Costa Rican general election, 1966
General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 6, 1966.[1] José Joaquín Trejos Fernández of the National Unification Party won the presidential election, whilst the National Liberation Party won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.4%.[2]
Results
President
Parliament
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/- |
National Liberation Party | 202,891 | 48.9 | 29 | 0 |
National Unification Party | 178,953 | 43.2 | 26 | New |
Revolutionary Civic Union | 22,721 | 5.5 | 2 | New |
Democratic Party | 8,543 | 2.1 | 0 | New |
Movemento Depuración Nacional | 1,529 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 36,838 | - | - | - |
Total | 451,475 | 100 | 57 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ↑ Nohlen, p156