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{{Short description|none}}
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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| country = Costa Rica
| election_name = 1953 Costa Rican general election
| flag_year = state
| country = Costa Rica
| election_date = 26 July 1953
| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1948 Costa Rican general election
| previous_year = 1948
| next_election = 1958 Costa Rican general election
| next_year = 1958
| election_date = 26 July 1953
| turnout = 67%
| module = {{Infobox election
| module = {{Infobox election
| embed = yes
| embed = yes
| type = presidential
| type = presidential
| election_name = Presidential election
| election_name = Presidential election
| previous_election = 1948 Costa Rican general election
| image1 = [[File:José Figueres Ferrer cropped.jpg|120px]]
| previous_year = 1948
| nominee1 = [[José Figueres]]
| next_election = 1958 Costa Rican general election
| party1 = National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)
| next_year = 1958
| home_state1 = [[Alajuela Province|Alajuela]]

| first_vice_presidential_candidate1 =
| image1 = José Figueres Ferrer cropped.jpg
| second_vice_presidential_candidate1 =
| nominee1 = '''[[José Figueres Ferrer]]'''
| provinces_carried1 =
| party1 = National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)
| popular_vote1 = 294,016
| popular_vote1 = '''123,444'''
| percentage1 = 64.7%
| percentage1 = '''64.71%'''
| image2 = [[File:Papeleta 1953 cropped.png|160px]]

| nominee2 = [[Fernando Castro Cervantes]]
| image2 = Papeleta 1953 cropped.png
| party2 = Democratic Party (Costa Rica)
| nominee2 = {{ill|Fernando Castro Cervantes|es}}
| home_state2 = [[San José Province|San José]]
| party2 = Democratic Party (Costa Rica)
| first_vice_presidential_candidate2 =
| popular_vote2 = 67,324
| second_vice_presidential_candidate2 =
| percentage2 = 35.29%
| provinces_carried2 =

| popular_vote2 = 67,324
| title = [[President of Costa Rica|President]]
| percentage2 = 35.3%
| before_election = [[Otilio Ulate]]
| image3 =
| before_party = National Union Party (Costa Rica)
| nominee3 =
| after_election = [[José Figueres Ferrer]]
| party3 =
| after_party = National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)
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| first_vice_presidential_candidate3 =
| second_vice_presidential_candidate3 =
| provinces_carried3 =
| popular_vote3 =
| percentage3 =
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| map_image = Resultados electorales provinciales 1953.png
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Provinces won by Figueres
| title = [[President of Costa Rica|President]]
| before_election = [[Otilio Ulate]]
| before_party = National Union Party (Costa Rica)
| after_election = [[José Figueres]]
| after_party = National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)
| module = {{Infobox legislative election
| module = {{Infobox legislative election
| embed =yes
| embed =yes
| election_name = Legislative election
| election_name = Parliamentary election
| previous_election = [[1949 Costa Rican general election|1949]]
| results_sec = Results
| next_election = [[1958 Costa Rican general election|1958]]


| seats_for_election = All 45 seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica|Legislative Assembly]]
<!--party1-->
| majority_seats = 23
| party1 = National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)

| party1 = National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)
| leader1 = [[José Figueres Ferrer]]
| leader1 = [[José Figueres Ferrer]]
| percentage1 = 64.7%
| percentage1 = 64.75
| seats1 = 30
| seats1 = 30
| last_election1 = New
| last_election1 = 3


| party2 = Democratic Party (Costa Rica)
<!--party2-->
| leader2 = {{ill|Fernando Castro Cervantes|es}}
| party2 = Democratic Party (Costa Rica)
| percentage2 = 21.19
| leader2 = Fernando Castro Cervantes
| percentage2 = 21.2%
| seats2 = 11
| seats2 = 11
| last_election2 = New
| last_election2 = 2


| party3 = National Republican Party (Costa Rica)
<!--party3-->
| party3 = National Republican Party (Costa Rica)
| leader3 = [[Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia]]
| leader3 = [[Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia]]
| percentage3 = 7.2%
| percentage3 = 7.21
| seats3 = 3
| seats3 = 3
| last_election3 = 0
| last_election3 = New


