Costa Rican general election, 1978
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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%.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
on 5 February 1978. Rodrigo Carazo Odio
Rodrigo Carazo Odio
Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo Odio served as President of Costa Rica from 8 May 1978 to 8 May 1982.Carazo was born in 1926 in Cartago...
of the Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo Carazo Odio Rodrigo Carazo Odio Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo Odio served as President of Costa Rica from 8 May 1978 to 8 May 1982.Carazo was born in 1926 in Cartago... |
Unity Party | 419,824 | 50.5 |
| Luis Alberto Monge Luis Alberto Monge Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez was the President of Costa Rica from 1982 to 1986.He was born in Palmares, Alajuela Province.... |
National Liberation Party | 364,285 | 43.8 |
| Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz | United People United People (Costa Rica) United People is a left-wing political alliance, registered as a political party, in Costa Rica.The alliance was founded ahead of the 1978 elections by the Popular Vanguard Party , the Costa Rican Socialist Party and the Revolutionary Movement of the People , and won three seats. In 1982 it... |
22,740 | 2.7 |
| Guillermo Villalobos Arce | National Unification Party National Unification Party (Costa Rica) The National Unification Party was a political party in Costa Rica from 1966 to 1978. It was founded by Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia and Otilio Ulate Blanco, and espoused social welfare and a free market.... |
13,666 | 1.6 |
| Gerdo Villalobos Garita | Democratic Party | 3,822 | 0.5 |
| Jorge Gonzáles Martén | National Independent Party | 3,323 | 0.5 |
| Carlos Coronado Vargas | Workers' Socialist Organisation | 1,868 | 0.2 |
| Rodrigo Cordero Víquez | Democratic Party | 1,613 | 0.2 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 29,065 | ||
| Total | 860,206 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Parliament
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Party | 356,215 | 43.4 | 27 | New |
| National Liberation Party | 318,904 | 38.9 | 25 | |
| United People United People (Costa Rica) United People is a left-wing political alliance, registered as a political party, in Costa Rica.The alliance was founded ahead of the 1978 elections by the Popular Vanguard Party , the Costa Rican Socialist Party and the Revolutionary Movement of the People , and won three seats. In 1982 it... |
62,865 | 7.7 | 3 | New |
| National Unification Party National Unification Party (Costa Rica) The National Unification Party was a political party in Costa Rica from 1966 to 1978. It was founded by Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia and Otilio Ulate Blanco, and espoused social welfare and a free market.... |
25,824 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Costa Rican People's Front | 12,834 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Republican Union | 8,215 | 1.0 | 0 | New |
| Cartago Agrarian Union Party Cartago Agrarian Union Party The Cartago Agrarian Union Party is a political party in Cartago, Costa Rica.The party was founded in 1969 by Juan Guillermo Brenes Castillo. It first contested a general election in 1970, but received only 0.5% of the vote and failed to win a seat. In 1974 support for the party more than doubled,... |
7,887 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| National Independent Movement | 6,673 | 0.8 | 0 | New |
| Independent Party | 5,774 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Workers' Socialist Organisation | 4,059 | 0.5 | 0 | New |
| Democratic Party | 3,083 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Limonese Authentic Party Limonese Authentic Party The Limonese Authentic Party is a political party in Limón, Costa Rica. PAL was founded on 17 August 1976 by Marvin Wright Lindo, a radical trade union leader with links to groups such as Socialist Workers Organization and the Workers Party. It became a notable force amongst the banana plantation... |
2,954 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| Costa Rican Concord Party | 2,542 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| Partido Auténtico Puntarenense | 1,759 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| National Labour Party | 1,002 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 39,328 | |||
| Total | 859,888 | 100 | 57 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||