2002 Costa Rican general election

none April 2022 Costa Rica state 1998 Costa Rican general election 1998 2002 02 03 y (first round)2002 04 07 y (second round) 2006 Costa Rican general election 2006 yes Presidential election presidential 2,279,851 68.84% (first round) 1.15pp60.22% (second round) Defense.gov News Photo 050511-D-9880W-053 (cropped).jpg Abel Pacheco Lineth Saborío Luis Fishman Social Christian Unity Party 776,278 57.95% Rolando_Araya_cropped.jpg Rolando Araya Fernando Naranjo Sandra Piszk National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) 563,202 42.05% 300px First round results by district 300px Second round results by district 2 Pacheco: #596DC9 30–40% #3E56BF 40–50% #354AA4 50–60% #2C3D89 60–70% #23316D 70–80% #1B2552 80–90%Araya: #5DA888 30–40% #509577 40–50% #457F66 50–60% #396A55 60–70% #2E5544 70-80%Solís: #EDE900 30-40% #CFCC00 40–50%Tie: #BB8AC8 30-40% #AA6EBB 40–50% President Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Social Christian Unity Party Abel Pacheco Social Christian Unity Party yes Legislative election All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly 29 68.84% ( 1.08pp) Social Christian Unity Party Abel Pacheco 29.78 19 27 National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) Rolando Araya Monge 27.10 17 23 Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica) Ottón Solís 21.96 14 New Libertarian Movement (Costa Rica) Otto Guevara 9.34 6 1 Costa Rican Renovation Party Justo Orozco 3.59 1 1 Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 2002 - Diputados por Provincia.svg Results by province General elections were held in Costa Rica on 3 February 2002.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 978-0-19-928357-6 For the first time in the country's history, no candidate in the presidential election passed the 40% threshold.Nohlen, p. 150. This meant a second round of voting had to be held on 7 April which saw Abel Pacheco of the Social Christian Unity Party defeat the National Liberation Party's Rolando Araya Monge.http://www.electionguide.org/results.php?ID=406 Election profile: Costa Rica International Foundation for Electoral Systems 1 September 2006 26 June 2011 Many analysts consider this election the beginning of the end of Costa Rica's decades-long two party system.Landsford Tom Political Handbook of the World 2014 20 March 2014 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 For the first time in many years alternative political forces become relevant in the Parliament and the plenary had three large party groups; PUSC (19), PLN (17) and PAC (14).5 February 2002 Legislative Assembly Election Results - Costa Rica Totals http://www.electionresources.org/cr/deputies.php?election=2002 Election Resources 13 March 2016 While PUSC won the presidential election and the majority in Congress, PLN became the primal opposition force in Parliament. Centre-left PAC with a progressive platform seemed to have gravely affected traditional third forces at the left of the spectrum like Democratic Force, which failed to win any seat on that election. The right-wing Libertarian Movement also increased its representation from one to six deputies while the 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 Party retained its one seat. It was the first time in Costa Rica an evangelical Christian party, the Christian National Alliance, nominated a Catholic, biologist and professor Marvin Calvo Montoya, as its presidential candidate. It was also the last presidential election of the Christian National Alliance. Despite the close contest, voter turnout was only 69% on 3 February, the lowest since the 1958 elections. For the second round of the presidential elections it fell to 60%, the lowest since 1949.Nohlen, pp. 156–157. Background Before the election, the country's Supreme Electoral Tribinal attempted to make several reforms to the electoral system. These included allowing independents to run in local elections, using electronic voting machines, allowing Costa