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14-910: APRE won 3 major offices (out of 152) in the 2004 municipal elections. For the 2006 Autonomous elections on the Caribbean Coast APRE lost four of its allies; the Conservative Party (PC), the Nicaraguan Democratic Movement (MDN) and the Social Conservative Party (PSC) to the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the National Unity Movement (MUN) to the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS). APRE didn't pull enough votes to win

28-730: A seat in the Regional Council and shortly after the elections, the two remaining allies of APRE abandoned the alliance; the Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path (CCN) went to support the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) in the upcoming elections and the Party for Citizen Action (PAC) joined the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) alliance. As of 2006, APRE is part of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN). APRE

42-585: Is the legislative branch of the government of Nicaragua founded in January 1985. The unicameral National Assembly replaced the bicameral National Congress of Nicaragua which was disbanded following the overthrow of Somoza government in 1979. There was an interim Council of State with 47 and later 51 appointed members from 1980 to 1984. First elections to the National Assembly took place in November 1984 , and

56-679: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance , to support the former Constitutional Liberal politician Eduardo Montealegre in its presidential campaign, which was unsuccessful. The Conservative Party also supported and participated with the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance in the congressional elections, in which the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance came in third place but won nearly as many seats as the Constitutional Liberal Party. National Assembly (Nicaragua) Opposition (14) The National Assembly ( Spanish : Asamblea Nacional )

70-563: The President of the Republic who served the immediately previous presidential term is entitled to sit in the Assembly as a deputy, as is the runner-up in the most recent presidential election. The President and the National Assembly serve concurrent five-year terms. To be eligible for election to the assembly, candidates must be (Art. 134, Constitution): The following are disqualified from serving in

84-894: The Assembly: Four months before the Nicaraguan general election, 2016 , the Nicaraguan Supreme Court removed PLI leader Eduardo Montealegre , decreeing that Pedro Reyes was the new leader of the PLI. After PLI and allied Sandinista Renovation Movement deputies objected, Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council ordered them removed from the National Assembly and empowered Reyes to select their replacements. Deputies as of June 21, 2021: The deputies are organized in Parliamentary Groups ( bancadas ). The current number of deputies of

98-616: The Liberal Party, helped Anastasio Somoza Garcia to gain power. Somoza established his own party, the Nationalist Liberal Party, and though the Somoza regime was overthrown in 1979, the conservative party has never recovered the amount of power that it had during previous times. Many conservatives, however, vigorously opposed the Somoza regime, and for the 1967 elections formed a National Opposition Union with other parties opposed to

112-475: The National Assembly after his presidency. This article about a Nicaragua political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Conservative Party of Nicaragua The Conservative Party ( Spanish : Partido Conservador ) was a conservative political party in Nicaragua . Its slogan was "Dios, Orden, Justicia" ( lit.   ' God, Order, Justice ' ), often depicted on

126-546: The Sandinistas or the Constitutional Liberal Party . At the legislative elections , held on 4 November 2001, the party won 2.1% of the popular vote and 2 out of 90 seats in the National Assembly . The same day, Alberto Saborío won only 1.4% in the presidential elections. In the 2006 election it became part of a coalition with the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance . In 2006 the party joined another coalition party,

140-716: The Somoza regime. In the first elections after the Revolution, in 1984, the Conservatives finished runner-up behind the FSLN. In 1990 the Conservative Party joined the new National Opposition Union to successfully oppose the Sandinista National Liberation Front in elections. Following the rapid collapse of that party, the conservatives became the third largest political force in the country, but much smaller than

154-425: The conservatives won, and dominated the country for 35 years. In 1893 the party split, and the liberals took advantage of this to make a successful rebellion. The conservative party returned to power in 1910, following the intervention of American troops. It remained in power until another liberal rebellion in 1926, and a coalition government was established. Factions of the Conservative Party, along with factions of

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168-450: The first National Assembly took legislative functions from the Junta of National Reconstruction on 10 January 1985. The Nicaraguan legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 92 deputies , 90 of whom are elected by popular vote on a proportional representation basis from party lists: 20 nationally, and 70 representing the country's departments and autonomous regions. In addition,

182-555: The three sides of a triangle . The party was one of the oldest in Nicaragua. It was founded during the 19th century, as Nicaragua established itself as an independent republic, by members of the elite of Granada . As in many Latin American countries, a major political conflict took place between conservatives and liberals. During the 1840s and 1850s a nearly constant civil war took place between conservatives and liberals in Nicaragua. In 1857

196-508: Was created and backed up by the presidential offices as the official government party, the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC), declared itself in opposition to the Bolaños government in February 2003. The party enjoyed the resources of incumbency until the end of President Bolaños’s term in January 2007 and is also backed by some of the country’s most affluent capitalists. Bolaños became a member of

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