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In 1893 the conservative party split, and the liberals took advantage of this to make a successful rebellion. The conservative party returned to power in 1910, following the intervention of American troops. It remained in power until another liberal rebellion in 1926, and a coalition government was established.
Factions of the conservative party, along with factions of the liberal party, helped [[Anastasio Somoza Garcia]] to gain power. Somoza established his own party, the Nationalist Liberal Party, and though the Somoza regime was overthrown in 1979, the conservative party has never recovered the amount of power that it had during previous times. Many conservatives, however, vigorously opposed the Somoza regime, and for the 1967 elections formed a [[National Opposition Union|1966 National Opposition Union]] with other parties opposed to the Somoza regime. In the first elections after the Revolution, in 1984, the Conservatives finished runner-up behind the FSLN. In 1990 the Conservative Party joined the [[
At the [[legislative]] [[elections in Nicaragua|elections]], held on 4 November 2001, the party won 2.1% of the popular vote and 2 out of 90 seats in the [[National Assembly (Nicaragua)|National Assembly]]. The same day, [[Alberto Saborío]] won only 1.4% in the presidential elections. In the 2006 election it became part of a coalition with the [[Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance]].
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