1897 Costa Rican general election

none Costa Rica Flag of Costa Rica (1848-1906).svg 1894 Costa Rican general election 1894 1902 Costa Rican general election 1902 14–16 November 1897 (popular vote)12 December 1897 (electoral college) yes Presidential election presidential Rafael Yglesias Castro.jpg Rafael Yglesias Castro Civil Party (Costa Rica) 657 100% President Rafael Yglesias Castro Civil Party (Costa Rica) Rafael Yglesias Castro Civil Party (Costa Rica) General elections were held in Costa Rica in 1897.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 Voters elected members of the electoral college on 14–16 November,Molina Iván Estadísticas Electorales de Costa Rica (1897-1948) Una contribución documental Revistas UCR who in turn elected the president on 12 December. The elections were held under questionable conditions. Consecutive re-election was forbidden by the constitution. However, incumbent president Rafael Yglesias Castro forced a constitutional amendment allowing him to be a candidate.Molina Iván Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913 European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 2001 70 41–57 http://www.cedla.uva.nl/50_publications/pdf/revista/70RevistaEuropea/70_IvanMolina.pdf 2018-12-21 2019-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20190502173816/http://www.cedla.uva.nl/50_publications/pdf/revista/70RevistaEuropea/70_IvanMolina.pdf dead He was also the only candidate, as Yglesia's main opposition, the Republican Party, called for abstention. Results Rafael Yglesias Castro Civil Party 657 TSE References Category:Parliamentary elections in Costa Rica Category:Single-candidate elections General Costa Category:Presidential elections in Costa Rica Category:November 1897 in North America