Date 3 February 1957 | ||
General elections were held in Nicaragua to elect a president and parliament on 3 February 1957.
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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.
Presidential election results
These are the Presidential election results:
Legislative election
These are the legislative election results:
(*) Plus the defeated Presidential candidate in 1957 (Conservative) and two life-time Senators (Conservatives) by virtue of their being ex-Presidents of the Republic.