1940 Costa Rican general election

none Costa Rica state 11 February 1940 yes Presidential election presidential 1936 Costa Rican general election 1936 1944 Costa Rican general election 1944 130x130px 139,220 80.85% ( 12.01pp) Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia BPT.jpg Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia National Republican Party (Costa Rica) 92,849 84.47% Manuel Mora Valverde.jpg Manuel Mora Valverde BOC 10,825 9.85% 3x4.svg Virgilio Salazar Leiva Confraternidad Guanacasteca CG es FBEC5D 6,242 5.68% 1940 Costa Rican presidential election by province.svg 280px Official results by province President León Cortés Castro National Republican Party (Costa Rica) Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia National Republican Party (Costa Rica) yes Legislative election 1938 1942 23 of the 44 seats in the Constitutional Congress yes National Republican Party (Costa Rica) Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia 23 16 Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 1940 - Diputados por Provincia.svg Results by province General elections were held in Costa Rica on 11 February 1940.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 978-0-19-928357-6 Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia of the governing National Republican Party won the presidential election. Voter turnout was 81% in the presidential election and 66% in the parliamentary election.Nohlen, p156 The party also won all 23 constested seats in the Constitutional Congress.13 February 1940 El Partido Republicano Nacional eligió los veintitrés diputados propietarios y los nueve suplentes https://prensacr.info/data/5db2975d0ddacf7a64bed7cc?search%5Bfrom%5D=1940&search%5Bmetadatum_days%5D%5B%5D=13&search%5Bmetadatum_months%5D%5B%5D=2&search%5Bmetadatum_years%5D%5B%5D=1940&search%5Btext%5D=diputado&search%5Bto%5D=1941 Diario de Costa Rica 1 Among those elected as deputies were future presidents Teodoro Picado Michalski (for San José) and Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich (for Alajuela).13 February 1940 Electo presidente de la República el Dr. Calderón Guardia por más de 90 mil votos https://prensacr.info/data/5da91a640ddacf73098bd440?search%5Bfrom%5D=1940&search%5Bmetadatum_days%5D%5B%5D=13&search%5Bmetadatum_months%5D%5B%5D=2&search%5Bmetadatum_years%5D%5B%5D=1940&search%5Btext%5D=diputado&search%5Bto%5D=1941 La Tribuna 4796 1 Background Since 1938, internal divisions had begun to emerge within the ruling National Republican Party. One faction coalesced around former president Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno, while another formed around the younger and increasingly influential physician and politician Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, then 40 years old.Rodriguez Vega Eugenio Costa Rica en el siglo veinte 2004 Costa Rica en el siglo veinte Costa Rica 9789968313834 https://books.google.com/books?id=dMmYAf0fB7gC Calderón’s growing prominence within the party proved decisive. Under his leadership, the party shifted away from its previous liberal orientation toward positions influenced by Catholic social teaching and Christian social reform, reflecting ideas he had encountered during his medical studies in Belgium. This ideological transformation would later contribute to significant political realignments and divisions within Costa Rican politics. By contrast, the 81-year-old Jiménez gradually withdrew from active political leadership, and jimenismo lost influence to calderonismo, which also enjoyed the backing of the administration of President León Cortés Castro. Cortés initially supported Calderón’s ascendancy and reportedly encouraged Jiménez’s retirement from frontline politics. Efforts were made to prevent a Calderonist victory through the formation of a coalition known as the National Democratic Alliance, comprising the Communist Party, a faction aligned with Jiménez, and the social democratic Guanacastecan Brotherhood. However, when Jiménez declined to stand as a candidate, the alliance collapsed, and its constituent parties contested the election separately. Calderón was subsequently selected as the National Republican Party’s presidential nominee at its national convention and went on to win the election. Results President Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia National Republican Party 92849 Manuel Mora Valverde Bloc of Workers and Farmers 10825 Virgilio Salazar Leiva Confraternidad Guanacasteca es 6242 #FBEC5D 2643 139220 Nohlen References Costa General Category:Parliamentary elections in Costa Rica Category:Presidential elections in Costa Rica