Costa Rican general election, 1944

February 13, 1944


Turnout	70.380

Nominee	Teodoro Picado Michalski	León Cortés Castro
Party	National Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	52,830	17,550
Percentage	75.1%	24.9%

President before election

Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia
National Republican

Elected President

Teodoro Picado Michalski
National Republican

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 13 February 1944.^[1] Teodoro Picado Michalski of the Victory Bloc won the presidential election with 75.1% of the vote. Voter turnout was 43.2%.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Teodoro Picado Michalski	Victory Bloc	52,830	75.1
León Cortés Castro	Democratic Party	17,550	24.9
Invalid/blank votes		0	-
Total		70,380	100
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p156

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