Nicaragua

Population Statistics

5,907,881

Total Population

886,182

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

07 December 2007

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Electoral Code (2000, last amended 2012)

Updated: June 2015

Article 31 states:

In order to exercise the right of suffrage the citizens must…

  • (1) be in full enjoyment of their rights.

 

Article 119 states:

Persons who have a physical impediment may be accompanied by a trusted person to exercise their right to vote. This shall be noted in the respective minutes…

 

Excerpts from the Electoral Code (2000, last amended 2012)

Political Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (1987, last amended 2014)

Updated: June 2015

Article 134, part 2 states:

Candidates for representative in the National Assembly shall meet the following requirements…

  • (b) enjoy full civil and political rights.

 

Article 147 states:

Candidates for president or vice president of the republic shall meet the following requirements…

  • (2) enjoy full civil and political rights.

 

Article 149 states:

…In addition to the established absences in this Article, these are permanent absences of the President and Vice President of the Republic [including]…

  • (c) total permanent disability declared by the National Assembly, approved by two thirds of the deputies…

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (1987, last amended 2014)