| party4 = National Union Party (Costa Rica)
<!--party4-->
| party4 = National Union Party (Costa Rica)
| leader4 = [[Otilio Ulate Blanco]]
| leader4 = [[Otilio Ulate Blanco]]
| percentage4 = 6.9%
| percentage4 = 6.85
| seats4 = 1
| seats4 = 1
| last_election4 = 34
| last_election4 = 35
}}
}}
}}{{Politics of Costa Rica}}


| module = {{Infobox legislative election
'''General elections''' were held in [[Costa Rica]] on 26 July 1953.<ref name=DN>Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p155 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}</ref> [[José Figueres Ferrer]] of the [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 67.2 percent in the presidential election and 67.5 percent in the parliamentary election.<ref>Nohlen, p156</ref>
| embed = yes
| election_name = Maps


| map = {{switcher|[[File:Resultados 1953 Presidente.svg|300px]]|Presidential results by canton|[[File:Resultados 1953 Presidente (Provincial).svg|300px]]|Presidential results by province|[[File:Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 1953 - Diputados por Provincia.svg|300px]]|Parliamentary results by province|default=2}}
This was Costa Rica’s first election since the end of the [[Costa Rican Civil War|1948 Civil War]], and [[democracy|democratic guarantees]] were not fully restored.


}}}}}}}}{{Politics of Costa Rica}}[[File:Papeleta 1953.jpg|thumb|right|A ballot paper from the elections]]
José Figueres, the caudillo of the victorious National Liberation Army faction in the Civil War, was the candidate of the newly founded National Liberation Party (PLN).<ref name="Hernandez">{{cite journal|last1=Hernández Naranjo|first1=Gerardo|title=Reseña de las elecciones presidenciales de 1953|url=http://163.178.170.110/AtlasFinal2/documentos/ResenaHistoricaEleccion/1953.pdf|accessdate=13 April 2016|language=Spanish|journal=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001045659/http://163.178.170.110/AtlasFinal2/documentos/ResenaHistoricaEleccion/1953.pdf|archive-date=2015-10-01|url-status=dead|df=}}</ref> Liberal [[Mario Echandi]] tried to be the candidate from then-ruling [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|National Union Party]] (PUN), but his candidacy was denied by the [[Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica|Electoral Tribunal]] due to purported irregularities in the adherents' signatures.<ref name="Hernandez"/> This move was highly criticized by Figueres' opponents as an action in favor of Figueres' candidacy.<ref name="Hernandez"/>

General elections were held in [[Costa Rica]] on 26 July 1953.<ref name=DN>[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p155 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}</ref> [[José Figueres Ferrer]] of the [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 67% in the presidential election and 68% in the parliamentary election.<ref>Nohlen, p156</ref> Local elections were also held.

This was Costa Rica's first election since the end of the [[Costa Rican Civil War|1948 Civil War]], and [[democracy|democratic guarantees]] were not fully restored.

José Figueres, the caudillo of the victorious National Liberation Army faction in the Civil War, was the candidate of the newly founded National Liberation Party (PLN).<ref name="Hernandez">{{cite journal|last1=Hernández Naranjo|first1=Gerardo|title=Reseña de las elecciones presidenciales de 1953|url=http://163.178.170.110/AtlasFinal2/documentos/ResenaHistoricaEleccion/1953.pdf|access-date=13 April 2016|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001045659/http://163.178.170.110/AtlasFinal2/documentos/ResenaHistoricaEleccion/1953.pdf|archive-date=2015-10-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> Liberal [[Mario Echandi]] tried to be the candidate from then-ruling [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|National Union Party]] (PUN), but his candidacy was denied by the [[Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica|Electoral Tribunal]] due to purported irregularities in the adherents' signatures.<ref name="Hernandez"/> This move was highly criticized by Figueres' opponents as an action in favor of Figueres' candidacy.<ref name="Hernandez"/>


