1917 Costa Rican general election

none Costa Rica state 1 April 1917 yes Presidential election presidential 1913 Costa Rican general election 1913 1919 Costa Rican general election 1919 2F4F4F Federico Tinoco Granados.jpg Federico Tinoco Granados Peliquista 61,214 100% President Federico Tinoco Granados Peliquista Federico Tinoco Granados Peliquista yes Constituent Assembly election 1870 1948 All 42 seats in the National Constituent Assembly 22 Peliquista #2F4F4F Federico Tinoco Granados 40 New Tinoquista #DDDDDD Otilio Ulate BlancoOtto Cortés Fernández 2 New General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 April 1917.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 978-0-19-928357-6 General Federico Tinoco Granados had illegally seized power in a military coup that January and stood as the sole candidate in the presidential election. The elections were widely regarded as fraudulent, with Tinoco as the only official candidate. Although former president Rafael Yglesias Castro received 259 votes,2017 Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824–2014 https://www.tse.go.cr/pdf/ifed/historia_electoral.pdf Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica they were recorded as invalid ballots.Nohlen, p176 Tinoco’s regime enjoyed the support of the intellectual elite, as well as the coffee and banking oligarchy, sectors that had been negatively impacted by the reforms of President Alfredo González Flores. He also counted on the backing of key political figures, including (at least initially) Republican Party leader Máximo Fernández Alvarado and journalist Otilio Ulate Blanco.Oconitrillo García Eduardo https://books.google.com/books?id=JvNL2PT5qyoC Cien años de política costarricense: 1902-2002, de Ascensión Esquivel a Abel Pacheco. EUNED 2004 9789968313605 The Army, commanded by Tinoco’s brother José Joaquín Tinoco Granados, initially offered him unconditional loyalty. The regime garnered significant popular support early on, with a pro-Tinoquista demonstration on 18 March 1917 drawing an estimated 25,000 participants across San José. Following the coup, Tinoco called for presidential and legislative elections to form a National Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution, mirroring the approach of previous regimes born from coups in 1859, 1869 and 1871. The elections were conducted under the existing Electoral Law, maintaining the same number of deputies (42) and provincial distribution as the previous Constitutional Congress. The ruling party won all but two seats in the Assembly, allowing conservative sympathizers such as Ulate and Otto Cortés Fernández (son of future president León Cortés) to participate. Results President Federico Tinoco Granados Peliquista Party 61214 #2F4F4F 1058 91079 Nohlen, TSE National Constituent Assembly File:Asamblea Constituyente de Costa Rica de 1917.svg Peliquista Party 40 New #2F4F4F Tinoquista Party 2 New #DDDDDD Nohlen, TSE References Costa General Category:Parliamentary elections in Costa Rica Category:Single-candidate elections Category:Presidential elections in Costa Rica