Costa Rican general election, 1990
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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%.
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on 4 February 1990. 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...
of the Social Christian Unity Party
Social Christian Unity Party
The Social Christian Unity Party is a political party in Costa Rica.PUSC considers itself a Christian Democratic Party and, as such, is a member of the Centrist Democrat International.-2002 election:...
won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.8%.
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
Social Christian Unity Party Social Christian Unity Party The Social Christian Unity Party is a political party in Costa Rica.PUSC considers itself a Christian Democratic Party and, as such, is a member of the Centrist Democrat International.-2002 election:... |
694,589 | 51.5 |
| Carlos Castillo | National Liberation Party | 636,701 | 47.2 |
| Daniel Camacho | 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... |
9,217 | 0.7 |
| Fernandez Ramírez | Christian National Alliance | 4,209 | 0.3 |
| Isaac Felipe Azofeifa Isaac Felipe Azofeifa Isaac Felipe Azofeifa was a Costa Rican poet, politician and educator.Azofeifa is considered one of the most important Costa Rican poets of the twentieth century.-Biography:... |
Progress Party | 2,547 | 0.2 |
| Edwin Badilla | Militant Workers Revolutionary Party Militant Workers Revolutionary Party Militant Workers Revolutionary Party was a political party in Costa Rica. In 1990 the party contested the general elections. However, its presidential candidate, Edwin Badilla, received only 1,005 of the votes, whilst the party received just 742 votes in the parliamentary election.... |
1,005 | 0.1 |
| Rodrigo Cordero | Independent Party | 746 | 0.1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 35,312 | ||
| Total | 1,384,326 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Parliament
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Christian Unity Party Social Christian Unity Party The Social Christian Unity Party is a political party in Costa Rica.PUSC considers itself a Christian Democratic Party and, as such, is a member of the Centrist Democrat International.-2002 election:... |
617,478 | 46.2 | 29 | |
| National Liberation Party | 559,632 | 41.9 | 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... |
44,161 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Generaleña Union | 32,292 | 2.4 | 1 | |
| Christian National Alliance | 22,154 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 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,... |
14,190 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 |
| National Independent Party | 10,643 | 0.8 | 0 | New |
| Progress Party | 7,733 | 0.6 | 0 | New |
| Partido Alajuelense Solidario | 7,330 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Independent Party | 5,566 | 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... |
4,901 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Agrarian Labour Action Party | 4,756 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| Partido Agrario Nacional | 4,594 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| Militant Workers Revolutionary Party Militant Workers Revolutionary Party Militant Workers Revolutionary Party was a political party in Costa Rica. In 1990 the party contested the general elections. However, its presidential candidate, Edwin Badilla, received only 1,005 of the votes, whilst the party received just 742 votes in the parliamentary election.... |
742 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 47,784 | |||
| Total | 1,383,956 | 100 | 57 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||