As PUN was unable to participate, the only other candidacy alternate to Figueres was made by the Democratic Party, which nominated wealthy industrial magnate Fernando Castro Cervantes.<ref name="Hernandez"/> The three parties—PLN, PUN and Democratic—were all formerly united in opposition against the 1940s governments of [[Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia|Rafael Angel Calderón]] and his allies, who were viewed as having caused the civil war. Yet, after the war, such unification ceased.<ref name="Hernandez"/>
As PUN was unable to participate, the only other candidacy alternate to Figueres was made by the Democratic Party, which nominated wealthy industrial magnate Fernando Castro Cervantes.<ref name="Hernandez"/> The three parties—PLN, PUN and Democratic—were all formerly united in opposition against the 1940s governments of [[Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia|Rafael Angel Calderón]] and his allies, who were viewed as having caused the civil war. Yet, after the war, such unification ceased.<ref name="Hernandez"/>
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The losing sides in the civil war, mostly the [[National Republican Party (Costa Rica)|Republicans]] (Calderón supporters) and the [[People's Vanguard Party (Costa Rica)|Communists]], were unable to participate as the Republicans' party was disbanded and the Communist Party was constitutionally outlawed.<ref name="Hernandez"/> The Republicans were nonetheless allowed to participate in the legislative ballot with a provincial party in [[San José Province|San José]] called the "Independent" Republican Party, and thereby gained some seats. As expected, Figueres won by a [[landslide victory]].<ref name="Hernandez"/>
The losing sides in the civil war, mostly the [[National Republican Party (Costa Rica)|Republicans]] (Calderón supporters) and the [[People's Vanguard Party (Costa Rica)|Communists]], were unable to participate as the Republicans' party was disbanded and the Communist Party was constitutionally outlawed.<ref name="Hernandez"/> The Republicans were nonetheless allowed to participate in the legislative ballot with a provincial party in [[San José Province|San José]] called the "Independent" Republican Party, and thereby gained some seats. As expected, Figueres won by a [[landslide victory]].<ref name="Hernandez"/>


==Results==
==Background==
The [[1948 Costa Rican general election|1948 general elections]] had resulted in [[Otilio Ulate Blanco]], National Union Party's nominee, winning over former president [[Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia]] and his coalition of the [[Communism|communist]] [[People's Vanguard Party (Costa Rica)|People's Vanguard Party]] and the ''[[Christian Socialism|socialcristiano]]'' [[National Republican Party (Costa Rica)|National Republican Party]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Castro Vega |first1=Óscar |title=Fin de la Segunda República: Figueres y la Constituyente del 49 |date=2007 |publisher=EUNED |location=San Pedro, Montes de Oca |isbn=978-9968-31-530-2 |url=https://editorial.uned.ac.cr/book/U05861 |access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ulate y Figueres |url=https://www.nacion.com/opinion/ulate-y-figueres/6CHJY2KPORD4PFRGU73IAAI63I/story/+&cd=5&hl=es&ct=clnk&gl=cr&client=firefox-b-d/ |website=La Nación |publisher=Grupo Nación |access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref> The annulment of Ulate's victory led to a [[Costa Rican Civil War|civil war]] that resulted in the overthrow of the ''calderonista'' government and the establishing of the "Founding Junta of the Second Republic", led by [[José Figueres Ferrer]]. Figueres, a [[Social Democracy|social democrat]], reached a deal with Otilio Ulate in which the Junta would govern with all powers (executive, legislative, judicial) for 18 months, introducing a wide array of reformist policies and would convene the election of a Constituent Assembly. In return, the Junta would recognize the legitimacy of Ulate's 1948 victory and would return power to him on no later than November 8, 1949, making him the first president of the "Second Republic" for a period no longer than 4 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pacto Ulate-Figueres |url=https://elespiritudel48.org/pacto-ulate-figueres/ |website=El Espíritu del 48 |access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref>


