1998 Costa Rican general election

none January 2024 Costa Rica state presidential 1994 Costa Rican general election 1994 2002 Costa Rican general election 2002 1 February 1998 yes Presidential election presidential 2,045,980 69.99% ( 11.12pp) Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría.jpg Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Astrid Fischel Elizabeth Odio Social Christian Unity Party 652,160 46.96% José Miguel Corrales Bolaños D-141 A.jpg José Miguel Corrales Rose Marie Karpinsky Joyce Zurcher National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) 618,834 44.56% Elección Presidencial de Costa Rica (1998) (Distritos Administrativos).svg Results by districtRodríguez: #3E56BF 40–50% #354AA4 50–60% #2C3D89 60–70% #23316D 70–80%Corrales: #509577 40–50% #457F66 50–60% #396A55 60–70% #2E5544 70-80% President José María Figueres National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Social Christian Unity Party yes Legislative election All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly 29 69.92% ( 11.17pp) Social Christian Unity Party Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 41.18 27 25 National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) José Miguel Corrales Bolaños 34.83 23 28 Democratic Force (Costa Rica) Vladimir de la Cruz es Vladimir de la Cruz de Lemos 5.77 3 2 Libertarian Movement (Costa Rica) Federico Malavassi Calvo es 3.08 1 New National Integration Party (Costa Rica) Walter Muñoz Céspedes es 2.78 1 New Costa Rican Renovation Party Justo Orozco 2.02 1 New Agrarian Labour Action Party brown Guido Octavio Vargas Artavia 1.23 1 0 Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 1998 - Diputados por Provincia.svg Results by province General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 February 1998.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 978-0-19-928357-6 Miguel Ángel Rodríguez of the Social Christian Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 70%, the lowest since the 1950s.Nohlen, pp156-157 An economic recession, a teachers' strike due to a pensions' reform and some corruption scandals made President José María Figueres' government highly unpopular. Thus, government endorsed candidate José Miguel Corrales tried to distance himself from Figueres as much as possible. Corrales won over former President of Congress Jorge Walter Coto Molina in PLN's primaries but the discovery of voter fraud damaged PLN's image and split the party.Fernández, Oscar Costa Rica. La reafirmación del bipartidismo Revista Nueva Sociedad No.131, PP. 4-10 On the contrary in the PUSC, previous candidate Miguel Ángel Rodríguez was seen as the natural nominee for this election, and despite the fact that deputy Luis Fishman was rumored as a possible internal opponent, he finally declined and Rodríguez was nominated without the need of primaries, thus keeping the party united. During Figueres' administration the so call Figueres-Calderón Pact was signed between the leaders of the two main parties (and sons of the two caudillos of the 1948 civil war); him and former president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier (Rodríguez political rival) to approve several mutually beneficial laws for both major parties, something that caused outrage among large segments of the population and started the downfall of the two-party system. http://www.revistacienciassociales.ucr.ac.cr/el-discurso-del-pacto-figueres-calderon/ Copia archivada 13 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130705062600/http://www.revistacienciassociales.ucr.ac.cr/el-discurso-del-pacto-figueres-calderon/ 5 July 2013 Results Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Social Christian Unity Party 652160 José Miguel Corrales Bolaños National Liberation Party 618834 Vladimir de la Cruz es Vladimir de la Cruz de Lemos Democratic Force 41710 Walter Muñoz Céspedes es National Integration Party 19934 Sherman Thomas Jackson Costa Rican Renewal Party 19313 Álvaro González Espinoza Democratic Party 12952 Federico Malavassi Calvo es Libertarian Movement 5874 Jorge González Martén es National Independent Party 4218 Alejandro Madrigal Benavides Christian National Alliance Party es Alianza Nacional Cristiana 3545 Norma Vargas Duarte es United People 3075 Rodrigo Gutiérrez Schwanhauser es Rodrigo Alberto Gutiérrez Schwanhauser New Democratic Party (Costa Rica) es Nuevo Partido Democrático (Costa Rica) New Democratic Party 3025 #77A842 Marina Volio Brenes es National Rescue Party 2681 Yolanda Gutiérrez Ventura Independent Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Independiente (Costa Rica) Independent Party 1377 36318 6897 2045980 Election Resources By province Province Rodríguez % Corrales % de la Cruz % Muñoz % Thomas % González % Malavassi % Other % San José 42.94 46.72 3.33 2.16 1.81 1.15 0.58 1.31 Alajuela 46.86 45.67 3.13 0.96 1.21 0.92 0.30 0.95 Cartago 44.35 47.69 3.16 1.37 0.81 0.99 0.29 1.34 Heredia 43.39 46.35 3.45 1.63 2.12 1.41 0.35 1.30 Guanacaste 55.63 40.61 1.76 0.30 0.58 0.14 0.15 0.83 Puntarenas 56.23 38.57 1.88 0.47 0.52 0.26 0.40 1.67 Limón 59.58 32.18 