1897–1898 Costa Rican general election

The 1897–1898 Costa Rican general election was held on 12 December of that year under very questionable conditions. Consecutive re-election was forbidden by the Constitution however incumbent president Rafael Yglesias Castro forced a constitutional amendment allowing it to let himself became candidate.^[3] He was also the only candidate on that election. Yglesia's main opposition the Republican Party called for abstention.^[3]

References[]

^ Molina, Iván. "Estadísticas Electorales de Costa Rica (1897-1948) Una contribución documental". Revistas UCR.
^ 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 2018-12-21. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ^a ^b Molina, Iván (2001). "Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913" (PDF). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 70: 41-57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2018-12-21.

[molina2-1] Molina, Iván. "Estadísticas Electorales de Costa Rica (1897-1948) Una contribución documental". Revistas UCR.

[tse-2] 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 2018-12-21. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[molina-3] Molina, Iván (2001). "Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913" (PDF). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 70: 41-57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2018-12-21.

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