The Junta constituted itself as a [[:es:Gobierno revolucionario de Costa Rica de 1948-49|revolutionary government]], suspended the 1871 Constitution, with the exception of the individual and social rights. It published several executive degrees with force of law repealing labor rights consecrated in the Labor Code, with the objective of firing calderonista and communist public employees.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Contreras |first1=Gerardo |title=ARNOLDO FERRETO SEGURA Y EL PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE COSTA RICA EN LA LUCHA POR LA SEGUNDA Y AUTÉNTICA INDEPENDENCIA NACIONAL |journal=Revista Estudios |date=November 27, 2009 |volume=22 |issue=1 |url=http://www.estudiosgenerales.ucr.ac.cr/estudios/no22/papers/iisec1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019225812/http://www.estudiosgenerales.ucr.ac.cr/estudios/no22/papers/iisec1.html |access-date=14 October 2021|archive-date=2013-10-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Contreras |first1=Gerardo |title=Una lectura crítica a don José Figueres Ferrer. En torno a la Guerra Civil de 1948 y su papel en la Junta Fundadora de la Segunda República |journal=Diálogos Revista Electrónica |date=August 2011 |volume=9 |issue=1 |page=176 |doi=10.15517/dre.v9i1.6145 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/28213227 |access-date=14 October 2021|doi-access=free}}</ref> Alleging the prevention of any potential rise of militarist tendencies looking to frustrate the consolidation of democracy, the Junta [[:es:Abolición del ejército de Costa Rica|abolished the country's armed forces]], keeping only a police force to keep national security. Ever since Costa Rica has had no army. Other policies enacted by the Junta include [[universal suffrage]], allowing women, Afro-descendants and illiterates to vote. The [[Constituent Assembly of Costa Rica]], elected in [[1948 Costa Rican Constituent Assembly election|December, 1948]] approved a new Constitution, based on the previous one but with several changes, after the first, more progressive draft was rejected.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aguilar Bulgarelli |first1=Óscar |title=Costa Rica y sus hechos políticos de 1948 Problemática de una década |date=2004 |publisher=EUNED |location=San Pedro, Montes de Oca |isbn=9968-31-350-5 }}</ref>

The new government agreed to maintain the calderonista social and economic reforms, causing discomfort with oligarchic and conservative sectors. Furthermore, Figueres' decision to nationalize all banks and a 10% [[wealth tax]] were controversial and led to a failed coup attempt by Public Security Minister Edgar Cardona Quirós, in what is now known as the [[:es:Cardonazo]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Guerén |first1=Pablo |title=Murió Edgar Cardona Quirós |url=http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2001/enero/13/pais12.html |website=La Nación, through Wayback Machine |publisher=Grupo Nación |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713001524/http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2001/enero/13/pais12.html |access-date=14 October 2021|archive-date=2015-07-13 }}</ref>

==Results==
===President===
===President===
{{Election results

|cand1=[[José Figueres Ferrer]]|party1=[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]]|votes1=123444
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|cand2={{ill|Fernando Castro Cervantes|es}}|party2=[[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|Democratic Party]]|votes2=67324
!colspan=2|Candidate
|invalid=2330
!Party
|blank=4391
!Votes
|electorate=293678
!%
|source=Nohlen
|-
}}
|style=background-color:#008024| ||align=left|[[José Figueres Ferrer]]||align=left|[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]]||123,444||64.7
|-
|style=background-color:#2136C2| ||align=left|Fernando Castro Cervantes||align=left|[[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|Democratic Party]]||67,324||35.3
|-
|align=left colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes||6,721||–
|-
|align=left colspan=3|'''Total'''||'''197,489'''||'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout||295,925||67
|-
|align=left colspan=6|Source: Nohlen
|}


====By province====
====By province====
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!width=60px| Castro %
!width=60px| Castro %
|-
|-
!style="background:#008024"|
!style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
!style="background:#2136C2"|
!style="background:#2136C2"|
|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|San José Province|San José}}
| align="left"| {{flag|San José Province|San José}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 64.1
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 64.1
| 35.9
| 35.9
|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Alajuela}}
| align="left"| {{flag|Alajuela}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 67.8
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 67.8
| 32.2
| 32.2
|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Cartago}}
| align="left"| {{flag|Cartago}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 75.0
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 75.0
| 25.0
| 25.0
|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Heredia}}
| align="left"| {{flag|Heredia}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 62.5
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 62.5
| 37.5
| 37.5
|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Puntarenas}}
| align="left"| {{flag|Puntarenas}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 58.4
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 58.4
| 41.6
| 41.6
|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Limón}}
| align="left"| {{flag|Limón}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 54.4
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 54.4
| 45.6
| 45.6
|-
|-
| align="left"| {{nowrap|{{flag|Guanacaste}}}}
| align="left"| {{nowrap|{{flag|Guanacaste}}}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 57.9
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 57.9
| 42.1
| 42.1
|- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
|- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
| align="left"| '''Total'''
| align="left"| '''Total'''
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 64.7
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 64.7
| 35.3
| 35.3
|}
|}
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| title=Popular Vote
| titlebar=#ddd
| barwidth=400px
| bars=
{{bar percent|National Liberation|#228B22|64.7}}
{{bar percent|Democratic|#2136C2|35.3}}
}}


