At the time of the election, of the UNO coalition's fourteen political parties, four were considered conservative, seven could be characterised as centrist parties, and three - including Nicaragua's Communists - had traditionally been on the far left of the political spectrum.
Pada masa pemilihan, dari empat belas partai politik koalisi UNO, empat dianggap konservatisme, tujuh dikarakteristikkan sebagai partai sentris, dan tiga - termasuk Komunis Nicaragua - yang biasanya memegang paham kiri jauh dari spektrum politik.