The Cartago Agrarian Union Party is a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Cartago, Costa Rica

Cartago, Costa Rica

- See also :* Cartago Agrarian Union Party* Provincial Integration Party Three* Cartago in Spanish...

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The party was founded in 1969 by Juan Guillermo Brenes Castillo. It first contested a general election

Costa Rican general election, 1970

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 February 1970. José Figueres Ferrer of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 83.3%.-President:-Parliament:...

 in 1970, but received only 0.5% of the vote and failed to win a seat. In 1974

Costa Rican general election, 1974

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 3 February 1974. Daniel Oduber Quirós of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 79.9%.-President:-Parliament:...

 support for the party more than doubled, receiving 1.2% of the vote and winning its first seat. Despite seeing its share of the vote drop to 1%, the party retained its seat in the 1978 elections

Costa Rican general election, 1978

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 5 February 1978. Rodrigo Carazo Odio of the Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.-President:-Parliament:...

. However a further slump to 0.8% in 1982

Costa Rican general election, 1982

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 1982. Luis Alberto Monge of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 78.6%.-President:-Parliament:...

 saw the party lose its parliamentary representation.

It regained a seat in the 1986 elections

Costa Rican general election, 1986

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 2 February 1986. Óscar Arias of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.8%.-President:...

, receiving 1.2% of the national vote. The seat was retained in elections in 1990

Costa Rican general election, 1990

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 February 1990. Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier of the Social Christian Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.8%.-President:...

 and 1994

Costa Rican general election, 1994

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 6 February 1994. José María Figueres of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.1%.-President:-Parliament:...

, but a loss of support in the 1998 elections

Costa Rican general election, 1998

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 February 1998. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez of the Social Christian Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 70%, the lowest since the 1950s....

 saw its share of the vote drop to 0.5%, resulting in it losing its solitary seat. A similar result in 2002

Costa Rican general election, 2002

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 3 February 2002. For the first time in the country's history, no candidate in the presidential election passed the 40% threshold...

saw the party remaining seatless.

External links

• Cartago Agrarian Union Party TSE