1990 Costa Rican general election

1990 Costa Rican general election

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Presidential election

Candidate Rafael Ángel Calderón Carlos Manuel Castillo [es] Party PUSC PLN Popular vote 694,589 636,701 Percentage 51.49% 47.20%

Results by canton

President before election Oscar Arias PLN Elected President Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier PUSC

Parliamentary election

All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly 29 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– PUSC Rafael Ángel Calderón 46.21 29 +4 PLN Carlos Manuel Castillo [es] 41.88 25 −4 PU Víctor Daniel Camacho [es] 3.31 1 0 PUGEN Carlos Alberto Fernández 2.42 1 +1 PUAC Juan Guillermo Brenes [es] 1.06 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

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	694,589	51.49
	Carlos Manuel Castillo Morales [es]	National Liberation Party	636,701	47.20
	Víctor Daniel Camacho Monge [es]	United People	9,217	0.68
	Fernando Ramírez Muñoz	Christian National Alliance Party [es]	4,209	0.31
	Isaac Felipe Azofeifa	Party of Progress	2,547	0.19
	Edwin Badilla Agüero	Militant Workers Revolutionary Party	1,005	0.07
	Rodrigo Alberto Cordero	Independent Party [es]	746	0.06
Total			1,349,014	100.00
Valid votes			1,349,014	97.45
Invalid votes			29,919	2.16
Blank votes			5,393	0.39
Total votes			1,384,326	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,692,050	81.81
Source: Election Resources

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

Parliament

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 Party [es]	32,307	2.42	1	+1
	Christian National Alliance Party [es]	22,149	1.66	0	0
	Cartago Agrarian Union Party	14,190	1.06	1	0
	National Independent Party	10,635	0.80	0	New
	Party of Progress	7,733	0.58	0	New
	Alajuelense Solidarity Party	7,330	0.55	0	0
	Independent Party [es]	5,564	0.42	0	0
	Authentic Limonense Party	4,901	0.37	0	0
	Agrarian Labour Action Party	4,756	0.36	0	New
	National Agrarian Party [es]	4,594	0.34	0	New
	Militant Workers Revolutionary Party	742	0.06	0	New
Total		1,336,172	100.00	57	0
Valid votes		1,336,172	96.55
Invalid votes		32,723	2.36
Blank votes		15,061	1.09
Total votes		1,383,956	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,692,050	81.79
Source: 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Alderpeople	+/–	Municipal syndics	+/–
	Social Christian Unity Party	623,021	46.70	274	+42	265	+151
	National Liberation Party	569,974	42.72	232	–28	161	–145
	United People	44,765	3.36	6	+3	0	0
	General Union Party [es]	28,243	2.12	4	+2	0	0
	Christian National Alliance Party [es]	17,411	1.30	2	+2	0	0
	National Independent Party	12,836	0.96	0	0	0	0
	Party of Progress	7,815	0.59	0	New	0	New
	Agrarian Labour Action Party	5,444	0.41	3	New	0	New
	Alajuelense Solidarity Party	5,298	0.40	0	–1	0	0
	National Agrarian Party [es]	5,017	0.38	2	New	0	New
	Independent Party [es]	4,492	0.34	1	+1	0	0
	Authentic Limonense Party	3,744	0.28	1	0	0	0
	National Union Party	2,221	0.17	0	New	0	New
	New Alajuelita Party	2,012	0.15	1	0	0	0
	Humanist Party	1,929	0.14	0	New	0	New
Total		1,334,222	100.00	526	+22	426	+6
Valid votes		1,334,222	96.42
Invalid/blank votes		49,520	3.58
Total votes		1,383,742	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,691,689	81.80
Source: TSE[7]

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