1982 Costa Rican general election

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1982 Costa Rican general election
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  1978 7 February 1982 1986  
Presidential election
Turnout78.63% (Decrease2.svg 2.64pp)
  Luis Alberto Monge (1984).jpg Felipe Gonzalez en rueda de prensa con el presidente de Costa Rica. Pool Moncloa. 27 de enero de 1993 (cropped).png
Nominee Luis Alberto Monge Rafael Ángel Calderón
Party PLN CU
Popular vote568,374325,187
Percentage58.80%33.64%

Eleccion Presidencial de Costa Rica (1982) (Distritos Administrativos).svg
Results by district
Monge:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70-80%     80-90%     90-100%
Calderón:      40-50%     50-60%
Tie:      40-50%

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
PartyLeaderVote %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

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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]

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.