National Assembly (Nicaragua)

National Assembly of the Republic of Nicaragua Asamblea Nacional de la República de Nicaragua

Type
Type	Unicameral
Structure
Seats	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).

Political groups	Sandinista National Liberation Front (71) Independent Liberal Party (2) Constitutionalist Liberal Party (14)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Last election	Nicaraguan general election, 2016
Meeting place
Managua
Website
www.asamblea.gob.ni

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The National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Nicaragua.

Composition

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, 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):

Nicaraguan nationals. If they have held any other nationality, it must have been renounced at least four years prior to the election.
In full enjoyment of their political and civic rights.
At least 21 years old.
Residents of the country for at least four years prior to the election (exemptions are granted to members of the diplomatic corps and employees of international organisations, and to those recently returned from studying abroad).
Born in the department or autonomous region they hope to represent, or having resided there for at least two years prior to the election.

The following are disqualified from serving in the Assembly:

Ministers, vice-ministers, and other members of the cabinet, magistrates and judges, and mayors, unless they resign from those positions at least 12 months prior to the election.
Ministers of any church or religious organisation, unless they have relinquished their ministry at least 12 months in advance of the election.

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.^[1]

Election results

**Summary of the 6 November 2011 Nicaraguan National Assembly election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional)	1,583,199	60.85	63*
Independent Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Independiente)	822,023	31.59	27*
Constitutionalist Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista)	167,639	6.44	2
Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense )	19,658	0.76	—
Alliance for the Republic (Alianza por la República)	9,317	0.36	—
Total votes	2,512,584	100.00	92
Source: CSE * The runner-up in the presidential election (Fabio Gadea Mantilla of the PLI) and the outgoing president are special members of the National Assembly; as Ortega was reelected, the outgoing Vice President (Jaime Morales Carazo of the FSLN), who was not Ortega's running mate in this election (having been replaced by Omar Halleslevens, will take up his seat. (AFP)

Parliamentary groups

The deputies are organized in three Parliamentary Groups (bancadas).

Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN): 63 deputies
Independent Liberal Party (PLI): 27 deputies
Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC): 2 deputies

Other parliamentary bodies

Nicaragua also returns deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament.

References

↑ "Nicaragua electoral authority unseats opposition lawmakers". Washington Post. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

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