ニカラグア大統領選挙。今回の大統領選、当選のための条件は、<1>得票率40%以上をかちとるか、<2>得票率35%以上で次点候補者に5%以上の差をつけるか。

ロイターによれば、開票率61%の段階で、オルテガ候補の得票は38.7%で、8%程度のリードをえているそうなので、このまま推移すれば、オルテガ氏が当選することに。

Nicaragua’s Ortega closer to election win（Reuters.co.uk）

Nicaragua’s Ortega closer to election win
[Reuters Tue Nov 7, 2006 1:28 AM GMT]

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Reuters) – Leftist Daniel Ortega led Nicaragua’s presidential election with 38.7 percent support after ballots from 61 percent of polling stations were counted on Monday, giving the former guerrilla an almost certain first-round victory.

Washington’s old Cold War enemy had a lead of almost 8 percentage points over conservative rival Eduardo Montealegre, the latest result from Sunday’s election showed. Ortega’s lead was slightly wider than earlier in the day.

Ortega needs 40 percent of the vote, or 35 percent and a 5-point lead over Montealegre, to take victory and avoid a runoff next month.