Nicaraguan general election, 2016

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General elections will be held in Nicaragua on 6 November 2016.^[1]

Electoral system

The President of Nicaragua is elected using a modified two-round system; a run-off will be held if no candidate receives more than 40% of the vote, or if no candidate receives over 35% of the vote and has a 5% lead over their nearest challenger.^[2]

The 90 elected members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 20 members will be elected from a single nationwide constituency, whilst 70 members will be elected from 17 multi-member constituencies ranging in size from 2 to 19 seats. Both types of election are carried out using closed list proportional representation with no electoral threshold.^[3] A further two seats are reserved for the runner-up in the presidential election and the outgoing president (or their vice president).^[4]

20 deputies to the Central American Parliament are also elected the same day.

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