1910 Costa Rican general election

none Costa Rica Flag of Costa Rica (1848-1906).svg 1906 Costa Rican general election 1906 1913 Costa Rican general election 1913 29–30 August 1909 (popular vote)7 April 1910 (electoral college) yes Presidential election presidential 864 members of the Electoral College 433 Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno.jpg Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Republican Party (Costa Rica) 39,023 828 71.27% Rafael Iglesias Castro.png Rafael Yglesias Castro Civil Party (Costa Rica) 15,729 36 28.73% 1910 Costa Rican presidential election by province.svg 280px Official results by province President Cleto González Víquez National Party (Costa Rica) Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Republican Party (Costa Rica) yes Legislative election 1908 1912 yes yes 20 of the 43 seats in the Constitutional Congress Republican Party (Costa Rica) Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno 19 Civil Party (Costa Rica) Rafael Yglesias Castro 1 Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 1910 - Diputados por Provincia.svg Results by province General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 April 1910.Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824–2014 2017 https://www.tse.go.cr/pdf/ifed/historia_electoral.pdf Republican Party nominee Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno defeated former president Rafael Yglesias Castro of the Civil Party in a landslide. Yglesias had previously governed from 1894 to 1902, a period often characterized as authoritarian. In the concurrent parliamentary elections, the Republican Party won all but one of the 20 contested seats, securing a combined two-thirds supermajority in the Constitutional Congress, divided into Jimenistas, Fernandistas and Neutrales. The Jimenista faction within the party held a majority on its own, while the opposition Civil Party retained only four seats overall.4 April 1910 Resultado de las elecciones para Presidente de la República y para Diputados La Información 1 Background Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno had previously held several public offices. He served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1889 to 1890 in the transitional government of Carlos Durán Cartín and later as president of the Supreme Court of Justice in 1892. He was first elected to the Constitutional Congress in 1902 as a member of the National Union Party list and was re-elected in 1906. Jiménez later became a prominent critic of the policies adopted by the administration of President Cleto González Víquez, and initially built his political profile through sustained opposition to the influence of large foreign companies in Costa Rica. In 1907, he had gained national attention for leading a campaign against the United Fruit Company and for opposing contracts involving the Costa Rica Railroad Company and the Northern Railway Company, which he denounced as compromising national sovereignty. His positions contributed to the emergence of a loyal political following, known as Jimenismo.Oconitrillo Eduardo Cien años de política costarricense: 1902-2002, de Ascensión Esquivel a Abel Pacheco EUNED 2004 1st 18 Jiménez’s growing popularity increasingly eclipsed that of Máximo Fernández Alvarado, who had led the Republican Party since 1901. In late 1908, Fernández circulated a letter among senior party members recommending Jiménez as the party’s presidential candidate in his place. The decision generated contemporary debate regarding its motivations. Jiménez was formally nominated at the Teatro Variedades in San José during the first Republican National Convention, held on 24 January 1909, at which Fernández was re-elected as party leader.Oconitrillo Eduardo Cien años de política costarricense: 1902-2002, de Ascensión Esquivel a Abel Pacheco 19 Campaign On 13 February 1909, La Tribuna, at the time the official newspaper of the Civil Party (Civilistas), proclaimed the candidacy of former president Rafael Yglesias Castro, marking the formal beginning of the electoral campaign. Initially, the contest was limited to Jiménez and Yglesias. Despite the earlier Pact of La Transacción, which had facilitated the election of Ascensión Esquivel in the 1902 general election through an agreement between the Yglesias government and Olmpus factions within the Republican Party, Jiménez and Yglesias remained political adversaries. Two weeks after the Republican National Convention, a third candidacy briefly emerged. Physician Pánfilo Valverde Carranza was nominated by a group of supporters affiliated with the National Party. His campaign was supported by the short-lived newspaper El Pueblo, first published on 28 March 1909. Lacking the backing of President González Víquez and facing the government’s refusal to endorse his candidacy, Valverde soon withdrew from the race.Oconitrillo Eduardo Cien años de política costarricense: 1902-2002, de Ascensión Esquivel a Abel Pacheco 21 The governing National Party did not nominate an official presidential candidate, and the González Víquez administration maintained a position of formal neutrality. The president issued instructions to the military affirming their right to vote freely while prohibiting armed attendance at polling stations. Results Popular vote Electoral College Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Republican Party 39023 828 Rafael Yglesias Castro Civil Party 15729 36 TSE,TSE SalazarSalazar, O. (2003) El apogeo de la República Liberal en Costa Rica, 1870-1914, p 230 9977-67-131-1 First round by province Province Jiménez % Yglesias % San José Province 76.62 23.38 Alajuela 62.93 37.07 Cartago Province 91.72 8.28 Heredia 73.40 26.60 Guanacaste 55.21 44.79 Puntarenas 64.62 35.38 Limón 26.41 73.59 Total 71.21 28.78Source: Salazar Second round by province Province Jiménez Yglesias San José Province 294 - Alajuela 201 3 Cartago Province 138 - Heredia 105 - Guanacaste 42 33 Puntarenas 44 - Limón 4 0 Total 828 36Source: TSE References Category:Parliamentary elections in Costa Rica Costa General Category:Presidential elections in Costa Rica Category:August 1909 in North America