1990 Costa Rican general election

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1990 Costa Rica general election
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Turnout81.8%
Presidential election
  R A Calderon.jpg
Candidate Rafael Ángel Calderón Carlos Manuel Castillo
Party PUSC PLN
Popular vote 694,589 636,701
Percentage 51.5% 47.2%
Resultados 1990 Presidente.svg
Results by canton
President before election

Oscar Arias
PLN

Elected President

Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier
PUSC

Legislative election
Party Leader % Seats +/–
PUSC Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier 46.2% 29 +4
PLN 41.9% 25 -4
PU Víctor Daniel Camacho Monge 2.4% 1 +1
Carlos Alberto Fernández Vega 2.4% 1 +1
PUAC Juan Guillermo Brenes Castillo 1.1% 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 February 1990.[1] Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier of the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.8%.[2]

Unlike previous elections, Calderon's nomination was not undisputed. Despite expressing that he would not run again for President after the results of the previous race, he was eventually convinced by his followers. Yet, young former minister and business man Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría from the liberal faction inside PUSC choose to face Calderón at the primaries.[3][4] Former deputy José Hine from PUSC's left wing also run with testimonial results.

Despite the fact that Rodríguez clearly had no chance against Calderón, his candidacy was considered a smart move, as he would start to be in the spotlight and helping his way in future nominations.[5] As expected, Calderón won the primary election with 75% of the votes. On the other sidewalk former vice president Carlos Manuel Castillo won over young minister Rolando Araya Monge (nephew of ex-president Luis Alberto Monge) in PLN's primaries after a very hostile and traumatic campaign, in which Castillo even accused Araya of links with Narcotraffic, something that weakened PLN.[6] Minor parties proliferated in this election, with up to 12 different parties taking part, of which only left-wing coalition United People having some relevance with sociologist Victor Daniel Camacho as nominee earning 3% of the votes.

Results[]

President[]

Candidate Party Votes %
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier Social Christian Unity Party 694,851 51.51
Carlos Manuel Castillo Morales National Liberation Party 636,701 47.20
Victor Daniel Camacho Monge United People 8,958 0.66
Fernando Ramírez Muñoz Christian National Alliancees 4,210 0.31
Isaac Felipe Azofeifa Bolaños Party of Progress 2,547 0.19
Edwin Badilla Agüero Militant Workers Revolutionary Party 1,001 0.07
Rodrigo Alberto Cordero Víquez Independent Party 746 0.06
Invalid/blank votes 35,312 –
Total 1,384,326 100
Registered voters/turnout 1,692,050 81.81
Source: Nohlen; TSE

By province[]

Province Calderón % Castillo % Camacho % Ramírez % Azofeifa% Badilla % Cordero %
 San José 49.39 49.25 0.75 0.28 0.22 0.06 0.05
 Alajuela 51.41 47.59 0.43 0.32 0.15 0.06 0.05
 Cartago 50.37 48.57 0.53 0.20 0.19 0.08 0.06
 Heredia 50.76 47.79 0.73 0.36 0.25 0.05 0.05
 Guanacaste 52.72 46.39 0.44 0.24 0.09 0.07 0.05
 Puntarenas 56.21 42.24 0.82 0.40 0.15 0.11 0.07
 Limón 60.82 37.07 1.06 0.58 0.16 0.21 0.11
Total 51.51 47.20 0.66 0.31 0.19 0.07 0.06
Popular Vote
Calderón
 
 51.51%
Castillo
 
 47.20%
Camacho
 
 0.66%
Ramírez
 
 0.31%
Azofeifa
 
 0.19%
Badilla
 
 0.07%
Cordero
 
 0.06%

Parliament[]

