Costa Rican general election, 1982
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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%.
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 7 February 1982. 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....
of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 78.6%.
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 568,374 | 58.8 |
| Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier served as President of Costa Rica from 1990 to 1994. He was the presidential candidate of the Social Christian Unity Party for the national elections held in February 2010, but resigned his candidacy on 5 October 2009, when he was sentenced to five years in prison... |
Unity Party | 325,187 | 33.6 |
| Mario Echandi Jiménez Mario Echandi Jiménez Mario José Echandi Jiménez was President of Costa Rica from 1958 to 1962.- As diplomat :Mario Echandi was a career diplomat.... |
National Independent Movement | 37,127 | 3.8 |
| 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... |
32,186 | 3.3 |
| Edwin Chacón Madrigal | Independent Party | 1,955 | 0.2 |
| Edwin Retana Chaves | Democratic Party | 1,747 | 0.2 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 25,103 | ||
| Total | 991,679 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Parliament
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberation Party | 527,231 | 55.2 | 33 | |
| Unity Party | 277,998 | 29.1 | 18 | |
| 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... |
61,465 | 6.4 | 4 | |
| Alajuelense Democratic Action Alajuelense Democratic Action Alajuelense Democratic Action is a political party in Costa Rica.The first general elections contested by the party were in 1982, when it won a single seat. However, it won only 0.3% of the vote at the 1986 elections and lost its seat. It did not contest the 1990 elections, but returned in 1994,... |
12,486 | 1.6 | 1 | New |
| National Democratic Party | 11,575 | 1.2 | 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,... |
7,235 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| National Independent Movement | 34,437 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Costa Rican Concord Party | 5,014 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Party | 4,671 | 0.5 | 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... |
3,893 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| People's Action Party | 3,456 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| Democratic Party | 2,672 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cartago Parliamentary Union | 1,047 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Partido Auténtico Puntarenense | 1,036 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Worker-Peasant Party Worker-Peasant Party Worker-Peasant Party was a political party in Costa Rica. It was mainly based in Cartago Province. The party was led by Juan Diego Fernández, and was of Maoist orientation.... |
976 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Progressive Liberal National Republican Party | 708 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 35,576 | |||
| Total | 991,566 | 100 | 57 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||