Costa Rican general election, 1986
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 2 February 1986.[1] Óscar Arias of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.8%.[2]
Results
President
¹ The People's Alliance was a coalition of the People's Vanguard Party and the Broad Democratic Front.
Parliament
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/- |
| National Liberation Party |
560,694 |
47.8 |
29 |
-4 |
| Social Christian Unity Party |
485,860 |
41.4 |
25 |
New |
| United People |
31,865 |
2.7 |
1 |
-3 |
| People's Alliance |
28,551 |
2.4 |
1 |
New |
| Christian National Alliance |
19,972 |
1.7 |
0 |
New |
| Cartago Agrarian Union Party |
13,575 |
1.2 |
1 |
+1 |
| Independent National Republican Party |
10,598 |
0.9 |
0 |
New |
| Generaleña Union |
4,402 |
0.4 |
0 |
New |
| Alajuelense Democratic Action |
4,324 |
0.4 |
0 |
-1 |
| Limonese Authentic Party |
3,813 |
0.3 |
0 |
0 |
| Partido Alajuelense Solidario |
3,604 |
0.3 |
0 |
New |
| Independent Party |
3,067 |
0.3 |
0 |
0 |
| National Democratic Party |
2,054 |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
| Invalid/blank votes |
43,854 |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
1,216,053 |
100 |
57 |
0 |
| Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 9780199283576
- ^ Nohlen, p157