'Changed man'
There has been no reaction yet from Mr Ortega, who needed to win 40% of votes, or 35% and a five-point margin, to win outright and avoid a second round.
He will take office in January next year.
Mr Ortega led Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, but says he has changed from the leader who seized property from the wealthy during the 1979 Sandinista revolution.
That assessment was endorsed by former US President Jimmy Carter, who was an observer in the elections.
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TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's leaders on Sunday held talks with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, emphasising a shared distrust of the United States as Tehran seeks to bolster ties with US critics in Latin America.
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Ortega, a Cold War foe of the United States, was welcomed personally at Tehran's Mehrabad airport by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an unusual step indicating the increasingly warm ties between the two nations.
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Ortega later held talks with Iran's undisputed number one, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who told the Nicaraguan president that "the United States is the most hated government in the world."
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