Costa Rican general election, 1919
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 December 1919.[1] Julio Acosta García of the Constitutional Party won the presidential election, whilst the party also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 74.9% of the vote.[2] Voter turnout was 57.8% in the presidential election and 42.1% in the parliamentary election.[3]
Results
President
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
Julio Acosta García | Constitutional Party | 43,832 | 89.3 |
José María Soto | Democratic Party | 5,260 | 10.7 |
Invalid/blank votes | 7 | - |
Total | 49,099 | 100 |
Source: Nohlen |
Parliament
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
Constitutional Party | 26,751 | 74.9 |
Democratic Party | 3,014 | 8.4 |
Acostista | 2,183 | 6.1 |
Constitucional | 1,911 | 5.3 |
Unión provincial | 1,123 | 3.1 |
Obrero acostista | 616 | 1.7 |
Constitucional obrero | 106 | 0.3 |
Acostista conciliador | 20 | 0.1 |
Invalid/blank votes | 190 | - | - |
Total | 35,743 | 100 | |
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ↑ Nohlen, p164
- ↑ Nohlen, p156