1982 Costa Rican general election

Last updated

1982 Costa Rican general election
Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg
  1978 7 February 1982 1986  
Presidential election
Turnout78.63% (Decrease2.svg 2.64pp)
  Luis Alberto Monge (1984).jpg R A Calderon.jpg
Nominee Luis Alberto Monge Rafael Ángel Calderón
Party PLN CU
Popular vote568,374325,187
Percentage58.80%33.64%

Resultados 1982 Presidente.svg
Results by canton

President before election

Rodrigo Carazo
CU

Elected President

Luis Alberto Monge
PLN

Legislative election

All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly
29 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
PLN Luis Alberto Monge 55.1533+8
CU Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier 29.0818−9
PU Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz  [ es ]6.434+1
MN Mario Echandi Jiménez 3.601New
PADA Óscar Valverde Rodríguez1.311New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 1982 - Diputados por Provincia.svg
Results by province

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 1982. [1] Luis Alberto Monge of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 79%. [2]

Contents

Affected by a deep economic crisis and tensions with Somoza's Nicaragua due to Rodrigo Carazo's support of the FSLN, Carazo's government suffered from extremely low popularity. This naturally affected the Unity Coalition (Carazo's party) and its candidate Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier giving to PLN and its candidate trade union leader and farmer Luis Alberto Monge a landslide victory and the party's biggest parliamentary group in its history (33 deputies). Nevertheless, Unity remained as the second most voted party in the election as Calderón was able to attract the traditional and very loyal Calderonista vote. [3] The crisis was also beneficial for the Left as it achieved a historical high voting and four seats in Parliament (the biggest group since 1948) with Dr. Rodrigo Gutiérrez repeating candidacy from United People. Another candidate was former president Mario Echandi by the conservative and anti-Communist National Movement, but Echandi's candidacy was testimonial receiving almost as many votes as Gutierrez (3% each), according to some due to his incapacity to understand modern times when personal wealth and family origin was not enough to win an election. [4]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Luis Alberto Monge National Liberation Party 568,37458.80
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier Unity Coalition 325,18733.64
Mario Echandi Jiménez National Movement  [ es ]37,1273.84
Rodrigo Alberto Gutiérrez Sáenz  [ es ] United People 32,1863.33
Edwin Chacón Madrigal Independent Party  [ es ]1,9550.20
Edwin Retana Chaves Democratic Party 1,7470.18
Total966,576100.00
Valid votes966,57697.47
Invalid votes20,2412.04
Blank votes4,8620.49
Total votes991,679100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,261,12778.63
Source: Election Resources

By province

Province Monge  % Calderón  %Echandi %Gutiérrez %Chacón %Retana %
Bandera de San Jose (Costa Rica).svg  San José 58.432.55.33.50.20.1
Bandera de la Provincia de Alajuela.svg  Alajuela 59.535.52.82.00.20.2
Bandera de Cartago (Costa Rica).svg  Cartago 61.932.82.72.10.30.2
Bandera de la Provincia de Heredia.svg  Heredia 57.036.32.63.70.10.2
Bandera de la Provincia de Puntarenas.svg  Puntarenas 58.332.83.35.00.30.3
Bandera de la Provincia de Limon.svg  Limón 53.933.83.67.80.60.4
Bandera de la Provincia de Guanacaste.svg  Guanacaste 60.734.62.41.80.20.2
Total58.833.63.83.30.20.2

Parliament

Costa Rica Legislative Assembly 1982.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Liberation Party 527,23155.1533+8
Unity Coalition 277,99829.0818–9
United People 61,4656.434+1
National Movement  [ es ]34,4373.601New
Alajuelense Democratic Action 12,4861.311New
National Democratic Party11,5751.210New
Cartago Agrarian Union Party 7,2350.760–1
Costa Rican Concord Party5,0140.5200
Independent Party  [ es ]4,6710.4900
Authentic Limonense Party 3,8930.4100
Peoples' Action Party3,5460.370New
Democratic Party 2,6720.2800
Cartago Parliamentary Union Party1,0470.110New
Authentic Puntarenense Party1,0360.1100
Worker-Peasant Party 9760.100New
National Liberal Progressive Republican Party7080.070New
Total955,990100.00570
Valid votes955,99096.41
Invalid votes24,5602.48
Blank votes11,0161.11
Total votes991,566100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,261,12778.63
Source: Election Resources

By province

Province PLN CU PU MNPNDPIPDOthers
 %S %S %S %S %S %S %S %S
Bandera de San Jose (Costa Rica).svg  San José 55.11228.567.224.711.500.400.302.30
Bandera de la Provincia de Alajuela.svg  Alajuela 55.5630.133.302.400.700.400.207.41
Bandera de Cartago (Costa Rica).svg  Cartago 57.2425.523.802.200.601.200.309.20
Bandera de la Provincia de Heredia.svg  Heredia 54.0332.428.303.501.100.400.20--
Bandera de la Provincia de Puntarenas.svg  Puntarenas 55.7328.628.613.202.000.300.401.20
Bandera de la Provincia de Limon.svg  Limón 43.5227.0114.213.401.801.400.408.40
Bandera de la Provincia de Guanacaste.svg  Guanacaste 59.4332.823.903.100.60--0.2---
Total55.23329.1186.443.611.200.500.303.70

