1863 Costa Rican general election

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1863 Costa Rican general election
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Nominee Jesús Jiménez Zamora
Party Liberal
Percentage 95%

President before election

José María Montealegre
Liberal

Elected President

Jesús Jiménez Zamora
Liberal

In the 1863 Costa Rican general election Jesús Jiménez Zamora was elected president of Costa Rica for the first time, succeeding José María Montealegre Fernández. He would dissolve the Congress almost immediately afterwards and call for new parliamentary elections restoring calm and ending his period peacefully.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica (2008). "Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824-2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-12-20. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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