2001 National Liberation Party presidential primary

Costa Rican primary election National Liberation Party presidential primary, 2001 Costa Rica primary Popular no National Liberation Party presidential primary, 1997 1997 National Liberation Party presidential primary, 2009 2009 June 3, 2001Seligson Mitchell A. Costa Rica in 2001 http://www.britannica.com/place/Costa-Rica-Year-In-Review-2001 Encyclopædia Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica 21 March 2016 250.000 150x150px Rolando Araya National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) 51.89 José Miguel Corrales Bolaños D-141 A.jpg José Miguel Corrales National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) 28.77 150x150px Antonio Álvarez Desanti National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) 14.51 Presidential Candidate José Miguel Corrales Rolando Araya A primary election was held among the members of Costa Rica’s National Liberation Party (PLN) on June 3, 2001 in order to choose PLN’s nominee for presidency in the 2002 general election. PLN was then the main opposition party facing then in government Social Christian Unity Party. This, as was common since the 70s,Casas Kevin Paying for Democracy: Political Finance and State Funding for Parties 2005 9780954796631 https://books.google.com/books?id=HEkEFSmU8l8C&q=costa+rican+2001+pln+presidential+primary&pg=PA115 21 March 2016 was an open primary and as such all Costa Ricans could vote in it with the only requirement be signing membership of the party moments before entering the polls.South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2003 9781857431384 https://books.google.com/books?id=kw5W8m87FpkC&q=costa+rican+2001+pln+presidential+primary&pg=PA287 21 March 2016 Publications Europa 2002 Previous candidate José Miguel Corrales who ran as PLN’s nominee in the 1998 election (losing to PUSC’s candidate Miguel Ángel Rodríguez) tried to be nominated again. His main rivals were former party’s president Rolando Araya Monge (nephew of ex president Luis Alberto Monge) and former minister Antonio Álvarez Desanti, the younger of the candidates. Araya won the nomination with 51% of the votes. A noticeable affected José Miguel Corrales acknowledged the defeat and announce his resignation to future attempts for presidency, while on the contrary Desanti also acknowledged the results but also that he will try to be nominated in coming elections. Araya lost the presidential race against PUSC candidate Abel Pacheco. See also 2002 Costa Rican general election Social Christian Unity Party presidential primary, 2001 References Category:2001 in Costa Rica Category:Primary elections in Costa Rica