Democratic Force 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 Costa Rica

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....

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The party was founded in 1994 by Gerardo Trejos and other new left-wing Costa Rican leaders.
In the elections that year

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:...

 the party won 2 seats, whilst its candidates in the presidential election, Miguel Zúñiga Díaz, finished third with 1.9% of the vote. 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....

 it gained a seat, whilst its candidate (this time Vladimir De la Cruz De Lemos) again finished third in the presidential contest. Despite receiving 2% of the vote 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...

it lost all three seats, whilst De la Cruz De Lemos finished seventh in the presidential election, receiving just 0.3% of the vote.