1994 Costa Rican general election
1994 Costa Rican general election
Presidential election
Turnout 81.11% (pp )
Results by canton
Parliamentary election
Legislative Assembly
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 6 February 1994.[ 1] [ 2] José María Figueres of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.[ 3]
Campaign
The primary election were the main focus of controversy during the campaign, as they were particularly negative . In the case of the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría made a second attempt to earn the nomination running against José Joaquín Trejos Fonseca, son of former president José Joaquín Trejos Fernández . The campaign was very ideological with Trejos accusing Rodríguez of not really being Christian Democrat nor following the ideals of Christian socialism and instead being neoliberal . Rodríguez indeed acknowledged to follow classical liberalism and advocated for small government , but without completely abandon Christian Democracy 's ideas.[ 4]
PLN's primary was more focus on personal attacks. In it José María Figueres Olsen , son of PLN's caudillo and former president José Figueres Ferrer , faced popular anti-corruption and anti-narcotraffic deputy José Miguel Corrales , alongside other candidates like former First Lady Margarita Penón (wife of Óscar Arias ) and San José Mayor Rolando Araya (nephew of former president Luis Alberto Monge ). Thus, most candidates except Corrales came from important political families. Figueres' image was affected by the "Chemise Case", the allegations that he was involved in the murder of a young drug dealer while in custody during one of his father's governments.[ 4] [ 4]
The negative campaign continue after the primaries. Rodríguez used the "Chemise Case" too and also accused Figueres of not being Catholic and belonging to the Christian Science cult, of having a military upraising due to his father's past as revolutionary caudillo and the fact that he's a West Point graduate, etc., in order to caused fear of an authoritarian government.[ 4] socialdemocratic ideology.[ 4]
Results
President
Candidate Party Votes % José María Figueres National Liberation Party 739,339 49.62 Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Social Christian Unity Party 711,328 47.74 Miguel Zúñiga Díaz [es ] Democratic Force 28,274 1.90 Rafael Ángel Matamoros Christian National Alliance Party [es ] 4,980 0.33 Jorge González Martén [es ] National Independent Party 2,426 0.16 Norma Vargas Duarte [es ] General Union Party [es ] 2,150 0.14 Holman Esquivel Garrote Independent Party [es ] 1,600 0.11 Total 1,490,097 100.00 Valid votes 1,490,097 97.65 Invalid votes 30,663 2.01 Blank votes 5,219 0.34 Total votes 1,525,979 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,881,348 81.11 Source: Election Resources
By province
Province
Figueres %
Rodríguez %
Zúñiga %
Matamoros %
González %
Vargas %
Esquivel %
San José
49.63
47.29
2.39
0.28
0.16
0.17
0.08
Alajuela
50.30
47.41
1.71
0.29
0.13
0.08
0.09
Cartago
50.33
46.81
2.03
0.35
0.20
0.16
0.12
Heredia
49.89
46.91
2.57
0.27
0.14
0.13
0.08
Guanacaste 50.03
48.66
0.62
0.26
0.14
0.08
0.20
Puntarenas
49.06
49.09
0.75
0.59
0.19
0.21
0.12
Limón
46.26
51.27
1.26
0.56
0.23
0.17
0.25
Total
49.62
47.74
1.90
0.33
0.16
0.14
0.11
Legislative Assembly
Party Votes % Seats +/– National Liberation Party 658,258 44.61 28 +3 Social Christian Unity Party 595,802 40.38 25 –4 Democratic Force 78,454 5.32 2 +2 General Union Party [es ] 25,420 1.72 0 –1 Christian National Alliance Party [es ] 21,064 1.43 0 0 People's Vanguard Party 20,026 1.36 0 0 Cartago Agrarian Union Party 16,336 1.11 1 0 National Agrarian Party [es ] 13,589 0.92 1 +1 National Independent Party 12,767 0.87 0 0 Alajuelense Democratic Action 11,630 0.79 0 0 Independent Party [es ] 9,213 0.62 0 0 Authentic Limonense Party 5,468 0.37 0 0 Agrarian Labour Action Party 3,859 0.26 0 0 Independent Guanacaste Party 2,843 0.19 0 New National Convergence Party 864 0.06 0 New Total 1,475,593 100.00 57 0 Valid votes 1,475,593 96.72 Invalid votes 33,702 2.21 Blank votes 16,329 1.07 Total votes 1,525,624 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,881,348 81.09 Source: Election Resources
By province
Province
PLN
PUSC
FD
PUGEN
ANC
PVP
PNI
Others
%
S
%
S
%
S
%
S
%
S
%
S
%
S
%
S
San José
44.21
10
39.76
9
8.30
2
2.34
0
1.53
0
1.84
0
1.50
0
0.52
0
Alajuela
46.36
5
41.26
5
3.43
0
0.40
0
1.15
0
0.62
0
0.35
0
6.43
0
Cartago
43.93
3
37.73
2
3.39
0
2.47
0
0.88
0
0.66
0
0.61
0
10.33
1
Heredia
45.93
3
40.93
2
7.86
0
1.73
0
1.18
0
1.28
0
0.51
0
0.58
0
Guanacaste
47.23
3
44.02
2
1.88
0
0.73
0
0.61
0
-
-
0.43
0
5.09
0
Puntarenas
45.81
3
43.63
3
1.85
0
2.49
0
3.33
0
2.04
0
0.55
0
0.30
0
Limón
36.85
1
37.14
2
0.96
0
0.46
0
1.28
0
2.51
0
0.36
0
20.44
1
Total
44.61
28
40.38
25
5.32
2
1.72
0
1.43
0
1.36
0
0.87
0
4.31
2
Local governments
Party Votes % Seats Alderpeople +/– Municipal +/– National Liberation Party 684,648 46.36 269 +37 323 +162 Social Christian Unity Party 612,918 41.51 232 –42 105 –160 Democratic Force 72,412 4.90 22 +22 0 0 General Union Party [es ] 24,148 1.64 4 0 0 0 People's Vanguard Party 19,069 1.29 2 New 0 New National Agrarian Party [es ] 16,667 1.13 7 +5 0 0 Alajuelense Democratic Action 11,549 0.78 3 +3 0 0 National Independent Party 8,717 0.59 0 0 0 0 Independent Party [es ] 6,036 0.41 1 0 0 0 Agrarian Labour Action Party 4,979 0.34 0 –3 0 New Independent Guanacaste Party 4,878 0.33 2 New 0 New Authentic Limonense Party 4,534 0.31 1 0 0 0 National Convergence Party 3,563 0.24 0 New 0 New New Alajuelita Party 2,584 0.17 1 0 0 0 Total 1,476,702 100.00 544 +18 428 +2 Valid votes 1,476,702 96.78 Invalid/blank votes 49,170 3.22 Total votes 1,525,872 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,691,689 90.20 Source: TSE[ 5]
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