1928 Costa Rican general election

none Costa Rica state 12 February 1928 yes Presidential election presidential 1923 Costa Rican general election 1923 1932 Costa Rican general election 1932 116,983 62.47% ( 8.07pp) BPT Cleto Gonzalez Viquez.jpg Cleto González Víquez National Union Party (Costa Rica) 42,765 59.20% Carlos María Jiménez Ortiz (cropped).png Carlos María Jiménez es Carlos María Jiménez Ortiz Republican Party (Costa Rica) 29,475 40.80% 1928 Costa Rican presidential election by province.svg 280px Official results by province President Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Republican Party (Costa Rica) Cleto González Víquez National Union Party (Costa Rica) yes Legislative election 1925 1930 22 of the 43 seats in the Constitutional Congress 72.76% ( 36.95pp) National Union Party (Costa Rica) Cleto González Víquez 53.26 16 New Republican Party (Costa Rica) Carlos María Jiménez Ortiz es 46.74 6 15 Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 1928 - Diputados por Provincia.svg Results by province General elections were held in Costa Rica on 12 February 1928.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 978-0-19-928357-6 Former president Cleto González Víquez of the National Union defeated First Designate to the Presidency Carlos María Jiménez Ortiz es of the Republican Party. The PUN also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 53% of the vote.Nohlen, p165 Voter turnout was 62% in the presidential election and 73% in the parliamentary election.Nohlen, p156 Background On 6 January 1926 the delegates of the Agricultural Party, which was the second most voted party in the 1923 and 1925 elections, met at the Moderno Theater of San Jose where they were informed of the resignation of their leader and former presidential candidate Alberto Echandi Montero, later deciding to constitute a new political organization called the National Union Party, a name that had previously been used to bring Ascension Esquivel Ibarra to power in 1902 and later ran in 1913, but which preserved the agricultural green flag (since Esquivel had used a white flag). The National Union Party nominated former president Cleto González Víquez as its presidential candidate. González Víquez had also served as a diplomat and cabinet minister during the Esquivel administration.[1] His candidacy received the endorsement of the Reformist Party, led by Jorge Volio Jiménez, as well as the support of followers of retired political leader Máximo Fernández Alvarado, known as the "Historical Republicans," who had distanced themselves from the official candidates of the Republican Party.Oconitrillo García Eduardo Cien años de política costarricense: 1902-2002, de Ascensión Esquivel a Abel Pacheco. 2004 EUNED 9789968313605 https://books.google.com/books?id=JvNL2PT5qyoC The rulling Republican Party nominated Carlos María Jiménez Ortiz es, a serving deputy in Congress and First Designate to the Presidency under the incumbent administration since 1924. His candidacy was proclaimed on 7 January 1927 at the Teatro América during the party’s national convention. Following the designation of both candidates, the newspaper Diario de Costa Rica remarked that the ideological differences between them were "virtually null." During the same period, a political movement emerged advocating to reform the 1871 constitution to allow the consecutive re-election of President Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno. Jiménez firmly rejected the proposal, declaring: "...what would remain of the principles I have defended throughout my life in favor of democratic and republican values? I prefer a mediocre president of the Republic to the most brilliant of dictators." Campaign During the campaign, Republican Party supporters criticized Cleto González Víquez by associating him with the so-called Olympus Generation, a group of intellectual and political elites who had exercised significant influence in Costa Rican politics since the 1880s. Opponents also questioned the legitimacy of his first presidency, citing alleged irregularities in the 1906 election. Republican rhetoric portrayed González Víquez as a secretive and conspiratorial political figure, accusing him of misusing state resources and accepting bribes while in public office. Critics additionally argued that his age was a disadvantage, noting that he would turn 70 in October of that year. Carlos María Jiménez Ortiz es likewise faced political opposition. Relations between him and Reformist Party leader Jorge Volio were openly hostile, contributing to tensions with Reformist supporters. As a result of a Reformist boycott, Jiménez Ortiz was unable to deliver a planned campaign speech in Santa Ana. He also lacked unanimous backing within the Republican Party, as some members expressed support for González Víquez’s candidacy. As incumbent president, Ricardo Jiménez oversaw the organization of the electoral process through the Ministry of the Interior and pledged that the elections would be conducted transparently. The secret ballot, recently approved by law, was implemented for the first time in this election. Authorities also authorized the free use of telegraph services on election day to allow citizens to submit electoral complaints. Results President Cleto González Víquez National Union Party 42765 Carlos María Jiménez Ortiz es Republican Party 29475 845 116983 Nohlen Constitutional Congress File:Congreso Costa Rica 1928.svg National Union Party 45198 16 Republican Party 39662 6 261 116983 Nohlen References Costa General Category:Parliamentary elections in Costa Rica Category:Presidential elections in Costa Rica Category:February 1928 in North America