When is the Nicaragua general election 2021?

Polling day is 2021-11-07 (officially set).

When will the final result of the President and Vice President of the Republic race be official?

Expected between polls close and 2021-11-26T05:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Ley No. 331 art. 160: once the time limits lapse or appeals are resolved, the Consejo Supremo Electoral declares those elected by resolution, first among them the President and Vice President of the Republic (art. 160(1)), to be published in La Gaceta. The 2021 electoral calendar (CSE resolution published in La Gaceta No. 85, 11 May 2021) set activity 33, provisional publication of results, on 15 Nov 2021; activity 34, revision appeals, 16-18 Nov; activity 35, their resolution, 19-24 Nov; and activity 36, 'Proclamación de Electas y Electos', on 25 Nov 2021, with publication in La Gaceta and national newspapers on 26 Nov (activity 37). expectedBy is the end of 25 Nov 2021 local (UTC-6), the calendar date. The final act is the CSE resolution 'Proclamación de Electos, Elecciones Generales 2021', which opens 'Consejo Supremo Electoral. - Managua, veinticinco de noviembre del año dos mil veintiuno. - Las tres de la tarde.' (certified copy by the Secretario de Actuaciones, same date), so observedAt is 25 Nov 2021 15:00 local = 21:00 UTC. Its point Cuarto: 'La presente resolución es materia electoral, no admite recurso alguno y entrará en vigencia a partir de la presente fecha sin perjuicio de su posterior publicación en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial.' No court stage: no appeal lies against it. The CSE's Boletín Informativo No. 28 (27 Nov 2021) says the CSE 'el 26 de noviembre de 2021, hizo oficial la Proclamación' and that it 'ha sido publicada en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial'; the Gaceta issue itself was not read. Day 18 after polling day.

When will the final result of the National Assembly race be official?

Expected between polls close and 2021-11-26T05:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Ley No. 331 art. 160: once the time limits lapse or appeals are resolved, the Consejo Supremo Electoral declares those elected by resolution, including the deputies to the Asamblea Nacional (art. 160(2)), to be published in La Gaceta. The 2021 electoral calendar (CSE resolution published in La Gaceta No. 85, 11 May 2021) set activity 33, provisional publication of results, on 15 Nov 2021; activity 34, revision appeals, 16-18 Nov; activity 35, their resolution, 19-24 Nov; and activity 36, 'Proclamación de Electas y Electos', on 25 Nov 2021, with publication in La Gaceta and national newspapers on 26 Nov (activity 37). expectedBy is the end of 25 Nov 2021 local (UTC-6), the calendar date. The final act is the CSE resolution 'Proclamación de Electos, Elecciones Generales 2021', which opens 'Consejo Supremo Electoral. - Managua, veinticinco de noviembre del año dos mil veintiuno. - Las tres de la tarde.' (certified copy by the Secretario de Actuaciones, same date), so observedAt is 25 Nov 2021 15:00 local = 21:00 UTC. Its point Cuarto: 'La presente resolución es materia electoral, no admite recurso alguno y entrará en vigencia a partir de la presente fecha sin perjuicio de su posterior publicación en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial.' No court stage: no appeal lies against it. The CSE's Boletín Informativo No. 28 (27 Nov 2021) says the CSE 'el 26 de noviembre de 2021, hizo oficial la Proclamación' and that it 'ha sido publicada en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial'; the Gaceta issue itself was not read. Day 18 after polling day. Counts not shown: the Assembly is elected on two ballots (national list and departmental lists), and one row set cannot hold both (e.g. YATAMA won a seat on the departmental ballot only). Seats per party from the proclamation: FSLN 75, PLC 9, ALN 2, PLI 2, APRE 1, YATAMA 1, CCN 0 (90).

Where are the official President and Vice President of the Republic results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Supreme Electoral Council (https://www.cse.gob.ni/).

Where are the official National Assembly results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Supreme Electoral Council (https://www.cse.gob.ni/).

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Nicaragua general election 2021

Name: Nicaragua general election 2021
Start: 2021-11-07
Location: Nicaragua

Polling day Sun, 7 Nov 2021. 2 races. Counted by Supreme Electoral Council. Times are Managua time; hover for UTC.

President and Vice President of the Republic, National Assembly Final declared

Final: 25 Nov 2021

Final result declared Thu 25 Nov, 15:00 Managua time, published by the authority: cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/certificacion_cse_sobre_electos.pdf. The window was By 25 Nov 2021.

