Costa Rican general election, 1962
General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 4, 1962.[1] Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 80.9%.[2]
Results
President
Parliament
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/- |
National Liberation Party | 184,135 | 48.9 | 29 | +9 |
Republican Party | 126,249 | 33.5 | 18 | +8 |
National Unity Party | 50,021 | 13.3 | 8 | -2 |
Popular Democratic Action | 9,256 | 2.5 | 2 | New |
Partido Acción Solidarista | 3,358 | 0.9 | 0 | New |
Partido Alajuelense | 1,698 | 0.5 | 0 | New |
Movemento Depuración Nacional | 1,192 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
Unión Guanacasta Independiente | 903 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
Partido Renovación Nacional | 125 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 14,563 | - | - | - |
Total | 391,500 | 100 | 57 | +12 |
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ↑ Nohlen, p156