Costa Rican general election, 1982
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 1982.[1] 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%.[2]
Results
President
Parliament
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/- |
National Liberation Party |
527,231 |
55.2 |
33 |
+8 |
Unity Party |
277,998 |
29.1 |
18 |
-9 |
United People |
61,465 |
6.4 |
4 |
+1 |
Alajuelense Democratic Action |
12,486 |
1.6 |
1 |
New |
National Democratic Party |
11,575 |
1.2 |
0 |
New |
Cartago Agrarian Union Party |
7,235 |
0.8 |
0 |
-1 |
National Independent Movement |
34,437 |
3.6 |
1 |
+1 |
Costa Rican Concord Party |
5,014 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
Independent Party |
4,671 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
Limonese Authentic Party |
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 |
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 |
References
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 9780199283576
- ^ Nohlen, p157