1970 Costa Rican general election

none January 2024 Costa Rica state 1966 Costa Rican general election 1966 1974 Costa Rican general election 1974 1 February 1970 yes Presidential election presidential 675,285 83.34% ( 1.94pp) José Figueres Ferrer 1.png José Figueres Manuel Aguilar Jorge Rossi National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) 295,883 54.79% Mario Echandi Jiménez.jpg Mario Echandi Jorge Campabadal Guillermo Villalobos National Unification Party (Costa Rica) 222,372 41.18% Elección Presidencial de Costa Rica (1970) (Distritos Administrativos).svg Results by districtFigueres: #509577 40–50% #457F66 50–60% #396A55 60–70% #2E5544 70-80% #224033 80-90% #172A22 90-100%Echandi: #696aaa 40–50% #57588e 50–60% yes Legislative election All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly 29 83.32% ( 1.92pp) National Unification Party (Costa Rica) Mario Echandi Jiménez 35.89 22 26 National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) José Figueres Ferrer 50.72 32 30 Socialist Action Party (Costa Rica) Lisímaco Leiva Cubillo 5.49 2 New Christian Democratic Party (Costa Rica) Jorge Arturo Monge Zamora es 2.54 1 New Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 1970 - Diputados por Provincia.svg Results by province President José Joaquín Trejos Fernández National Unification Party (Costa Rica) José Figueres Ferrer National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)thumb|right|Ballot paper General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 February 1970.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 978-0-19-928357-6 Former president José Figueres Ferrer of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 83%.Nohlen, p156 On 25 June 1969, the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica reformed the Constitution to prohibit presidential reelection, but as any legal reform was retroactive, all previous presidents could be candidates one more time.Hernández Naranjo Gerardo Reseña de las elecciones presidenciales de 1970 http://163.178.170.110/AtlasFinal2/documentos/ResenaHistoricaEleccion/1970.pdf 13 April 2016 Proyecto Atlas Electoral de Costa Rica 1953–2006 es https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235632/http://163.178.170.110/AtlasFinal2/documentos/ResenaHistoricaEleccion/1970.pdf 2016-03-04 dead Two former presidents José Figueres Ferrer and Mario Echandi Jiménez were the two main candidates in the election. Echandi was nominated by then ruling party National Unification (PUN), a right-wing conservative party made out of the merger of the Republicans (Calderonistas) and the National Union (Ulatistas). However, the union was starting to break and Ulate unsuccessfully presented a separate list of Unification candidates for Congress. In the main opposition force and by then dominant-party PLN, the nominee had been the historical leader and twice president before José Figueres. Figueres was selected after a primary election (or National Convention as they're known in Costa Rica) in which he defeated then Congressman and former Secretary General of the party, Rodrigo Carazo. The convention was particularly harsh and after the results, Figueres did not include any of Carazo supporters in power positions (as was a traditional courtesy), something that future president Carazo resented and which caused him to eventually leave the party. National Unification's forces, however, weren't in better conditions. Ulate did not endorse Echandi and left the coalition. Others that left were Virgilio Calvo and Mariano Zúñiga from the Calderonist faction that made their own new party, the National Front (aka “Third Front”). Ulate promised them the support of this party, but PUN's General Assembly did not follow his lead and endorsed Echandi's candidacy. The group had minimal impact in the election. Other minor parties were the Christian Democratic Party, led by physician Jorge Arturo Monge Zamora, and the Socialist Action Party led by former PLN member Marcial Aguiluz Orellana and historical Communist leader Manuel Mora. Communism was still illegal at the time, but the prohibition was flexible on non-explicitly Marxist parties, and several leaders were already questioning the antidemocratic nature of the measure and calling for it to be lifted, including Figueres himself. Figueres won by a very broad margin over Echandi, 54% over 41%, and his party, the PLN, won a majority in Parliament. Socialists and Christian Democrats also achieved representation. Results President José Figueres Ferrer National Liberation Party 295883 Mario Echandi Jiménez National Unification Party 222372 Virgilio Calvo Sánchez National Front (Costa Rica) es Partido Frente Nacional National Front 9554 #FF9317 Lisímaco Leiva Cubillo Socialist Action Party 7221 Jorge Arturo Monge Zamora es Christian Democratic Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Demócrata Cristiano (Costa Rica) Christian Democratic Party 5015 18153 4568 675285 Election Resources By province Province Figueres % Echandi % Calvo % Leiva % Monge % San José 55.1 40.3 1.8 1.6 1.3 Alajuela 54.6 42.2 2.0 0.7 0.6 Cartago 59.6 37.2 1.5 0.9 0.8 Heredia 52.3 42.9 2.0 1.3 1.5 Puntarenas 50.6 44.9 1.8 2.4 0.4 Limón 48.1 47.5 1.7 2.4 0.3 Guanacaste 57.0 40.5 1.4 0.7 0.4 Total 54.8 41.2 1.8 1.3 0.9 Legislative Assembly File:Costa Rica Legislative Assembly 1970.svg National Liberation Party 269038 32 +3 National Unification Party 190387 22 –4 Socialist Action Party 29133 2 New National Front (Costa Rica) es Partido Frente Nacional National Front 16392 0 New #FF9317 Christian Democratic Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Demócrata Cristiano (Costa Rica) Christian Democratic Party 13489 1 New National Union Party 6105 0 New Costa Rican Renewal Movement 3279 0 New lightblue Cartago Agrarian Union Party 2394 0 New Puntarenense Renewal Party 208 0 New #FCCD0F 21380 10873 0 675285 Election Resources By province Province PLN PUN PASO FN PDC PUN MRC PUAC PRP % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S San José 50.311 33.87 7.92 2.50 3.51 1.40 0.70 -- -- Alajuela 52.36 38.54 2.40 3.90 1.40 1.30 0.20 -- -- Cartago 53.84 32.03 3.00 2.40 3.40 0.70 0.70 4.00 -- Heredia 48.22 37.21 5.40 4.30 4.00 0.40 0.40 -- -- Puntarenas 47.14 40.13 6.20 3.20 0.70 0.80 1.10 -- 0.40 Limón 44.22 41.31 9.90 3.20 0.40 0.70 0.30 -- -- Guanacaste 54.03 37.53 1.50 4.10 0.80 1.30 0.90 -- -- Total 50.732 35.922 5.52 3.10 2.51 1.20 0.60 0.50 0.10 Local governments Alderpeople +/– Municipalsyndics +/– National Liberation Party 276124 189 +37 316 +114 National Unification Party 198520 133 –7 46 –86 Socialist Action Party 20043 4 New 0 New National Front (Costa Rica) es Partido Frente Nacional National Front 15704 1 New 1 New #FF9317 Christian Democratic Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Demócrata Cristiano (Costa Rica) Christian Democratic Party 13249 2 New 0 New National Union Party 3908 0 New 0 New Costa Rican Renewal Movement 2192 0 New 0 New lightblue Desamparadenean Independent Union Party 1244 0 New 0 New #BE607C Puntarenense Renewal Party 64 0 New 0 New #FCCD0F +36 +29 31681 674785 TSEhttp://atlaselectoral.tse.go.cr/regiduria/1970/area Elecciones Regidurías 1970 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