1853 Costa Rican general election

General election held in Costa Rica Costa Rica Flag of Costa Rica (1848-1906).svg 1849 Costa Rican general election 1849 1859 Costa Rican general election 1859 4 April 1853 yes Presidential election presidential Juan Rafael Mora Porras 1.jpg Juan Rafael Mora Porras Independent politician Morismo #81007F 83 91.21% Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava.jpg Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava Independent politician Anti-morismo #800000 6 6.59% 1853 Costa Rican presidential election by province.svg 280px Estimated results by province President Juan Rafael Mora Porras Independent Juan Rafael Mora Porras Independent General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 April 1853 to elect a president for a six-year term. Incumbent president Juan Rafael Mora Porras was re-elected to a full term with 91.2% of electoral votes.Molina Iván Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913 European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 70 41–57 http://www.cedla.uva.nl/50_publications/pdf/revista/70RevistaEuropea/70_IvanMolina.pdf 2018-12-20 2019-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20190502173816/http://www.cedla.uva.nl/50_publications/pdf/revista/70RevistaEuropea/70_IvanMolina.pdf dead According to historian Iván Molina, from this election onward and for the following four decades, electoral processes played a largely secondary role in the selection of the president, serving primarily a symbolic function of legitimization. During this period, presidents were effectively chosen through political agreements between the coffee-growing bourgeoisie and the military, a pattern that persisted until the consolidation of the Liberal State during 1880s and the protests following the 1889 election. In the second-degree election, Mora received 83 electoral votes.Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824–2014 2017 https://www.tse.go.cr/pdf/ifed/historia_electoral.pdf Results Juan Rafael Mora Porras 83 Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava 6 Joaquín Mora Fernández 1 Manuel Alvarado y Barroeta es 1 TSE References Category:Parliamentary elections in Costa Rica Costa General Category:Presidential elections in Costa Rica Category:April 1853