Ricans living abroad to vote, and allowing voters to choose the top two places on parliamentary lists. However, the changes were rejected by the Legislative Assembly, which noted that independent candidature was incompatible with the constitution, and that electronic voting could not be guaranteed to be secure or transparent. Results President Abel Pacheco Social Christian Unity Party 590277 776278 Rolando Araya Monge National Liberation Party 475030 563202 Ottón Solís Citizens' Action Party 400681 Otto Guevara Libertarian Movement 25815 Justo Orozco Álvarez Costa Rican Renewal Party 16404 Walter Muñoz Céspedes es National Integration Party 6235 Vladimir de la Cruz es Vladimir de la Cruz de Lemos Democratic Force 4121 Jorge Walter Coto Molina es Coalition Change 2000 3970 #FFFF00 Rolando Angulo Zeledón General Union Party es Partido Unión Generaleña 2655 Daniel Reynolds Vargas National Patriotic Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Patriótico Nacional National Patriotic Party 1680 royalblue Marvin Calvo Montoya Christian National Alliance Party es Alianza Nacional Cristiana 1271 José Hine García es National Rescue Party 905 Pablo Galo Angulo Casasola Independent Workers' Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Independiente Obrero Independent Workers' Party 801 #000080 7241 6006 32332 27457 1372943 2279851 2279851 Election Resources By province First round Province % PUSC % PLN % PAC % ML % PRC % PIN % FD % Other % San José 36.6 28.5 31.1 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.7 Alajuela 37.8 34.1 24.7 1.4 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.6 Cartago 35.4 31.8 28.4 1.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 1.0 Heredia 36.1 26.8 33.2 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.7 Puntarenas 45.0 33.8 15.8 2.5 1.7 0.2 0.3 0.9 Limón 48.6 28.4 14.9 2.8 3.1 0.3 0.4 1.5 Guanacaste 44.3 40.6 12.1 0.9 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 Total 38.6 31.1 26.2 1.7 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.9 Second round Province PUSC % PLN % San José 57.7 42.3 Alajuela 56.1 43.9 Cartago 55.6 44.4 Heredia 58.1 41.9 Puntarenas 59.7 40.3 Limón 67.0 33.0 Guanacaste 57.1 42.9 Total 58.0 42.0 Parliament File:Costa Rica_Legislative Assembly_2002.svg Social Christian Unity Party 453201 19 –8 National Liberation Party 412383 17 –6 Citizens' Action Party 334162 14 New Libertarian Movement 142152 6 +5 Costa Rican Renewal Party 54699 1 0 Democratic Force 30172 0 –3 National Integration Party 26084 0 –1 Coalition Change 2000 12992 0 New #FFFF00 Agrarian Labour Action Party 10890 0 –1 Independent Workers' Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Independiente Obrero Independent Workers' Party 8044 0 New #000080 National Patriotic Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Patriótico Nacional National Patriotic Party 7123 0 New royalblue Cartago Agrarian Union Party 6974 0 0 Christian National Alliance Party es Alianza Nacional Cristiana 6825 0 New General Union Party es Partido Unión Generaleña 5883 0 0 National Rescue Party 4937 0 0 National Agrarian Party (Costa Rica) es Partido Agrario Nacional National Agrarian Party 2595 0 New Cartago Agrarian Force Party 1390 0 New National Convergence Party 1348 0 0 black 28461 19023 0 2279851 Election Resources By constituency Constituency PUSC PLN PAC ML PRC FD PIN Other % S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S San José 27.16 24.25 27.06 11.82 3.61 1.70 1.80 2.80 Alajuela 30.24 30.54 20.72 7.51 2.80 1.30 1.40 5.40 Cartago 25.72 25.42 20.82 7.31 2.00 3.70 4.50 10.40 Heredia 27.51 24.31 27.62 10.71 3.50 2.30 1.00 3.00 Puntarenas 37.82 29.81 12.91 10.01 4.20 1.80 0.40 3.20 Limón 37.32 26.22 12.71 8.11 5.60 2.70 0.80 9.40 Guanacaste 37.92 39.12 10.30 2.80 6.20 1.20 0.40 2.20 Total 29.819 27.117 22.014 9.36 3.61 2.00 1.70 4.60 See also 2002 Costa Rican municipal elections References Costa General Category:Parliamentary elections in Costa Rica Category:Presidential elections in Costa Rica