The Return to Power of FSLN: Is It a Matter of Realinging Elections?
Keywords:
Nicaragua, elections, FSLN, realigning elections, critical electionsAbstract
In the Nicaraguan elections of 2006, the Frente Sandinista de Liberacin Nacional(FSLN) regained office after 16 years of being in the opposition. The objective of this articleis to analyze the reasons for the Sandinista victory and to verify if such elections constitutean electoral realignment in the country. First, the dynamics of electoral competition will beexplained emphasizing a new cleavage that opposed the old sandinismo/anti-sandinismosince 1990. Second, the features of the Nicaraguan political system and the nature of thepolitical forces as well as those of the campaign will be examined. Finally, and in order tofind (or not) the level of realingment, the electoral results will be analyzed. These resultsmay open a new dynamic of electoral competition and a different party system in Nicaragua.
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