1957 Nicaraguan general election
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General elections were held in Nicaragua on 3 February 1957 to elect a president and National Congress.
Luis Somoza Debayle formalized his grip on the presidency through fraudulent elections in February 1957 which were boycotted by all the opposition except the puppet Conservative Nationalist Party (PNC). The Popular Social Christian Party (PPSC) was created in reaction to these elections and received support from younger Conservatives dissatisfied with their party’s inability to make any political impact on the dictatorship.[1]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Senate | ||||||||
| Nationalist Liberal Party | Luis Somoza Debayle | 316,998 | 89.25 | 28 | 12 | ||||
| Conservative Nationalist Party | Edmundo Amador Pineda | 38,180 | 10.75 | 14 | 4 | ||||
| Special seats[a] | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 355,178 | 100.00 | 42 | 19 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen | |||||||||
- Two former presidents as life members and the defeated presidential candidate. All were members of the Conservative Party.