2.62 0.88 1.51 0.63 0.54 2.06 Total 46.96 44.56 3.00 1.44 1.39 0.93 0.42 1.30 Parliament The country was for the time still under a heavy two-party system dynamicLandsford Tom Political Handbook of the World 2014 20 March 2014 SAGE Publications 9781483386263 https://books.google.com/books?id=iC_VBQAAQBAJ&q=costa+rica%27s+end+of+two+party+system&pg=PA333 13 March 2016Landsford Tom Political Handbook of the World 2012 2 April 2012 9781608719952 https://books.google.com/books?id=d33MfEFXvW8C&q=costa+rica%27s+end+of+two+party+system&pg=PA332 13 March 2016Greenspana Eliot Gill Nicholas O'Malley Charlie Gilsenan Patrick Perill Jisel Frommer's Central America Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 2002 and the two main parties at the time; National Liberation Party and Social Christian Unity Party won most of the votes. Nevertheless, some third forces also won seats on the Parliament, among them left-wing Democratic Force won two seats. It was also the first time that the Libertarian Movement and Christian conservativeLopez Jaime Civic Groups Move Against Gay Marriage in Costa Rica http://news.co.cr/civic-groups-move-against-gay-marriage-in-costa-rica/23281/ 13 March 2016 Costa Rica Star July 18, 2013 Costa Rican Renewal won seats (one each) in the Parliament, both for their future presidential candidates Otto Guevara and Justo Orozco respectively. The small party National Integration Party led by medic Walter Muñoz won its only seat in history until the 2018 election. File:Costa Rica_Legislative Assembly_1998.svg Social Christian Unity Party 569792 27 +2 National Liberation Party 481933 23 –5 Democratic Force 79826 3 +1 Libertarian Movement 42640 1 New National Integration Party 38408 1 New Costa Rican Renewal Party 27892 1 New Democratic Party 17060 0 New Agrarian Labour Action Party 16955 1 +1 United People 15028 0 0 National Independent Party 12794 0 0 General Union Party es Partido Unión Generaleña 12583 0 0 New Democratic Party (Costa Rica) es Nuevo Partido Democrático (Costa Rica) New Democratic Party 12476 0 New #77A842 National Rescue Party 9588 0 New Christian National Alliance Party es Alianza Nacional Cristiana 9176 0 0 National Agrarian Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Agrario Nacional National Agrarian Party 7497 0 –1 Cartago Agrarian Union Party 7138 0 –1 Alajuelense Democratic Action 6614 0 0 Independent Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Independiente (Costa Rica) Independent Party 6025 0 0 Change Now 2223 0 New #BEF8F7 National Convergence Party 2197 0 0 black Authentic Limonense Party 2167 0 0 Cartago Agrarian Force Party 1892 0 New Independent Guanacaste Party 1623 0 0 32709 14343 0 2045980 Election Resources By province Province PUSC PLN FD ML PIN PRC PD PU Others % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S San José 37.608 36.218 7.312 4.641 4.691 2.441 1.600 0.880 4.630 Alajuela 40.894 35.524 5.201 1.400 1.300 1.380 1.080 0.410 12.821 Cartago 39.393 36.493 5.140 1.710 2.080 0.970 1.150 1.750 11.320 Heredia 39.203 35.852 7.120 2.450 3.220 2.480 1.760 1.120 6.800 Guanacaste 50.053 33.662 4.190 1.080 0.550 3.100 0.210 0.620 6.540 Puntarenas 50.504 32.422 3.050 3.950 0.970 1.160 0.700 1.600 5.650 Limón 47.712 24.302 2.700 3.290 1.110 2.490 0.740 2.880 14.780 Total 41.1827 34.8323 5.773 3.081 2.781 2.021 1.230 1.090 8.021 Local governments Alderpeople +/– Municipalsyndics +/– Social Christian Unity Party 564531 271 +39 295 +190 National Liberation Party 488870 226 –43 145 –178 Democratic Force 85313 24 +2 0 0 Libertarian Movement 33544 4 New 0 New Costa Rican Renewal Party 25654 0 New 0 New National Integration Party 23896 3 New 0 New Democratic Party 19204 0 New 0 New Agrarian Labour Action Party 15157 7 +7 2 +2 National Independent Party 14975 2 +2 0 0 General Union Party es Partido Unión Generaleña 13378 3 –1 0 0 New Democratic Party (Costa Rica) es Nuevo Partido Democrático (Costa Rica) New Democratic Party 12804 2 New 0 New #77A842 United People 12216 1 +1 0 0 National Rescue Party 11385 2 New 0 New Escazu's Progressive Yoke 9699 4 New 3 New Independent Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Independiente (Costa Rica) Independent Party 8095 3 +3 0 0 National Agrarian Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Agrario Nacional National Agrarian Party 7827 5 –2 0 0 21st Century Curridabat 5117 2 New 1 New National Convergence Party 4044 1 +1 0 0 black Alajuelense Democratic Action 4027 1 –2 0 0 Party of the Sun 3628 2 New 2 New Christian National Alliance Party es Alianza Nacional Cristiana 2787 0 0 0 0 Independent Guanacaste Party 2610 2 0 0 0 Cartago Agrarian Force Party 2430 0 New 0 New Authentic Limonense Party 1871 1 0 0 0 Humanist Party of Montes de Oca 1870 1 New 0 New orange Change Now 1790 0 New 0 New #BEF8F7 Independent Belemite Party 1386 1 New 0 New New Alajuelita Party 1350 1 0 0 0 Humanist Party of Heredia 1128 0 New 0 New orange Golfitenean Action Party 694 0 New 0 New +34 +19 49341 2045173 TSEhttp://atlaselectoral.tse.go.cr/regiduria/1990/area Elecciones Regidurías 1998 Spanish 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