Polls close: Sun 7 Nov, 18:00
Counted by: Supreme Electoral Council
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: cse.gob.ni

President and Vice President of the Republic

Final count

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra	FSLN	2,093,834	75.9%
Walter Eden Espinoza Fernandez	PLC	395,406	14.3%
Guillermo Antonio Osorno Molina	CCN	89,853	3.3%
Marcelo de Jesus Montiel Fernandez	ALN	85,711	3.1%
Gerson Gutierrez Gasparin	APRE	48,429	1.8%
Mauricio Orue Vasquez	PLI	46,510	1.7%
Total votes		2,759,743

Definitive presidential votes by party as on the CSE results page ('Votos Definitivos, Consejo Supremo Electoral, Nicaragua'; data of the embedded chart https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/17733807/embed: PLC 395406, FSLN 2093834, CCN 89853, ALN 85711, APRE 48429, PLI 46510). The same figures, with percentages (FSLN 75.87%, PLC 14.33%, CCN 3.26%, ALN 3.11%, APRE 1.75%, PLI 1.69%), are the third provisional report in CSE Boletín No. 27, p. 7; the proclamation names the winners but gives no figures. The CSE lists votes by party; candidate names are the presidential candidates in the CSE's 'Publicación Definitiva de Candidatas y Candidatos' (La Gaceta No. 171, 10 Sep 2021; https://www.cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/lista_oficial_candidatos_y_candidatas_elecciones_generales_2021.pdf), as written there in capitals, without accents. Running mates: Rosario Maria Murillo Zambrana (FSLN), Mayra Consuelo Arguello Sandoval (PLC), Violeta Jannette Martinez Zapata (CCN), Jennyfer del Carmen Espinoza Blen (ALN), Claudia Maria Romero Cuadra (APRE), Zobeyda del Socorro Rodriguez Diaz (PLI); read by OCR from the scanned Gaceta. Party names in full: Alianza Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN); Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC); Camino Cristiano Nicaragüense (CCN); Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense (ALN); Alianza por la República (APRE); Partido Liberal Independiente (PLI). The six rows add up to 2,759,743 valid votes (our sum; it equals the 'VOTOS VALIDOS POR PARTIDO' total in the CSE's table on the same page). ballots: the 2,921,430 'Votos Totales' and the 65.26% 'Participación Ciudadana' in CSE Boletín No. 28 (and No. 27, p. 6); the bulletin does not say which race the figure counts or break out null votes. The CSE pages read give no registered-voter total, so electorate is left out. Proclaimed: José Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Rosario María Murillo Zambrana (resolution of 25 Nov 2021, point Segundo). LICENCE: cse.gob.ni states no reuse terms. Its only terms page, 'Política de Privacidad y Condiciones' (https://www.cse.gob.ni/es/politicas-de-privacidad, read 3 Oct 2026), deals only with personal data in the online ID and civil-registry services; the site footer reads 'Copyright © CSE Todos los derechos reservados.' That is not a statement of reuse terms for the results, so, as with Ghana and Sierra Leone, the counts are copied as an official publication with no reuse terms stated. Nicaragua's copyright law was not checked for an exclusion of official texts. Published by Consejo Supremo Electoral (CSE), results page, Votos Definitivos, 25 Nov 2021: cse.gob.ni/es/elecciones/elecciones-generales-2021. Official publication of the Consejo Supremo Electoral; no reuse terms stated.

7 Nov14 Nov21 Nov

Election-night count

7–8 NovElection-night count: Sun 7 Nov, 18:00 → Mon 8 Nov, 23:59, precedent. Published Mon 8 Nov, 02:00.

Final resultexpected on the live page now

by 25 NovFinal result: by Thu 25 Nov, 23:59, announced. Published Thu 25 Nov, 15:00.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateManagua time. Every window on this chart has passed.

Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Sun 7 Nov, 18:00 → Mon 8 Nov, 23:59
precedent

Election night: Ley 331 arts. 101 and following; calendar activity 32, 'Sufragio y Transmisión de Resultados de Escrutinio al Centro de Cómputos Nacional', 7 Nov 2021. CSE Boletín Informativo No. 27 (13 Nov 2021, pp. 5 and 16): the CSE President read the first provisional report, on the presidential race only, 'pasadas las 2:00 de la madrugada del día 08 de noviembre', with 6,629 polling boards (49.25%); the second report came 'el mismo 08 de noviembre, en horas de la tarde' (97.74% of tally sheets), adding the National Assembly and PARLACEN races; the third (99.99%) on Wednesday 10 Nov 2021. observedAt is 02:00 local on 8 Nov (08:00 UTC), the hour the bulletin says the first report came after ('pasadas las 2:00'); the exact minute is not given. The window (to the end of 8 Nov 2021 local) is set from those dates; the reports were provisional.
Replaced on the live page by the final result from Thu 25 Nov, 15:00.
Observed 8 Nov 2021, 02:00
Final result
— → Thu 25 Nov, 23:59
announced

