Ah - a little different in Nicaragua.
Two conservatives ran against Ortega in ‘07/08 - I was there. Neither would bow out to the other. Each got 33% of the vote, Ortega got 34%, then had a run-off against the one who got the most of the two.
He won with 2/3 of the people rejecting him! And because neither conservative would bow out. Sickening. They knew it would put Ortega in office too.
Once in office, he changed the Supreme Court, the laws, then made it so he could be elected for life. Once in office, elections were corrupt.
Far different from Venezuela.