===Parliament===
===Parliament===
{{Election results
{{bar box
|image=[[File:Costa Rica Legislative Assembly 1953.svg]]
| title=Popular Vote
|party1=[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]]|votes1=114043|seats1=30|sc1=+27
| titlebar=#ddd
|party2=[[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|Democratic Party]]|votes2=37322|seats2=11|sc2=New
| float=right
|party3=[[National Republican Party (Costa Rica)|National Republican Party]]|votes3=12696|seats3=3|sc3=New
| barwidth=410px
|party4=[[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|National Union Party]]|votes4=12069|seats4=1|sc4=–34
| bars=
|invalid=13872
{{bar percent|National Liberation|#228B22|64.7}}
|blank=8268
{{bar percent|Democratic|#2136C2|21.2}}
|total_sc=0
{{bar percent|Ind. National Republican|#BA151B|7.2}}
|electorate=293678
{{bar percent|National Union|#013D83|6.9}}
|source=Nohlen
}}
}}
{{bar box
| title=Seats
| titlebar=#ddd
| float=right
| barwidth=410px
| bars=
{{bar percent|National Liberation|#228B22|66.7}}
{{bar percent|Democratic|#2136C2|24.4}}
{{bar percent|Ind. National Republican|#BA151B|6.6}}
{{bar percent|National Union|#013D83|2.23}}
}}
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|colspan=6|[[File:Costa Rica Legislative Assembly 1953.svg|center]]
|-
!colspan=2|Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
|bgcolor=#008024| ||align=left|[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]]||114,043||64.7|||30||style="color:green;"| +27
|-
|bgcolor=#2136C2| ||align=left|[[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|Democratic Party]]||67,324||21.2||11||New
|-
|bgcolor=#BA151B| ||align=left|[[Independent National Republican Party]]||12,696||7.2||3||New
|-
|bgcolor=#013D83| ||align=left|[[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|National Union Party]]||12,069||6.9||1||style="color:red;"| –33
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes||22,140||–||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''198,270'''||'''100'''||'''45'''||'''0'''
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||295,925||67||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=6|Source: [http://www.tse.go.cr/ TSE]
|}


====By province====
====By province====
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|-
|-
! rowspan="3"| [[Provinces of Costa Rica|Province]]
! rowspan="3"| [[Provinces of Costa Rica|Province]]
! colspan="2" width="30px"| [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]
! colspan="2" width="50px"| [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]
! colspan="2" width="30px"| [[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|PD]]
! colspan="2" width="50px"| [[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|PD]]
! colspan="2" width="30px"| [[Independent National Republican Party|PRN]]
! colspan="2" width="50px"| [[Independent National Republican Party|PRN]]
! colspan="2" width="30px"| [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|PUN]]
! colspan="2" width="50px"| [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|PUN]]
|-
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#008024"|
! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
! colspan="2" style="background:#2136C2"|
! colspan="2" style="background:#2136C2"|
! colspan="2" style="background:#BA151B"|
! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|National Republican Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
! colspan="2" style="background:#013D83"|
! colspan="2" style="background:#013d82"|