Ley No. 331 art. 160: once the time limits lapse or appeals are resolved, the Consejo Supremo Electoral declares those elected by resolution, first among them the President and Vice President of the Republic (art. 160(1)), to be published in La Gaceta. The 2021 electoral calendar (CSE resolution published in La Gaceta No. 85, 11 May 2021) set activity 33, provisional publication of results, on 15 Nov 2021; activity 34, revision appeals, 16-18 Nov; activity 35, their resolution, 19-24 Nov; and activity 36, 'Proclamación de Electas y Electos', on 25 Nov 2021, with publication in La Gaceta and national newspapers on 26 Nov (activity 37). expectedBy is the end of 25 Nov 2021 local (UTC-6), the calendar date. The final act is the CSE resolution 'Proclamación de Electos, Elecciones Generales 2021', which opens 'Consejo Supremo Electoral. - Managua, veinticinco de noviembre del año dos mil veintiuno. - Las tres de la tarde.' (certified copy by the Secretario de Actuaciones, same date), so observedAt is 25 Nov 2021 15:00 local = 21:00 UTC. Its point Cuarto: 'La presente resolución es materia electoral, no admite recurso alguno y entrará en vigencia a partir de la presente fecha sin perjuicio de su posterior publicación en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial.' No court stage: no appeal lies against it. The CSE's Boletín Informativo No. 28 (27 Nov 2021) says the CSE 'el 26 de noviembre de 2021, hizo oficial la Proclamación' and that it 'ha sido publicada en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial'; the Gaceta issue itself was not read. Day 18 after polling day.
Observed 25 Nov 2021, 15:00

Results sources 9 pages, 0 can answer a results question

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cse.gob.ni/es/elecciones/elecciones-generales-2021	results-final	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
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cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/boletin_cse-27.pdf	see-also	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
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cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/ley_no._331_ley_electoral_con_sus_reformas_incorporadas.pdf	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Nicaraguan_general_election	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
cse.gob.ni/es/elecciones	results-index	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
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National Assembly 90 seats

7 Nov14 Nov21 Nov

Election-night count

7–8 NovElection-night count: Sun 7 Nov, 18:00 → Mon 8 Nov, 23:59, precedent. Published Mon 8 Nov, 23:59.

Final resultexpected on the live page now

by 25 NovFinal result: by Thu 25 Nov, 23:59, announced. Published Thu 25 Nov, 15:00.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateManagua time. Every window on this chart has passed.

Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Sun 7 Nov, 18:00 → Mon 8 Nov, 23:59
precedent

Election night: Ley 331 arts. 101 and following; calendar activity 32, 'Sufragio y Transmisión de Resultados de Escrutinio al Centro de Cómputos Nacional', 7 Nov 2021. CSE Boletín Informativo No. 27 (13 Nov 2021, pp. 5 and 16): the CSE President read the first provisional report, on the presidential race only, 'pasadas las 2:00 de la madrugada del día 08 de noviembre', with 6,629 polling boards (49.25%); the second report came 'el mismo 08 de noviembre, en horas de la tarde' (97.74% of tally sheets), adding the National Assembly and PARLACEN races; the third (99.99%) on Wednesday 10 Nov 2021. The Assembly figures first came in the second report, 'en horas de la tarde' of 8 Nov, with no hour given, so observedAt is the end of 8 Nov 2021 local (23:59:59 UTC-6). The window (to the end of 8 Nov 2021 local) is set from those dates; the reports were provisional.
Replaced on the live page by the final result from Thu 25 Nov, 15:00.
Observed 8 Nov 2021, 23:59
Final result
— → Thu 25 Nov, 23:59
announced

Ley No. 331 art. 160: once the time limits lapse or appeals are resolved, the Consejo Supremo Electoral declares those elected by resolution, including the deputies to the Asamblea Nacional (art. 160(2)), to be published in La Gaceta. The 2021 electoral calendar (CSE resolution published in La Gaceta No. 85, 11 May 2021) set activity 33, provisional publication of results, on 15 Nov 2021; activity 34, revision appeals, 16-18 Nov; activity 35, their resolution, 19-24 Nov; and activity 36, 'Proclamación de Electas y Electos', on 25 Nov 2021, with publication in La Gaceta and national newspapers on 26 Nov (activity 37). expectedBy is the end of 25 Nov 2021 local (UTC-6), the calendar date. The final act is the CSE resolution 'Proclamación de Electos, Elecciones Generales 2021', which opens 'Consejo Supremo Electoral. - Managua, veinticinco de noviembre del año dos mil veintiuno. - Las tres de la tarde.' (certified copy by the Secretario de Actuaciones, same date), so observedAt is 25 Nov 2021 15:00 local = 21:00 UTC. Its point Cuarto: 'La presente resolución es materia electoral, no admite recurso alguno y entrará en vigencia a partir de la presente fecha sin perjuicio de su posterior publicación en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial.' No court stage: no appeal lies against it. The CSE's Boletín Informativo No. 28 (27 Nov 2021) says the CSE 'el 26 de noviembre de 2021, hizo oficial la Proclamación' and that it 'ha sido publicada en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial'; the Gaceta issue itself was not read. Day 18 after polling day. Counts not shown: the Assembly is elected on two ballots (national list and departmental lists), and one row set cannot hold both (e.g. YATAMA won a seat on the departmental ballot only). Seats per party from the proclamation: FSLN 75, PLC 9, ALN 2, PLI 2, APRE 1, YATAMA 1, CCN 0 (90).
Observed 25 Nov 2021, 15:00

