Costa Rican general election, 1982

February 7, 1982


Turnout	69.1%

Nominee	Luis Alberto Monge	Rafael Ángel Calderón	Mario Echandi
Party	National Liberation	Unity Coalition	National Movement
Popular vote	568,374	542,434	37,127
Percentage	58.8%	33.6%	3.8%

President before election

Rodrigo Carazo
Unity Coalition

Elected President

Luis Alberto Monge
National Liberation

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 7, 1982.^[1] Luis Alberto Monge of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 78.6%.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Luis Alberto Monge	National Liberation Party	568,374	58.8
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier	Unity Coalition	325,187	33.6
Mario Echandi Jiménez	National Independent Movement	37,127	3.8
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz	United People	32,186	3.3
Edwin Chacón Madrigal	Independent Party	1,955	0.2
Edwin Retana Chaves	Democratic Party	1,747	0.2
Invalid/blank votes		25,103	-
Total		991,679	100
Source: Nohlen

Parliament

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
National Liberation Party	527,231	55.2	33	+8
Social Christian Unity Party	277,998	29.1	18	-9
United People	61,465	6.4	4	+1
Alajuelense Democratic Action	12,486	1.6	1	New
National Democratic Party	11,575	1.2	0	New
Cartago Agrarian Union Party	7,235	0.8	0	-1
National Independent Movement	34,437	3.6	1	+1
Costa Rican Concord Party	5,014	0.5	0	0
Independent Party	4,671	0.5	0	0
Limonese Authentic Party	3,893	0.4	0	0
People's Action Party	3,456	0.4	0	New
Democratic Party	2,672	0.3	0	0
Cartago Parliamentary Union	1,047	0.1	0	New
Partido Auténtico Puntarenense	1,036	0.1	0	0
Worker-Peasant Party	976	0.1	0	New
Progressive Liberal National Republican Party	708	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	35,576	-	-	-
Total	991,566	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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