1919 Costa Rican general election

none Costa Rica state 7 December 1919 yes Presidential election presidential 1917 Costa Rican general election 1917 1923 Costa Rican general election 1923 Julio Acosta García.JPG Julio Acosta García Constitutional Party (Costa Rica) 012D8B 43,283 89.85% Jose Maria Soto Alfaro estampilla.jpg José María Soto Alfaro Democratic Party (Costa Rica) 2B4F4F 4,884 10.14% 1919 Costa Rican presidential election by province.svg 280px Official results by province President Francisco Aguilar Barquero Republican Party (Costa Rica) Julio Acosta García Constitutional Party (Costa Rica) yes Parliamentary election March 1919 1921 All 43 seats in the Constitutional Congress 22 Constitutional Party (Costa Rica) #012D8B Julio Acosta García 75.88 42 New Democratic Party (Costa Rica) #2B4F4F José María Soto Alfaro 8.44 1 New General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 December 1919 to elect the president and all members of the Constitutional Congress.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 978-0-19-928357-6 Opposition leader Julio Acosta García of the Constitutional Party won the presidential election, whilst the party also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 75% of the vote.Nohlen, p164 These elections were held after dictator Federico Tinoco Granados was deposed and exiled. The winning candidate Acosta, former chancellor of the government overthrown by Tinoco, had been precisely one of his fierce opponents and leader of armed antitinoquist groups which earned him great popularity, this despite the fact that his affiliation as a Freemason and Theosophist were controversial, at least among some sectors of the Church.Oconitrillo García Eduardo Cien años de política costarricense: 1902-2002, de Ascensión Esquivel a Abel Pacheco. 2004 EUNED 9789968313605 https://books.google.com/books?id=JvNL2PT5qyoC The tinoquismo grouped around the recently founded Democratic Party and nominated Dr. José Maria Soto Alfaro, denoted tinoquista, twice deputy and brother of former president Bernardo Soto Alfaro. Soto was also the founder of the so-called "Club 27 de Enero" (27 January Club) whose name commemorated the Tinoquista coup on 27 January 1917 that overthrew González Flores and was one of the supporters of the Tinoquista regime.Salazar Mora Jorge Mario Crisis liberal y estado reformista: análisis político-electoral (1914-1949) 1995 9789977672908 https://books.google.com/books?id=T99994SOzikC&q=color+pol%C3%ADtico+del+tinoquismo&pg=PA89 Results President Julio Acosta García Constitutional Party #012D8B 43283 José María Soto Alfaro Democratic Party #2B4F4F 4884 Francisco Aguilar Barquero 3 Alberto Echandi Montero 2 Alfredo González Flores 2 84283 Nohlen, TSE By province Province Acosta Soto San José Province 12,771 774 Alajuela 10,561 1,903 Cartago Province 8,055 84 Heredia 3,438 658 Guanacaste 4,177 1,076 Puntarenas 2,600 389 Limón 1,681 0 Total 43,283 4,884Source: TSE Parliament Constitutional Party #012D8B 26751 42 Democratic Party #2B4F4F 3014 1 Acostista 2183 0 Constitucional 1911 0 Unión provincial 1123 0 Obrero acostista 616 0 Constitucional obrero 106 0 Acostista conciliador 20 0 190 84987 Nohlen (votes) References Costa 2 General Category:Parliamentary elections in Costa Rica Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Presidential elections in Costa Rica