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Presidential elections were held in Nicaragua on 15 August 1947.

On 15 August, a Constituent Assembly appointed Dr. Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes, uncle of General Somoza’s wife, as provisional president and Mariano Argüello Vargas, another loyal ‘Somocista,’ as vice-president. Despite the sham election and the new administration’s ‘continuismo’ character, Somoza believed that the government now had legal status and was worthy of recognition. Immediately after taking office, President Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes was rebuffed in his efforts to conciliate differences with the opposition. Although both the Independent Liberals and Conservatives continued their intraparty friction, both remained committed to the restoration of Leonardo Argüello Barreto as president.^[1]

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MacRenato, Ternot. 1991. Somoza: seizure of power, 1926-1939. La Jolla: University of California, San Diego.
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Rojas Bolaños, Manuel. “La política.” Historia general de Centroamérica. 1994. San José: FLACSO. Volume five, 1994.
Smith, Hazel. Nicaragua: self-determination and survival. London : Pluto Press. 1993.
Walter, Knut. The regime of Anastasio Somoza, 1936-1956. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina. 1993.

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Presidential elections	1856 1871 1902 1906 1912 1914 1916 1920 1924 1926 1928 1932 1936 (Jun) 1936 (Dec) 1947 (Feb) 1947 (Aug) 1950 1957 1963 1967 1974 1984 1990 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
Parliamentary elections	1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1927 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1947 (Feb) 1947 (Aug) 1950 1957 1963 1967 1972 1974 1984 1990 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
Municipal elections	1990 1996 2000 2004 2008 2009 2012 2017 2022
See also: Elections in the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Federal Republic of Central America

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