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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 MANAGUA 002567 
 
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SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN, WHA USOAS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/22/2016 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
SUBJECT: SIT REP 9 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS 
 
REF: MANAGUA 02546 AND PREVIOUS 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Paul Trivelli for reasons 1.4 (b and d) 
 
¶1.  (U) SUMMARY:  The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) 
certified today 
the final elections results for the presidential election, 
officially declaring Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista 
Liberation Front (FSLN) president-elect with 37.99 percent of 
the vote and confirming Eduardo Montealegre of the Liberal 
Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN) in second place capturing 28.30 
percent of the vote.  In addition, Montealegre will hold a 
deputy seat in the National Assembly along with President 
Bolanos.  Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) candidate Jose 
Rizo placed third with 27.11 percent, Sandinista Renovation 
Movement (MRS) candidate Edmundo Jarquin remained in fourth, 
and Alternative for Change (AC) candidate Eden Pastor, fifth. 
 The FSLN captured 38 seats in the National Assembly, while 
the PLC and ALN won 25 and 22 seats, respectively.  Results 
closely mirror results of CSE's fifth report based on 91.48 
percent of the voting tables (JRVs).  END SUMMARY. 
 
THE FINAL COUNT, ALN HOLDS ONTO SECOND 
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¶2.  (SBU) At 11:00 AM on November 22, the CSE released its 
sixth and final report on the election results covering 100 
percent of JRVs.  With the exception of the PLC, all 
candidates received a slightly lower percentage of the 
overall vote.  Final tallies for the presidential race are as 
follows: 
 
FSLN: 37.99 % 
ALN:  28.30 % 
PLC:  27.11 % 
MRS:   6.29 % 
AC:     .29 % 
 
BUT DISTRIBUTION OF DEPUTIES GIVES PLC EDGE OVER ALN 
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¶3.  (SBU) Final results for National Assembly deputies 
selected at the national and departmental level: 
 
      National Deputies   Department Deputies  Total   % 
 
 
FSLN:   8                   30                  38   42.22 
 
 
ALN:    5                   17                  22   24.44 
 
PLC:    6                   19                  25   27.77 
 
MRS:    4                    1                   5    5.55 
 
TOTAL  23                   67                  90 (plus 2) 
 
(NOTE: In accordance with Article 133 of Nicaragua's 
Constitution, two additional deputies will join the new 
National 
Assembly: Enrique Bolanos, as outgoing president, and Eduardo 
Montealegre, because he placed second in the presidential 
race. 
 
¶4.  (SBU) Final results for deputies to the Central 
American Parliament, or PARLACEN (number of seats): 
 
FSLN          8 
ALN           5 
PRC           6 
MRS           1 
 
 
PUTTING PLC CHALLENGES TO REST 
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¶5.  (C) ALN candidate Montealegre, who recently told the 
Ambassador he expected 
the assignments of the deputy seats to remain the same even 
with the ALN's challenges, was nonetheless determined to 
convey his party's concerns regarding the irregularities in 
the tabulation process even if these irregularities did not 
affect the final distribution of Assembly deputy seats.  And 
while the PLC sought to challenge a deputy seat in the North 
 
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Atlantic Autonomous Zone (RAAN), in the end the party failed 
(according to the CSE) to follow proper legal steps at the 
departmental level before submitting its appeal, and its 
petition was rejected. 
TRIVELLI