Costa Rican general election, 1986
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General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 2, 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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Óscar Arias | National Liberation Party | 620,314 | 52.3 |
| Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier | Social Christian Unity Party | 542,434 | 45.8 |
| Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz | People's Alliance¹ | 9,099 | 0.8 |
| Alvaro Montero Mejía | United People | 6,599 | 0.6 |
| Alejandro Madrigal Benavides | Christian National Alliance | 5,647 | 0.5 |
| Eugenio Jiménez Sancho | Independent Party | 1,129 | 0.1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 31,078 | - | |
| Total | 1,216,300 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
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 | ||||
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