1950 Nicaraguan general election


General elections were held in Nicaragua to elect a president and National Congress of Nicaragua on 21 May 1950.
In April, Anastasio Somoza García and Emiliano Chamorro Vargas sat down and signed the Pacto de los Generales, thus laying the basis for a new political coalition. Once the agreement was signed, the Congress formally proceeded to set the date and the procedure of the upcoming election. Sixty deputies to a Constituent Assembly would be elected, with forty seats going to the majority party and seventeen to the minority party, plus three that would include the defeated presidential candidate and the two living, popularly elected ex-presidents. "Only the Liberals and the Conservatives could participate because the constitutional procedure for registering new parties would be held in abeyance."
The Conservative leadership at no time threatened to withdraw from the race and the election was held as scheduled on 21 May. The results of the election proved a disaster for the Conservatives, who received less than one-quarter of all the votes and won a bare outright majority only in Granada.

Presidential election results

Legislative election

Parties and alliancesVotes%Seats/ SenateSeats/ Chamber of Deputies
Liberal Nationalist Party 153,29775.63%1228
Conservative Party 49,40124.37%03+3*14
Total valid votes202,698100%15+3*42
Spoilt and invalid votes????
Total votes/Turnout????
Registered voters??
Population1,057,023

Plus the defeated Presidential candidate in 1950 and two life-time Senators by virtue of their being ex-Presidents of the Republic.