Sandinistas Lead in
Regional Elections In Nicaragua
MANAGUA - The Sandinista Front for National
Liberation (FSLN) leads on Monday most of
Caribbean municipalities, according to the
first official information about the March 7
regional elections.
Electoral Supreme Council (CSE) president
Roberto Rivas revealed preliminary figures
today's midnight, when there is still some
information of the vote counting in over a
half of polling stations.
The most completed figures to learn results
of each of the eight political forces will
be informed today, the official said in a
news conference.
Sunday's elections concluded without
incidents at the predicted time, several
sources reported.
About 290,000 voters elected 45 councilors
in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN)
and a similar figure in the South Atlantic
Autonomous Region (RAAS). The governors from
both territories will be elected for the
next four years.
Observers authorized by the CSE of the
Nicaraguan Center for Autonomous Human
Rights and Citizens, as well as OAS and EU
representatives, as technicians, attended
elections. |
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