Costa Rican general election, 1994

February 6, 1994 (1994-02-06)


Turnout	81.1%

Party	National Liberation	Social Christian Unity	Democratic Force
Presidential candidate	José María Figueres	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	Miguel Salguero
Presidential vote	739,339 (49.6%)	711,328 (47.7%)	28,274 (1.9%)
Legislative vote	658,258 (44.6%)	595,802 (40.4%)	78,454 (5.3%)
Seats	28	25	2
Seat change	3	4	New


Party	Cartago Agrarian Union	National Agrarian
Presidential candidate	–	–
Presidential vote	–	–
Legislative vote	16,336 (1.1%)	13,589 (0.9%)
Seats	1	1
Seat change		New

Provinces won by Figueres in Green, Rodríguez in blue

President before election

Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier
Social Christian Unity

Elected President

José María Figueres Olsen
National Liberation

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 6, 1994.^[1] José María Figueres of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.1%.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
José María Figueres	National Liberation Party	739,339	49.6
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	Social Christian Unity Party	711,328	47.7
Miguel "Salguero" Zúñiga Díaz	Democratic Force	28,274	1.9
Rafael Ángel Matamoros Mesén	Christian National Alliance	4,980	0.3
Jorge González Mesén	National Independent Party	2,426	0.2
Norma Vargas Duarte	Generaleña Union	2,159	0.1
Holman Esquivel Garrote	Independent Party	1,600	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		35,882	-
Total		1,525,979	100
Source: Nohlen

Legislative Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
National Liberation Party	658,258	44.6	28	+3
Social Christian Unity Party	595,802	40.4	25	-4
Democratic Force	78,454	5.3	2	New
Generaleña Union	25,420	1.7	0	-1
Christian National Alliance	21,064	1.4	0	0
People's Vanguard Party	20,026	1.4	0	New
Cartago Agrarian Union Party	16,336	1.1	1	0
National Agrarian Party	13,589	0.9	1	New
National Independent Party	1,767	0.9	0	0
Alajuelense Democratic Action	11,630	0.8	0	New
Independent Party	9,213	0.6	0	0
Limonese Authentic Party	5,468	0.4	0	0
Agrarian Labour Action Party	3,859	0.3	0	0
Independent Guanacaste Party	2,843	0.2	0	New
Convergencia Nacional	864	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	50,031	-	-	-
Total	1,525,624	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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