Costa Rican general election, 1974

February 3, 1974


Turnout	79%

Nominee	Daniel Oduber	Fernando Trejos
Party	National Liberation	National Unification
Popular vote	294,609	206,149
Percentage	43.4%	30.4%

President before election

José Figueres
National Liberation

Elected President

Daniel Oduber
National Liberation

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 3, 1974.^[1] Daniel Oduber Quirós of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 79.9%.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Daniel Oduber Quirós	National Liberation Party	294,609	43.4
Fernando Trejos Escalante	National Unification Party	206,149	30.4
Jorge Gonzáles Martén	National Independent Party	73,788	10.9
Rodrigo Carazo Odio	Democratic Renovation Party	61,820	9.1
Gerdo Villalobos Garita	Democratic Party	18,832	2.8
Manuel Mora	Socialist Action Party	16,081	2.4
Jorge Arturo Monge Zamora	Christian Democratic Party	3,461	0.5
José Francisco Auilar Bulgarelli	Costa Rican Socialist Party	3.417	0.5
Invalid/blank votes		21,183	-
Total		699,340	100
Source: Nohlen

Parliament

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
National Liberation Party	271,867	40.9	27	-5
National Unification Party	164,323	24.7	16	-6
National Independent Party	66,222	10.0	6	New
Democratic Renovation Party	51,083	7.7	3	New
Independent National Republican Party	32,475	4.9	1	New
Socialist Action Party	29,310	4.4	2	0
Democratic Party	14,161	2.1	1	New
Christian Democratic Party	13,688	2.1	0	0
Cartago Agrarian Union Party	8,074	1.2	1	+1
Costa Rican Socialist Party	6,032	0.9	0	New
Costa Rican People's Front	4,448	0.7	0	New
Independent Party	3,282	0.5	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	34,078	-	-	-
Total	699,042	100	57	0
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p157

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