Claim: In the 1974 Nicaraguan general election, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, the Nicaraguan dictator from the Liberal Nationalist Party, had to undergo re-election due to a tie in the number of votes he and his opponent received.
Evidence: Anastasio Somoza Debayle 733,662 Edmundo Paguaga Irías 66,320 Anastasio Somoza Debayle "won 743,985 out of 815,758 votes cast, the Conservatives picked up their allocation of 40 percent of the seats for fulfilling the tryst and an equal proportion of the electorate abstained.