Costa Rican general election, 1990
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 February 1990.[1] 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%.[2]
Results
President
Parliament
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/- |
| Social Christian Unity Party |
617,478 |
46.2 |
29 |
+4 |
| National Liberation Party |
559,632 |
41.9 |
25 |
-4 |
| United People |
44,161 |
3.3 |
1 |
0 |
| Generaleña Union |
32,292 |
2.4 |
1 |
+1 |
| Christian National Alliance |
22,154 |
1.6 |
0 |
0 |
| Cartago Agrarian Union Party |
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 |
-1 |
| Independent Party |
5,566 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
| Limonese Authentic Party |
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 |
742 |
0.1 |
0 |
New |
| Invalid/blank votes |
47,784 |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
1,383,956 |
100 |
57 |
0 |
| Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 9780199283576
- ^ Nohlen, p157