Popular Vote
Social Christian Unity
 
 46.21%
National Liberation
 
 41.88%
United People
 
 3.31%
Generaleña Union
 
 2.42%
Christian Nat. Alliance
 
 1.66%
Cartago Agrarian Union
 
 1.06%
Other
 
 3.46%
Seats
Social Christian Unity
 
 50.87%
National Liberation
 
 43.86%
United People
 
 1.75%
Generaleña Union
 
 1.75%
Cartago Agrarian Union
 
 1.75%
Costa Rica Legislative Assembly Parliament 1990.svg
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Christian Unity Party 617,478 46.21 29 +4
National Liberation Party 559,632 41.88 25 -4
United People 44,161 3.31 1 0
General Union Partyes 32,307 2.42 1 +1
Christian National Alliancees 22,149 1.66 0 0
Cartago Agrarian Union Party 14,190 1.06 1 0
National Independent Partyes 10,635 0.80 0 0
Party of Progress 7,733 0.58 0 New
Alajuelense Solidarity Party 7,330 0.55 0 0
Independent Party 5,564 0.42 0 0
Limonese Authentic Party 4,901 0.37 0 0
Agrarian Labour Action Party 4,756 0.36 0 New
National Agrarian Party 4,594 0.34 0 New
Militant Workers Revolutionary Party 742 0.06 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 47,784 – – –
Total 1,384,326 100 57 0
Registered voters/turnout 1,692,050 81.81 – –
Source: TSE; Election Resources

By province[]

Province PUSC PLN PU PUGEN ANC PNI PdP Others
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S
 San José 44.41 10 43.08 9 4.50 1 3.77 1 1.86 0 0.91 0 0.70 0 0.84 0
 Alajuela 46.90 5 43.47 5 1.43 0 0.55 0 1.41 0 0.46 0 0.39 0 5.39 0
 Cartago 43.22 3 40.71 2 2.71 0 1.58 0 0.95 0 0.85 0 0.54 0 9.44 1
 Heredia 46.87 3 42.91 2 4.38 0 1.84 0 1.75 0 0.80 0 1.16 0 0.29 0
 Guanacaste 50.52 3 46.12 2 1.00 0 0.57 0 0.97 0 0.61 0 0.10 0 0.11 0
 Puntarenas 49.87 3 38.30 3 2.96 0 4.60 0 2.30 0 1.24 0 0.33 0 0.39 0
 Limón 50.14 2 29.44 2 4.11 0 0.62 0 2.18 0 0.51 0 0.53 0 12.47 0
Total 46.21 29 41.88 25 3.31 1 2.42 1 1.66 0 0.80 0 0.58 0 3.14 1

Local governments[]

Alderpeople
Social Christian Unity
 
 52.09%
National Liberation
 
 44.11%
United People
 
 1.14%
General Union
 
 0.76%
Regionalist
 
 0.76%
Christian Nat. Alliance
 
 0.38%
Independent
 
 0.38%
Municipal Syndics
Social Christian Unity
 
 62.21%
National Liberation
 
 37.79%
Parties Popular vote Alderpeople Municipal Syndics
Votes % ±pp Total +/- Total +/-
Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) 623,021 46.70 +3.44 274 +42 265 +151
National Liberation Party (PLN) 569,974 42.72 -6.54 232 -28 161 -145
United People (PU) 44,765 3.36 +0.55 6 +3 0 0
Generaleña Union Party (PUG) 28,243 2.12 +1.75 4 +2 0 0
Christian National Alliancees (ANC) 17,411 1.30 +1.30 2 +2 0 0
National Independent Party (PNI) 12,836 0.96 +0.96 0 0 0 0
Party of Progress (PdP) 7,815 0.59 New 0 New 0 New
Agrarian Labour Action Party (PALA) 5,444 0.41 New 3 New 0 New
Alajuelense Solidarity Party (PSA) 5,298 0.40 -0.07 0 -1 0 0
National Agrarian Party (PAN) 5,017 0.38 New 2 New 0 New
Independent Party (PI) 4,492 0.34 +0.28 1 +1 0 0
Limonense Authentic Party (PAL) 3,744 0.28 +0.08 1 0 0 0
National Union Party (PUN) 2,221 0.17 New 0 New 0 New
New Alajuelita Party (PALNU) 2,012 0.15 +0.04 1 0 0 0
Humanist Party (PH) 1,929 0.14 New 0 New 0 New
Total 1,334,222 100.00 - 526 +22 426 +6
Invalid votes 49,520 3.58
Votes cast / turnout 1,383,742 81.80
Abstentions 307,947 18.20
Registered voters 1,691,689 100%
Sources[7]

Ballot[]

References[]

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p157
  3. ^ Láscaris, Constantino (1965). "El desarrollo de las Ideas Filosóficas en Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  4. ^ "Rodríguez: balance final". La Nacion.
  5. ^ Picado Leon, Hugo. "Proceso de selección de candid atos a presidente y diputados en el PLN y el PUSC (1990-2006)" (PDF). OPAL.
  6. ^ Fernández, Oscar. "Costa Rica. La reafirmación del bipartidismo". Revista Nueva Sociedad. No.131: 4–10.
  7. ^ "Elecciones Regidurías 1990". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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