National Integration Party (Costa Rica)

National Integration Party
Partido Integración Nacional
President Dr. Walter Muñoz Cespedes
Secretary-General Heiner Alberto Lemaitre Zamora
Treasurer Vernor Juan Mesén Jiménez
First vicepresident Claribel Melendez Magaña
Second vicepresident Elizabeth Aguilar Quesada
Founded January 30, 1996 (1996-01-30)
Headquarters Imagenes medicas building, second floor, west side of the Hospital Calderon Guardia's square
Regional affiliation Union of Latin American Parties (observer)
Colors Light blue, Blue
Town council of Aserri 1
Party flag
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The National Integration Party (Spanish: Partido Integración Nacional) is a political party in Costa Rica.

The party first contested general elections in 1998, in which it won a single seat,[1] taken by Walter Muñoz Céspedes, who was also their candidate in the presidential election, where he finished fourth with 1.4%. However, the party lost its seat in the 2002 elections in which it received 1.7% of the vote. In the presidential election that year Muñoz finished sixth with just 0.4%. In the 2010 elections the party received only 0.8% of the vote and remained without parliamentary representation, whilst Muñoz won just 0.17% of the vote in the presidential elections.

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p175 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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