The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) of the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has won about 75 percent of the votes in the general elections held on Sunday, according to the first official data provided this Monday by the Supreme Electoral Council. (CSE).
The president of the organization, Brenda Rocha, has indicated in a press conference that the FSLN is in the lead with 74.99 percent of the support, while the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) has won 14.4 percent of the ballots, according to data corresponding to 49.25 percent of the count.
Behind are Camino Cristiano Nicaragüense, with 3.44 percent of the vote; the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance, with 3.27 percent; Alliance for the Republic, with 2.2 percent, and the Independent Liberal Party (PLI), with 1.7 percent.
“This is from the minutes that we have until now regarding the election for president and vice president. We hope to have the scrutinized meetings of the counted votes that have to do with the election of deputies by tomorrow. national, departmental and Parlacen “, said Rocha.
The president of the CSE has indicated that participation revolves around 65 percent, at the same time that it has influenced that “a civic exercise has been successfully completed in which the will of the citizens was expressed at the polls in a transparent manner, democratic and in peace “.
