2009 National Liberation Party presidential primary

Costa Rican primary election National Liberation Party presidential primary, 2009 Costa Rica primary Popular no National Liberation Party presidential primary, 2001 2001 June 7, 2009 National Liberation Party presidential primary, 2017 2017 517.000Costa Rica President - PLN Primary http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=711838 Our Campaigns 21 March 2016 150x150px Laura Chinchilla National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) 284.689 55.51% 150x150px Johnny Araya National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) 213.367 41.6% Presidential Candidate Óscar Arias Laura Chinchilla A primary election was held among the members of Costa Rica's then ruling National Liberation Party (PLN) on June 7,Lansford Tom Political Handbook of the World 2012 2 April 2012 9781608719952 https://books.google.com/books?id=d33MfEFXvW8C&q=2009+costa+rican+primary+elections+otton+solis&pg=PA334 21 March 2016 2009 in order to choose the PLN's nominee for presidency in the 2010 general election. The two main candidates for the nomination were then vice-president Laura Chinchilla and San José Mayor Johnny Araya. Former security minister Fernando Berrocal also ran a basically testimonial candidacy. PLN's main rival party, PAC, ran its own convention a month before.Seligson Mitchell A. Costa Rica in 2009 http://www.britannica.com/place/Costa-Rica-Year-In-Review-2009 Encyclopædia Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica 21 March 2016 PLN primaries, known as National Conventions (Convención Nacional Liberacionista) were common place since the Party's foundation, yet in the previous election of 2006 PLN's nominee former president Óscar Arias seeking re-election ran unopposed and was designated by the party's National Assembly. Unlike its rival PAC, PLN's election was an open primary and as such every Costa Rican could vote as far as pledge written membership to the party (PLN holds open primaries 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 Debates among PLN and PAC's candidates respectively were organized in different colleges, NGOs and news networks.Murillo Alvaro Precandidatos de PLN y PAC se preparan para debates http://www.nacion.com/nacional/politica/Precandidatos-PLN-PAC-preparan-debates_0_1044695605.html 21 March 2016 La Nacion Spanish Former minister Antonio Álvarez Desanti had recently returned to the party expressing his interest in the nomination, yet party regulations prevent his candidacy due to his recent participation in another party. Desanti dropped from the race supporting Chinchilla. While Chinchilla was seen as close to then incumbent president Arias and his faction, Araya was endorsed by his brother and previous candidate Rolando and by his uncle former president Luis Alberto Monge. The final results were 55% for Chinchilla, 41% for Araya and 2% for Berrocal. Chinchilla will also win the presidential race in 2010. Araya would maintain his political aspirations and would run unopposed in the next election cycle as other aspirants like Rodrigo Arias (former Prime Minister and Oscar Arias’ brother) and José María Figueres (former president) dropped their candidacies for the 2014 election, which was lost by Araya against PAC's candidate Luis Guillermo Solís. See also 2010 Costa Rican general election Citizens' Action Party presidential primary, 2009 References Category:2009 in Costa Rica Category:Primary elections in Costa Rica