57 1 +1
MUR Moisés Hassan 0.99 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
President of the National Assembly before President of the National Assembly after
Carlos Núñez
FSLN		 Miriam Argüello
APC–UNO

General elections were held in Nicaragua on 25 February 1990 to elect the President and the members of the National Assembly. The result was a victory for the National Opposition Union (UNO), whose presidential candidate Violeta Chamorro surprisingly defeated incumbent president Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). This led to a historic peaceful and democratic transfer of power in Nicaragua.

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