1863 Costa Rican general election

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1863 Costa Rican general election

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Presidential election
 
Nominee Jesús Jiménez Zamora Juan José Ulloa Solares
Electoral vote 299 2
Percentage 98.68% 0.66%

President before election

José María Montealegre

Elected President

Jesús Jiménez Zamora

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 5 April 1863.

José María Montealegre Fernández. He would go on to dissolve the Congress almost immediately afterwards and call for new parliamentary elections restoring calm and ending his period peacefully.[1]

Results

CandidateVotes%
Jesús Jiménez Zamora29998.68
Juan José Ulloa Solares20.66
Cruz Alvarado10.33
José María Castro Madriz10.33
Total303100.00
Registered voters/turnout312
Source: TSE

References

  1. ^ a b "Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824–2014" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica. 2017.