Results sources 9 pages, 0 can answer a results question

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cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/boletin_cse-27.pdf	see-also	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
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cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/calendario_electoral_elecciones_general_2021.pdf	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Nicaraguan_general_election	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
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Questions and answers

When is the Nicaragua general election 2021?: Polling day is 2021-11-07 (officially set).
When will the final result of the President and Vice President of the Republic race be official?: Expected between polls close and 2021-11-26T05:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Ley No. 331 art. 160: once the time limits lapse or appeals are resolved, the Consejo Supremo Electoral declares those elected by resolution, first among them the President and Vice President of the Republic (art. 160(1)), to be published in La Gaceta. The 2021 electoral calendar (CSE resolution published in La Gaceta No. 85, 11 May 2021) set activity 33, provisional publication of results, on 15 Nov 2021; activity 34, revision appeals, 16-18 Nov; activity 35, their resolution, 19-24 Nov; and activity 36, 'Proclamación de Electas y Electos', on 25 Nov 2021, with publication in La Gaceta and national newspapers on 26 Nov (activity 37). expectedBy is the end of 25 Nov 2021 local (UTC-6), the calendar date. The final act is the CSE resolution 'Proclamación de Electos, Elecciones Generales 2021', which opens 'Consejo Supremo Electoral. - Managua, veinticinco de noviembre del año dos mil veintiuno. - Las tres de la tarde.' (certified copy by the Secretario de Actuaciones, same date), so observedAt is 25 Nov 2021 15:00 local = 21:00 UTC. Its point Cuarto: 'La presente resolución es materia electoral, no admite recurso alguno y entrará en vigencia a partir de la presente fecha sin perjuicio de su posterior publicación en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial.' No court stage: no appeal lies against it. The CSE's Boletín Informativo No. 28 (27 Nov 2021) says the CSE 'el 26 de noviembre de 2021, hizo oficial la Proclamación' and that it 'ha sido publicada en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial'; the Gaceta issue itself was not read. Day 18 after polling day.
When will the final result of the National Assembly race be official?: Expected between polls close and 2021-11-26T05:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Ley No. 331 art. 160: once the time limits lapse or appeals are resolved, the Consejo Supremo Electoral declares those elected by resolution, including the deputies to the Asamblea Nacional (art. 160(2)), to be published in La Gaceta. The 2021 electoral calendar (CSE resolution published in La Gaceta No. 85, 11 May 2021) set activity 33, provisional publication of results, on 15 Nov 2021; activity 34, revision appeals, 16-18 Nov; activity 35, their resolution, 19-24 Nov; and activity 36, 'Proclamación de Electas y Electos', on 25 Nov 2021, with publication in La Gaceta and national newspapers on 26 Nov (activity 37). expectedBy is the end of 25 Nov 2021 local (UTC-6), the calendar date. The final act is the CSE resolution 'Proclamación de Electos, Elecciones Generales 2021', which opens 'Consejo Supremo Electoral. - Managua, veinticinco de noviembre del año dos mil veintiuno. - Las tres de la tarde.' (certified copy by the Secretario de Actuaciones, same date), so observedAt is 25 Nov 2021 15:00 local = 21:00 UTC. Its point Cuarto: 'La presente resolución es materia electoral, no admite recurso alguno y entrará en vigencia a partir de la presente fecha sin perjuicio de su posterior publicación en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial.' No court stage: no appeal lies against it. The CSE's Boletín Informativo No. 28 (27 Nov 2021) says the CSE 'el 26 de noviembre de 2021, hizo oficial la Proclamación' and that it 'ha sido publicada en La Gaceta, Diario Oficial'; the Gaceta issue itself was not read. Day 18 after polling day. Counts not shown: the Assembly is elected on two ballots (national list and departmental lists), and one row set cannot hold both (e.g. YATAMA won a seat on the departmental ballot only). Seats per party from the proclamation: FSLN 75, PLC 9, ALN 2, PLI 2, APRE 1, YATAMA 1, CCN 0 (90).
Where are the official President and Vice President of the Republic results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Supreme Electoral Council (https://www.cse.gob.ni/).
Where are the official National Assembly results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Supreme Electoral Council (https://www.cse.gob.ni/).