1986 Costa Rican general election

none July 2023 Costa Rica state 1982 Costa Rican general election 1982 1986 02 02 y 1990 Costa Rican general election 1990 yes Presidential election presidential 1,486,474 81.82% (3.19pp) OscarArias.jpg Óscar Arias Jorge Manuel Dengo Victoria Garrón National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) 620,314 52.34% Felipe González en rueda de prensa con el presidente de Costa Rica. Pool Moncloa. 27 de enero de 1993 (cropped).png Rafael Ángel Calderón Ramón Aguilar Jaime Gutiérrez Social Christian Unity Party 542,434 45.77% Elección Presidencial de Costa Rica (1986) (Distritos Administrativos).svg Results by districtArias: #509577 40–50% #457F66 50–60% #396A55 60–70% #2E5544 70-80% #224033 80-90% #172A22 90-100%Calderón: #3E56BF 40–50% #354AA4 50–60% #2C3D89 60–70%Tie: #AA6EBB 40–50% yes Legislative election All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly 29 81.81% ( 3.18pp) National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) Óscar Arias 47.83 29 33 Social Christian Unity Party Rafael Ángel Calderón 41.45 25 18 United People (Costa Rica) Rodrigo Alberto Gutiérrez Sáenz es Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz 2.70 1 4 People's Alliance (Costa Rica) Álvaro Montero Mejía es 2.40 1 New Cartago Agrarian Union Party Juan Guillermo Brenes es Cachimbal 1.16 1 0 Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 1986 - Diputados por Provincia.svg Results by province President Luis Alberto Monge National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) Óscar Arias National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) General elections were held in Costa Rica on 2 February 1986.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 978-0-19-928357-6 Óscar Arias of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 82%.Nohlen, p157 Costa Rica was under a strong two-party system at the time. The country was undergoing military tensions with neighboring Nicaragua due to the recently occurring Sandinista Revolution and Nicaragua's dictator Daniel Ortega's fighting of the right-wing Nicaraguan Contras in its southern border, disregarding the official limits and confronting Costa Rica's police and security forces. Such skirmishes left one policeman dead and several wounded and both countries at the edge of war. Whilst some people blamed former president Rodrigo Carazo for allowing the FSLN to operate in the Costa Rican northern territory against then dictator Anastasio Somoza, others resented President Luis Alberto Monge's hawkish behavior toward Sandinista Nicaragua and his support of the Contras.Rodríguez Vega Eugenio Eugenio Rodríguez Vega Costa Rica en el siglo veinte 2004 EUNED 9789968313834 https://books.google.com/books?id=dMmYAf0fB7gC Former minister and deputy Óscar Arias faced former vice president Carlos Manuel Castillo in closed primaries. Castillo had the support of the PLN's traditional leadership including former presidents and party's founders José Figueres Ferrer, Daniel Oduber Quirós and Luis Alberto Monge.Picado León Hugo Proceso de selección de candid atos a presidente y diputados en el PLN y el PUSC (1990-2006) Proyecto OIR/OPAL http://americo.usal.es/oir/opal/disc/OPAL_CostaRica_Picado.pdf Arias was seen as a young, alternative candidate and the "underdog" in the election, but managed to earn the majority of votes and popular support. On the other side of the two-party system former Foreign Minister (under Carazo's administration) Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, son of historical leader of Calderonismo Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, was nominated by the Social Christian Unity Party, then the main opposition force. This was Calderón's second attempt to win the Presidency. During the campaign the topic of peace was central. Calderón tried to present himself as a hawk who felt no quarrels in facing Nicaragua militarily. Arias on the contrary tried to show himself as a man of peace and negotiator who would pacify the region. His slogan was "Paz para mi gente" (Peace for my People). In fact, some analysts also saw Arias' position as a strong criticism of Monge, of his own party, and his hardline position. Monge and Arias would be political enemies ever since. PLN campaign also focused in showing Calderón as a man of war and remembering old historical periods, blaming Calderonism for the 1948 Civil War and the 1955 Somoza-endorsed Calderonistas' invasion attempt. The party even went so far as to show Calderón in a cartoon as a spoiled kid ready for war wearing the clothing of Quico, a popular character from El Chavo del Ocho.Oconitrillo García Eduardo Eduardo Oconitrillo García Cien años de política costarricense: 1902-2002, de Ascensión Esquivel a Abel Pacheco. 