THE VICTORIOUS COALITION

The National Opposition Union (UNO), winner of Nicaragua’s election, has been the main opponent of the leftist Sandinista regime. Formerly called the Group of 14, it consists of 14 parties gathered under five labels: Social Christians Christian Democratic Party. Center-right, led by Augustin Jarquin; split from Social Christian Party in 1987 over leadership dispute. (a) National Action Party. Center-right, led by Eduardo Rivas Gasteazoro; split from Social Christian Party in 1986 over leadership dispute. (a) Popular Social Christian Party. Center-left, led by Mauricio Diaz; split from Social Christian Party in 1976 to advocate violent overthrow of dictator Anastasio Somoza; took part in 1984 election, winning six seats in 96-seat National Assembly. (b) Liberals Independent Liberal Party. Center-left, led by Vice President-elect Virgilio Godoy; broke with Somoza’s Liberal Party in 1944; withdrew from 1984 election, but not in time to be taken off the ballot, and won nine Assembly seats. (a) Liberal Constitutionalist Party. Center-right, led by Ernesto Somarriba; split from Somoza’s Liberal Party in 1968. (a) Neo-Liberal Party. Center-right, led by Jorge Ramirez Acevedo; split from Independent Liberal Party in 1986. (a) Central American Integration Party. Centrist, split from Central American Union Party; led by Alejandro Perez Arevalo. Conservatives Conservative Democratic Party. Direct heir of Conservative Party, founded 140 years ago; split in two factions. One is led by Clemente Guido and won 14 Assembly seats in 1984; the other, which opposed taking part in 1984 election, is led by Hernaldo Zuniga, party’s representative in National Opposition Union. National Conservative Party. Split from Conservative Democrats to boycott 1984 elections; led by Silviano Matamoros. Contra leader Adolfo Calero is a member. (a) Popular Conservative Alliance. Also split from Conservative Democrats to boycott 1984 elections; led by Miriam Arguello. (a) Social Democrats Social Democratic Party. Centrist, formed in 1979 by Conservative allies of slain newspaper editor Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, husband of UNO candidate Violeta Barrios de Chamorro; led by Guillermo Potoy. (a) Nicaraguan Democratic Movement. Centrist, formed in 1978 and led by Alfonso Robelo, who took its leadership into exile in 1982 and became a Contra director. Marxists Socialist Party--Formed in 1944, led by Gustavo Tablada; won two Assembly seats in 1984. (b) Communist Party--Split in 1970 from Socialist Party, led by Eli Altamirano; won two Assembly seats in 1984. (b) NOTES: (a) denotes parties belonging to the Nicaraguan Democratic Coordinating Council, the hard-line opposition coalition that withdrew from the 1984 elections. (b) denotes parties that collaborated with the Sandinista government under the National Patriotic Front, which dissolved in 1984 when they ran in the election on their own.