|-
|-
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|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|San José}}
| align="left"| {{flag|San José}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 64.7
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 64.7
|'''10'''
|'''10'''
| 11.4
| 11.4
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|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Alajuela}}
| align="left"| {{flag|Alajuela}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 67.8
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 67.8
|'''6'''
|'''6'''
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 26.4
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 26.4
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|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Cartago}}
| align="left"| {{flag|Cartago}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 75.5
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 75.5
|'''5'''
|'''5'''
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 18.2
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 18.2
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|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Heredia}}
| align="left"| {{flag|Heredia}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 62.2
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 62.2
|'''2'''
|'''2'''
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 31.1
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 31.1
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|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Puntarenas}}
| align="left"| {{flag|Puntarenas}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 59.1
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 59.1
|'''3'''
|'''3'''
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 36.0
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 36.0
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|-
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Limón}}
| align="left"| {{flag|Limón}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 55.0
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 55.0
|'''1'''
|'''1'''
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 30.7
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 30.7
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|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Guanacaste}}
| align="left"| {{flag|Guanacaste}}
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 53.2
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 53.2
|'''3'''
|'''3'''
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 36.0
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 36.0
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|- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
|- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
| align="left"| '''Total'''
| align="left"| '''Total'''
| style="background:#008024; color:white;"| 64.7
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 64.7
|'''30'''
|'''30'''
| 21.2
| 21.2
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===Local governments===
====By canton====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:97%;"
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | {{flag|San José}}
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center"
! style="text-align:centre;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="250"| Parties
! colspan="2"| Popular vote
! colspan="1"| Alderpeople
! colspan="1"| Municipal Syndics
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center"
! width="85"| Votes
! width="50"| %
! width="50"| Total
! width="50"| Total
|-
|-
! rowspan="3"| [[Provinces of Costa Rica|Province]]
| bgcolor="#008024"|
| align="left"| [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] (PLN)
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[Independent National Republican Party|PRN]]
| 115,553 || 64,58 || 163 || 310
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|PD]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|PUN]]
|-
|-
! colspan="1" style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
| bgcolor="#2136C2"|
| align="left"| [[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|Democratic Party]] (PD)
! colspan="1" style="background:{{party color|National Republican Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#2136C2"|
| 42,002 || 23,47 || 64 || 14
! colspan="1" style="background:#013d82"|

|-
|-
! data-sort-type="number"| %
| bgcolor="#BA151B"|
! data-sort-type="number"| %
| align="left"| [[Independent National Republican Party]] (PRN)
! data-sort-type="number"| %
| 10,641 || 5,95 || 5 || 0
! data-sort-type="number"| %
|-
|-
| align="left"| [[San José Canton|San José]]
| bgcolor="#013D83"|
| align="left"| [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|National Union Party]] (PUN)
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 57.46
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 22.47
| 10,636 || 5,94 || 5 || 0
| 11.44
| 8.63
|-
|-
| align="left"| [[Escazú Canton|Escazú]]
| bgcolor="#17C07D"|
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 73.40
| align="left"| Turrialba Independent Union Party (PUIT)
| 10.68
| 103 || 0,06 || 0 || 0
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 13.68
| 2.24
|-
|-
| align="left"| [[Desamparados Canton|Desamparados]]
| colspan="15" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 76.91
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 10.76
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
| 7.83
| 178,935 || 100.00 || 237 || 324
| 4.49
|-
|-
| align="left"| [[Puriscal Canton|Puriscal]]
| colspan="15" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 66.38
| 11.45
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 16.83
| 5.34
|-
|-
| align="left" colspan="2"| Invalid votes
| align="left"| [[Tarrazú (canton)|Tarrazú]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 71.46
| 19,381 || 6.60 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9" rowspan= "4" colspan="2"|
| 8.02
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 12.79
| align="left" colspan="2"| Votes cast / turnout
| 7.74
| 198,316 || 67.53
|-
|-
| align="left" colspan="2"| Abstentions
| align="left"| [[Aserrí Canton|Aserrí]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 70.72
| 95,362 || 32,47
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 12.01
| 11.95
| 5.32
|-
|-
| align="left" colspan="2"| '''Registered voters'''
| align="left"| [[Mora Canton|Mora]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 67.85
| '''293,678''' || '''100%'''
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 18.52
| 9.77
| 3.86
|-
|-
| align="left"| [[Goicoechea Canton|Goicoechea]]
| colspan="6" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 64.69
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 19.35
| 11.39
| 4.57
|-
|-
| align="left"| [[Santa Ana Canton|Santa Ana]]
| align="left" colspan="6"| Sources<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atlaselectoral.tse.go.cr/regiduria/1953/area |title=Elecciones Regidurías 1953 |language=Spanish |website=tse.go.cr |publisher=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |access-date= 21 May 2020}}</ref>
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 71.19
| 11.78
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 14.15
| 2.89
|-
|-
| align="left" colspan="6"|
| align="left"| [[Alajuelita Canton|Alajuelita]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 60.18
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 18.54
| 15.13
| 6.14
|-
| align="left"| [[Vázquez de Coronado Canton|Vázquez de Coronado]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 79.23
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 9.87
| 5.55
| 5.35
|-
| align="left"| [[Acosta Canton|Acosta]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 71.70
| 8.61
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 15.80
| 3.89
|-
| align="left"| [[Tibás Canton|Tibás]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 67.43
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 19.77
| 9.21
| 3.60
|-
| align="left"| [[Moravia Canton|Moravia]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 66.44
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 16.64
| 9.95
| 6.97
|-
| align="left"| [[Montes de Oca Canton|Montes de Oca]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 69.27
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 14.54
| 9.27
| 6.93
|-
| align="left"| [[Turrubares Canton|Turrubares]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 63.50
| 3.41
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 27.74
| 5.34
|-
| align="left"| [[Dota Canton|Dota]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 73.06
| 9.19
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 9.52
| 8.23
|-
| align="left"| [[Curridabat Canton|Curridabat]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 78.52
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 10.59
| 8.12
| 2.77
|-
| align="left"| [[Pérez Zeledón Canton|Pérez Zeledón]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 84.51
| 3.04
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 8.99
| 3.46
|- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
| align="left"| '''Total'''
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 64.70
| style="background:#d57276; color:white;"| 17.35
| 11.40
| 6.55
|}
|}
==Ballot==