Local governments

PartyVotes%Seats
Alderpeople+/–Municipal
syndics
+/–
National Liberation Party 535,47855.91299+86403+226
Unity Coalition 287,82530.05164–6611–217
United People 59,1616.1821–200
National Movement  [ es ]40,0794.194New0New
National Democratic Party9,4550.992New0New
Alajuelense Democratic Action 9,3590.982New0New
Peoples' Action Party4,7620.500New0New
Independent Party  [ es ]3,5140.370–10–1
General Union Party  [ es ]1,8520.191New0New
Authentic Limonense Party 1,7630.181000
Worker-Peasant Party 1,4630.151000
New Alajuelita Party1,0730.111New0New
Authentic Puntarenense Party7220.080–100
Cartago Agrarian Union Party 6950.070New0New
Democratic Party 4750.050000
Total957,676100.00496+19414+8
Valid votes957,67696.58
Invalid/blank votes33,8693.42
Total votes991,545100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,269,67678.09
Source: TSE [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mario Echandi Jiménez</span> President of Costa Rica from 1958 to 1962

Mario José Echandi Jiménez was the 33rd President of Costa Rica, serving from 1958 to 1962.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)</span> Political party of Costa Rica

The National Liberation Party, nicknamed the verdiblancos, is a political party in Costa Rica. The party is a member of the Socialist International. Social-democratic by statute, the party has a few internal factions, including liberals, Third Way supporters, centrists, and social conservatives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Social Christian Unity Party</span> Political party in Costa Rica

The Social Christian Unity Party is a centre-right political party in Costa Rica.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1923 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 2 December 1923. Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno of the Republican Party won the presidential election, whilst the party also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 51% of the vote. Voter turnout was 70% in the presidential election and 84% in the parliamentary election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1932 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 14 February 1932.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1936 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 9 February 1936. León Cortés Castro of the National Republican Party won the presidential election, whilst the party also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 59% of the vote. Voter turnout was 69%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1953 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 26 July 1953. José Figueres Ferrer of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 67% in the presidential election and 68% in the parliamentary election. Local elections were also held.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1958 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 2 February 1958. Mario Echandi Jiménez of the National Union Party won the presidential election, whilst the National Liberation Party won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 64.7%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1962 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 February 1962. Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1970 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 February 1970. Former President José Figueres Ferrer of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 83%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1974 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 3 February 1974. Daniel Oduber Quirós of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 80%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1978 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 5 February 1978. Rodrigo Carazo Odio of the Unity Coalition won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1986 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 2 February 1986. Óscar Arias of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 82%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1990 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 February 1990. 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%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1994 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 6 February 1994. José María Figueres of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1998 Costa Rican general election</span>

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 February 1998. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez of the Social Christian Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 70%, the lowest since the 1950s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liberalism in Costa Rica</span> Overview of liberalism in Costa Rica

Liberalism in Costa Rica is a political philosophy with a long and complex history. Liberals were the hegemonic political group for most of Costa Rica's history especially during the periods of the Free State and the First Republic, however, as the liberal model exhausted itself and new more left-wing reformist movements clashed during the Costa Rican Civil War liberalism was relegated to a secondary role after the Second Costa Rican Republic with the development of Costa Rica's Welfare State and its two-party system controlled by social-democratic and Christian democratic parties.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reform State</span> Period in Costa Rican history

The Reform State or Reformist State is the period in 20th-century Costa Rican history when the country switched from the uncontrolled capitalism and laissez-faire approach of the Liberal State into a more economically progressive Welfare State. It began about 1940 during the presidency of social reformer Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia, and ended in the 1980s with the neoliberal reforms inherent in the Washington Consensus that began after the government of Luis Alberto Monge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 San José mayoral election</span>

Mayoral and municipal elections were held in San Jose, Costa Rica, on 7 February 2016 and were the method by which the citizens of the canton of San José elected the mayor, deputy mayors, syndics, aldermen and district councilors of the capital municipality. For the first time the elections of aldermen were joined by the other municipal authorities after the 2009 reform to the Municipal Code. This was the fourth time that the Josefinos chose the Mayor of San José. The winner was former presidential candidate Johnny Araya Monge with more than 40% of the votes, followed by Guido Granados of the National Liberation Party with 16% and the ex-deputy Jorge Eduardo Sánchez of the Social Christian Unity Party with 10%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Calderonism</span>

Calderonism or Calderonismo is a political and ideological doctrine of Costa Rica, which emerged in the 1940s under the leadership of caudillo Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, before, during and after he was president with his National Republican Party, and which was continued by various political forces such as Unity Coalition, National Unification Party and the current Social Christian Unity Party and its split the Social Christian Republican Party. It is together with Liberacionismo one of the two traditional political tendencies of Costa Rican politics, with which it represented a certain type of Costa Rican bipartisanship from 1986 to 2002 and revolves around the Calderón family. It is a form of populist and Catholic Christian socialism very similar to Argentine Peronism.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p157
  3. Lehoucq, Fabrice (27 August 2012). The Politics of Modern Central America. ISBN   9780521515061 . Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. White, Stephen; Webb, Paul (20 September 2007). Party Politics in New Democracies. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199289653 . Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. "Elecciones Regidurías 1982". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 21 May 2020.