Costa Rican general election, 1998
Costa Rican general election, 1998
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| Provinces won by Rodriguez in blue, Corrales in green |
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General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 1, 1998.[2] Miguel Ángel Rodríguez of the Social Christian Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 70%, the lowest since the 1950s.[3]
Results
President
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
|---|
| Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | Social Christian Unity Party | 652,160 | 47.1 |
| José Miguel Corrales Bolaños | National Liberation Party | 618,834 | 44.6 |
| Vladimir De la Cruz De Lemos | Democratic Force | 41,710 | 3.0 |
| Walter Muñoz Céspedes | National Integration Party | 19,934 | 1.4 |
| Sherman Thomas Jackson | Costa Rican Renovation Party | 19,313 | 1.4 |
| Álvaro González Espinoza | Democratic Party | 12,952 | 0.9 |
| Federico Malavassi Calvo | Movimiento Libertario | 5,874 | 0.4 |
| Jorge González Martén | National Independent Party | 4,218 | 0.3 |
| Alejandro Madrigal Benavides | Christian National Alliance | 3,545 | 0.3 |
| Norma Vargas Duarte | United People | 3,075 | 0.2 |
| Rodrigo Gutiérrez Schwanhäuser | New Democratic Party | 3,025 | 0.2 |
| Yolanda Gutiérrez Ventura | Independent Party | 1,377 | 0.1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 43,715 | - |
| Total | 1,431,913 | 100 |
| Source: Nohlen |
Parliament
The country was for the time still under a heavy two-party system dynamics[4][5][6] and the two main parties at the time; National Liberation Party and Social Christian Unity Party won most of the votes. Nevertheless, some third forces also won seats on the Parliament, among them left-wing Democratic Force won two seats. It was also the first time that liberal Libertarian Movement and Christian conservative[7] Costa Rican Renovation won seats (one each) in the Parliament both for their future presidential candidates Otto Guevara and Justo Orozco respectively. The small party National Integration Party lead by medic Walter Muñoz won its only seat in history for Muñoz himself.
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/- |
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| Social Christian Unity Party | 569,792 | 41.2 | 27 | +2 |
| National Liberation Party | 481,933 | 34.8 | 23 | -5 |
| Democratic Force | 79,826 | 5.8 | 3 | +1 |
| Movimiento Libertario | 42,640 | 3.1 | 1 | New |
| National Integration Party | 34,408 | 2.5 | 1 | New |
| Costa Rican Renovation Party | 27,892 | 2.0 | 1 | New |
| Democratic Party | 17,060 | 1.2 | 0 | New |
| Agrarian Labour Action Party | 16,955 | 1.2 | 1 | +1 |
| United People | 15,028 | 1.2 | 0 | New |
| National Independent Party | 12,794 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Generaleña Union | 12,583 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
| New Democratic Party | 12,476 | 0.9 | 0 | New |
| National Rescue Party | 9,588 | 0.7 | 0 | New |
| Christian National Alliance | 9,176 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Cartago Agrarian Union Party | 7,138 | 0.5 | 0 | -1 |
| Partido Agrario Nacional | 7,497 | 0.5 | 0 | -1 |
| Alajuelense Democratic Action | 6,614 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Party | 6,025 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambio Ya | 2,223 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Convergencia Nacional | 2,197 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Limonese Authentic Party | 2,167 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cartago Agrarian Force | 1,892 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Independent Guanacaste Party | 1,623 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 47,052 | - | - | - |
| Total | 1,430,579 | 100 | 57 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen |
References
- ↑ "February 1,Election Results - Costa Rica Totals". Election Resources. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ↑ Nohlen, pp156-157
- ↑ Landsford, Tom. Political Handbook of the World 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ↑ Landsford, Tom. Political Handbook of the World 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ↑ Greenspana, Eliot; Gill, Nicholas; O'Malley, Charlie; Gilsenan, Patrick; Perill, Jisel. Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 2002.
- ↑ Lopez, Jaime (July 18, 2013). "Civic Groups Move Against Gay Marriage in Costa Rica". Costa Rica Star. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
