- 5 seats (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 5) Authentic Costeño Autonomy Movement (MAAC) - 2 seats (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 2) Costeño Democratic Alliance (ADECO) - 1 seat (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 1) Sources: 1998 With an abstention of 40%, the inhabitants of the Atlantic Coast elected the 45 Regional Council members in what is officially called the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and the 45 in the South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS) on March 1.: Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) - 44 seats (RAAN: 24, RAAS: 20) Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) - 25 seats (RAAN: 13, RAAS: 12) Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (YATAMA) - 12 seats (RAAN: 8, RAAS: 4) Multiethnic Indigenist Party (PIM) - 7 seats (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 7) Coast Alliance (Alianza Costeña) - 2 seats (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 2) Sources: 2002 With an overall abstention of 50-60%, inhabitants of the Atlantic Coast elected 90 Regional Council members on March 3: Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) - 48 seats (RAAN: 17, RAAS: 31) Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) - 28 seats (RAAN: 15, RAAS: 13) Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (YATAMA) - 13 seats (RAAN: 12, RAAS: 1) Multiethnic Party for Coast Unity (PAMUC) - 1 seat (RAAN: 1, RAAS: 0) Sources: 2006 The fifth autonomous elections on the Caribbean Coast took place on March 5. The abstention was a record-high 55%. The voters elected the 45 Regional Council members in what was officially called the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and the 45 in the South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS): Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) - 40 seats (RAAN: 18, RAAS: 22) Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) - 27 seats (RAAN: 15, RAAS: 12) Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (YATAMA) - 18 seats (RAAN: 12, RAAS: 6) Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance-Conservative Party (ALN-PC) - 5 seats (RAAN: 0, RAAS: 5) Three other parties didn't pull enough votes to win a seat in the Regional Council; the regional Multiethnic Party for Coast Unity (PAMUC), the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) alliance, and Alliance for the Republic (APRE). Source: 2010 The sixth autonomous elections on the Caribbean Coast took place on March 7. The abstention rate was 60%. The voters elected 45 Regional Council members in the RAAN and 45 in the RAAS: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) - 41 seats (RAAN: 22, RAAS: 19) Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) - 30 seats (RAAN: 10, RAAS: 20) Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (YATAMA) - 16