1962 Costa Rican general election

none January 2024 Costa Rica state 1958 Costa Rican general election 1958 1966 Costa Rican general election 1966 4 February 1962 yes Presidential election presidential 130x130px 483,980 80.87% ( 16.87pp) Francisco José Orlich Bolmarcich.jpg Francisco Orlich Raúl Blanco Carlos Sáenz National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) 192,850 50.29% Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Retrato.jpg Rafael Calderón Manuel Escalante Ángel Chacón National Republican Party (Costa Rica) 135,533 35.34% Otilio Ulate Blanco cropped.jpg Otilio Ulate Amadeo Quirós Alexis Agüero National Union Party (Costa Rica) #104AAE 51,740 13.49% Elección Presidencial de Costa Rica (1962) (Distritos Administrativos).svg Results by districtOrlich: #5DA888 30–40% #509577 40–50% #457F66 50–60% #396A55 60–70% #2E5544 70-80% #224033 80-90% #172A22 90-100%Calderón: #991616 50-60% #801212 60-70% #660e0e 70-80%Ulate: #237eaa 40–50% #1d698e 50–60%Tie: #BB8AC8 30-40% yes Legislative election All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly 29 63.99% ( 16.90pp) National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich 48.85 29 20 National Republican Party (Costa Rica) Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia 33.49 18 11 National Union Party (Costa Rica) #104AAE Otilio Ulate Blanco 13.27 8 10 Popular Democratic Action Enrique Obregón Valverde 2.46 2 New Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 1962 - Diputados por Provincia.svg Results by province President Mario Echandi National Union Party (Costa Rica) Francisco Orlich National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)thumb|right|Ballot paper General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 February 1962.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 978-0-19-928357-6 Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.Nohlen, p156 Background During Mario Echandi's presidency Rafael Angel Calderón, his family and supporters in exile, were allowed to return and a general amnesty was called for everyone involved in the still recent Civil War of 1948.Hernández Naranjo Gerardo Reseña de las elecciones presidenciales de 1962 http://163.178.170.110/AtlasFinal2/documentos/ResenaHistoricaEleccion/1962.pdf 13 April 2016 es https://web.archive.org/web/20160216141946/http://163.178.170.110/AtlasFinal2/documentos/ResenaHistoricaEleccion/1962.pdf 2016-02-16 dead Calderón was elected Congressman in the 1958 election. But meanwhile in the past election the National Liberation Party was split due to the separation of the “Rossist” faction in this election Calderon's candidacy unified PLN and other political allies into a strong anti-Calderonist ballot. Both former presidents Otilio Ulate from National Union and Calderón himself from National Republican became candidates. PLN's candidate was, as in 1958, Francisco Orlich, one of the party's founder, commander of one of the fronts during the civil war and Figueres’ close friend. A fourth small left-wing party named Popular Democratic Action led by socialist thinker Enrique Obregón also took part in the election nominating Obregon. Communism was illegal according to the Constitution and Marxist Parties were not allowed, but Obregon's party was officially socialist so the prohibition was not endorsed. Even so, Obregón did have the support of the traditional leadership and militancy of the (outlawed) Communist Party. Campaign All parties promised land reform. Calderon's publicity was particular in saying “Yesterday social reform, today land reform” taking advantage of the socialist reforms during his presidency. As the Cuban Revolution was recent the anti-Communist speech was common. All main parties accused each other of having links with Communism; PLN because of its socialist ideology (social democracy) and Figueres alleged friendship with Fidel Castro and Calderón because of his previous alliance with the Communists in the 1940s. The far-right anti-Communist group Free Costa Rica Movement paid for a strong anti-Communist propaganda, especially against Popular Democratic Action. Results President Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich National Liberation Party 192850 Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia National Republican Party 135533 Otilio Ulate Blanco National Union Party 51740 #104AAE Enrique Obregón Valverde Popular Democratic Action 3339 5020 2924 483980 Election Resources By province Province Orlich % Calderón % Ulate % Obregón % San José 49.1 36.7 13.3 0.9 Alajuela 51.9 29.5 18.1 0.6 Cartago 56.7 30.8 12.1 0.5 Heredia 47.6 38.8 12.5 1.1 Puntarenas 43.9 42.2 11.9 2.0 Limón 45.0 46.7 7.3 1.0 Guanacaste 54.4 33.3 11.7 0.6 Total 50.3 35.3 13.5 0.9 Parliament File:Costa Rica Legislative Assembly 1962.svg National Liberation Party 184135 29 +9 National Republican Party 126249 18 +8 National Union Party 50021 8 –2 #104AAE Popular Democratic Action 9256 2 New Solidarist Action Party 3358 0 New #FFA826 Alajuelan Party 1698 0 New #B7F0F4 National Depuration Movement 1192 0 New #fff Guanacastecan Independent Union 903 0 New #2D83A1 National Renewal Party 125 0 New #E0CC1B 6377 8186 +12 483980 Election Resources By province Province PLN PRN PUN ADP PAS PA MDN UIG PREN % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S San José 47.19 34.47 13.02 2.62 2.20 -- 0.80 -- -- Alajuela 50.36 28.03 17.02 2.30 -- 2.40 -- -- -- Cartago 56.24 29.82 12.81 1.20 -- -- -- -- -- Heredia 47.62 36.81 12.61 3.00 -- -- -- -- -- Puntarenas 42.93 40.12 12.11 4.90 -- -- -- -- -- Limón 45.32 44.11 7.00 2.80 -- -- -- -- 0.80 Guanacaste 52.33 32.22 11.91 0.80 -- -- -- 2.80 -- Total 48.929 33.518 13.38 2.52 0.90 0.50 0.30 0.20 0.10 Local governments Alderpeople +/– Municipalsyndics +/– National Liberation Party 187293 148 23 280 +17 National Republican Party 126849 93 +46 42 +19 National Union Party 51239 31 –39 2 –30 #104AAE Popular Democratic Action 6643 2 New 2 New Solidarist Action Party 1371 1 New 0 New #FFA826 Alajuelan Party 724 0 New 0 New #B7F0F4 Guanacastecan Independent Union Party 550 0 New 0 New #2D83A1 National Depuration Movement 470 0 New 0 New #fff National Renewal Party 416 0 New 0 New #E0CC1B +21 +4 5932 10221 483980 TSEhttp://atlaselectoral.tse.go.cr/regiduria/1962/area Elecciones Regidurías 1962 es tse.go.cr Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones 21 May 2020 References Costa General Category:Parliamentary elections in Costa Rica Category:Presidential elections in Costa Rica