2004 EUNED 9789968313605 https://books.google.com/books?id=JvNL2PT5qyoC Results President Óscar Arias Sánchez National Liberation Party 620314 Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier Social Christian Unity Party 542434 Rodrigo Alberto Gutiérrez Sáenz es Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz People's Alliance (Costa Rica) es Alianza Popular (Costa Rica) People's Alliance 9099 Álvaro Montero Mejía es United People 6599 Alejandro Madrigal Benavides Christian National Alliance Party es Alianza Nacional Cristiana 5647 Eugenio Jiménez Sancho Independent Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Independiente (Costa Rica) Independent Party 1129 26029 5049 1486474 Election Resources The People's Alliance was a coalition of the People's Vanguard Party and the Broad Democratic Front. By province Province Arias % Calderón % Gutiérrez % Montero % Madrigal % Jiménez % San José 54.2 43.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.1 Alajuela 53.0 45.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 Cartago 54.1 44.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.1 Heredia 52.8 45.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.1 Puntarenas 48.2 49.2 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.1 Limón 42.4 54.0 1.7 1.1 0.7 0.1 Guanacaste 50.1 48.7 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 Total 52.3 45.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.1 Legislative Assembly File:Costa Rica Legislative Assembly 1986.svg National Liberation Party 560694 29 –4 Social Christian Unity Party 485860 25 New United People 31685 1 –3 People's Alliance (Costa Rica) es Alianza Popular (Costa Rica) People's Alliance 28551 1 New Christian National Alliance Party es Alianza Nacional Cristiana 19972 0 New Cartago Agrarian Union Party 13575 1 +1 Independent National Republican Party 10598 0 New #FF1414 General Union Party es Partido Unión Generaleña 4402 0 New Alajuelense Democratic Action 4324 0 –1 Authentic Limonense Party 3813 0 0 Alajuelense Solidarity Party 3604 0 New Independent Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Independiente (Costa Rica) Independent Party 3067 0 0 National Democratic Party 2054 0 0 30667 13187 0 1486474 Election Resources By province Province PLN PUSC PU AP ANC PRNI PUG Others % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S San José 49.510 40.39 3.41 2.91 1.90 0.80 0.60 0.60 Alajuela 49.95 42.05 1.20 1.30 1.10 0.60 0.10 3.90 Cartago 46.63 37.52 1.70 1.70 1.30 0.60 0.10 10.51 Heredia 48.33 42.12 4.10 2.50 2.10 0.80 0.10 -- Puntarenas 45.13 44.23 2.21 3.10 1.70 1.50 0.30 2.00 Limón 34.92 44.62 4.81 5.50 1.70 1.40 0.90 6.20 Guanacaste 47.63 45.62 1.40 0.80 2.50 1.70 0.30 -- Total 47.829 41.425 2.71 2.41 1.70 0.90 0.40 2.71 Local governments Alderpeople +/– Municipalsyndics +/– National Liberation Party 580460 260 –39 306 –97 Social Christian Unity Party 508732 232 New 114 New United People 33026 3 –18 0 0 People's Alliance (Costa Rica) es Alianza Popular (Costa Rica) People's Alliance 29551 2 New 0 New Alajuelense Solidarity Party 5502 1 New 0 New Alajuelense Democratic Action 5326 1 –1 0 0 General Union Party es Partido Unión Generaleña 4327 2 +1 0 0 Independent National Republican Party 3143 0 New 0 New #FF1414 Authentic Limonense Party 2342 1 0 0 0 National Democratic Party 1682 1 –1 0 0 New Alajuelita Party 1246 1 0 0 0 Independent Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Independiente (Costa Rica) Independent Party 726 0 0 0 0 +9 +6 39988 1486234 TSEhttp://atlaselectoral.tse.go.cr/regiduria/1982/area Elecciones Regidurías 1982 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