Costa Rican parliamentary election, 1946

Last updated March 21, 2019

Mid-term parliamentary elections were held in Costa Rica on 10 February 1946.^[1] The result was a victory for the Independent National Republican Party, which received 50.5% of the vote. Voter turnout was 64.3%.^[2] They were the last mid-term elections in the country's history.^[1]

Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around 5 million in a land area of 51,060 square kilometers. An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José with around 2 million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Independent National Republican Party	52,044	50.5
Democratic Party	42,860	41.6
People's Vanguard Party	5,577	5.4
Republican Party	1,095	1.1
Abstencionista	672	0.7
Anticomunista	521	0.5
Invalid/blank votes	127	-	-
Total	103,139	100
Source: Nohlen

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References

1 2 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p156

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[DN-1] 1 2 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[2] Nohlen, p156

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