Costa Rican general election, 1978
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 5 February 1978.[1] Rodrigo Carazo Odio of the Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.[2]
Results
President
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Rodrigo Carazo Odio |
Unity Party |
419,824 |
50.5 |
| Luis Alberto Monge |
National Liberation Party |
364,285 |
43.8 |
| Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz |
United People |
22,740 |
2.7 |
| Guillermo Villalobos Arce |
National Unification Party |
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 |
-2 |
| United People |
62,865 |
7.7 |
3 |
New |
| National Unification Party |
25,824 |
3.1 |
0 |
-16 |
| Costa Rican People's Front |
12,834 |
1.5 |
1 |
+1 |
| Republican Union |
8,215 |
1.0 |
0 |
New |
| Cartago Agrarian Union Party |
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 |
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 |
References
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 9780199283576
- ^ Nohlen, p157