{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
<gallery>
|+ class="nowrap" | {{flag|Alajuela}}
File:Papeleta 1953.jpg
|-
</gallery>
! rowspan="3"| [[Provinces of Costa Rica|Province]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|PD]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|PUN]]
|-
! colspan="1" style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#2136C2"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#013d82"|

|-
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
|-
| align="left"| [[Alajuela Canton|Alajuela]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 64.77
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 30.75
| 4.48
|-
| align="left"| [[San Ramón Canton|San Ramón]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 68.53
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 19.28
| 12.19
|-
| align="left"| [[Grecia Canton|Grecia]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 66.72
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 29.60
| 3.69
|-
| align="left"| [[San Mateo Canton|San Mateo]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 70.44
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 24.50
| 5.05
|-
| align="left"| [[Atenas Canton|Atenas]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 68.07
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 20.91
| 11.02
|-
| align="left"| [[Naranjo Canton|Naranjo]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 77.94
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 18.62
| 3.44
|-
| align="left"| [[Palmares Canton|Palmares]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 69.48
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 23.82
| 6.70
|-
| align="left"| [[Poás Canton|Poás]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 77.15
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 16.44
| 6.42
|-
| align="left"| [[Orotina Canton|Orotina]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 57.80
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 39.16
| 3.04
|-
| align="left"| [[San Carlos Canton|San Carlos]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 67.07
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 28.74
| 4.19
|-
| align="left"| [[Zarcero (canton)|Alfaro Ruiz]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 67.57
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 26.98
| 5.45
|-
| align="left"| [[Sarchí (canton)|Valverde Vega]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 72.82
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 25.41
| 1.77
|- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
| align="left"| '''Total'''
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 67.81
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 26.45
| 5.74
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | {{flag|Cartago}}
|-
! rowspan="3"| [[Provinces of Costa Rica|Province]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|PD]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|PUN]]
|-
! colspan="1" style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#2136C2"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#013d82"|

|-
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
|-
| align="left"| [[Cartago Canton|Cartago]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 77.45
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 15.65
| 6.91
|-
| align="left"| [[Paraíso Canton|Paraíso]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 67.86
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 16.67
| 12.47
|-
| align="left"| [[La Unión Canton|La Unión]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 71.25
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 23.66
| 5.09
|-
| align="left"| [[Jiménez Canton|Jiménez]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 82.89
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 10.38
| 6.74
|-
| align="left"| [[Turrialba Canton|Turrialba]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 67.94
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 27.13
| 4.93
|-
| align="left"| [[Alvarado Canton|Alvarado]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 84.42
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 13.09
| 2.49
|-
| align="left"| [[Oreamuno Canton|Oreamuno]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 87.48
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 6.35
| 6.17
|-
| align="left"| [[El Guarco Canton|El Guarco]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 81.08
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 17.68
| 1.24
|- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
| align="left"| '''Total'''
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 75.52
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 18.23
| 6.25
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | {{flag|Heredia}}
|-
! rowspan="3"| [[Provinces of Costa Rica|Province]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|PD]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|PUN]]
|-
! colspan="1" style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#2136C2"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#013d82"|

|-
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
|-
| align="left"| [[Heredia Canton|Heredia]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 62.37
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 30.37
| 7.26
|-
| align="left"| [[Barva Canton|Barva]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 59.87
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 35.39
| 4.74
|-
| align="left"| [[Santo Domingo (canton), Costa Rica|Santo Domingo]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 61.36
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 33.78
| 4.86
|-
| align="left"| [[Santa Bárbara Canton|Santa Bárbara]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 66.16
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 27.55
| 6.28
|-
| align="left"| [[San Rafael Canton|San Rafael]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 63.99
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 27.26
| 8.75
|-
| align="left"| [[San Isidro Canton|San Isidro]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 68.64
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 27.75
| 3.61
|-
| align="left"| [[Belén Canton|Belén]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 60.94
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 36.45
| 2.61
|-
| align="left"| [[Flores Canton|Flores]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 61.77
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 27.76
| 10.47
|- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
| align="left"| '''Total'''
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 62.59
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 31.10
| 6.32
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | {{flag|Guanacaste}}
|-
! rowspan="3"| [[Provinces of Costa Rica|Province]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|PD]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|PUN]]
|-
! colspan="1" style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#2136C2"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#013d82"|

|-
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
|-
| align="left"| [[Liberia Canton|Liberia]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 58.02
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 30.85
| 11.13
|-
| align="left"| [[Nicoya Canton|Nicoya]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 48.09
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 38.41
| 13.51
|-
| align="left"| [[Santa Cruz (canton), Costa Rica|Santa Cruz]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 49.57
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 43.32
| 7.12
|-
| align="left"| [[Bagaces Canton|Bagaces]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 61.39
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 30.89
| 7.72
|-
| align="left"| [[Carrillo Canton|Carrillo]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 54.20
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 33.22
| 12.59
|-
| align="left"| [[Cañas Canton|Cañas]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 49.16
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 46.90
| 3.94
|-
| align="left"| [[Abangares Canton|Abangares]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 63.57
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 30.09
| 6.35
|-
| align="left"| [[Tilarán Canton|Tilarán]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 63.15
| 17.91
| style="background:#809ec0; color:white;"| 18.94
|- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
| align="left"| '''Total'''
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 53.25
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 35.97
| 10.79
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | {{flag|Puntarenas}}
|-
! rowspan="3"| [[Provinces of Costa Rica|Province]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|PD]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|PUN]]
|-
! colspan="1" style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#2136C2"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#013d82"|

|-
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
|-
| align="left"| [[Puntarenas Canton|Puntarenas]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 62.64
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 34.22
| 3.15
|-
| align="left"| [[Esparza Canton|Esparza]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 58.99
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 37.92
| 3.10
|-
| align="left"| [[Buenos Aires Canton|Buenos Aires]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 83.85
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 14.36
| 1.79
|-
| align="left"| [[Montes de Oro Canton|Montes de Oro]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 57.96
| 19.46
| style="background:#809ec0; color:white;"| 22.59
|-
| align="left"| [[Osa Canton|Osa]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 53.02
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 41.70
| 5.28
|-
| align="left"| [[Quepos (canton)|Aguirre]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 53.22
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 44.74
| 2.04
|-
| align="left"| [[Golfito Canton|Golfito]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 54.92
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 35.31
| 9.77
|- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
| align="left"| '''Total'''
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 59.14
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 35.97
| 4.90
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | {{flag|Limón}}
|-
! rowspan="3"| [[Provinces of Costa Rica|Province]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|PD]]
! colspan="1" width="40px"| [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|PUN]]
|-
! colspan="1" style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#2136C2"|
! colspan="1" style="background:#013d82"|

|-
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| %
|-
| align="left"| [[Limón Canton|Limón]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 57.57
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 35.05
| 7.38
|-
| align="left"| [[Pococí Canton|Pococí]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 53.61
| 17.35
| style="background:#809ec0; color:white;"| 29.04
|-
| align="left"| [[Siquirres Canton|Siquirres]]
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 45.54
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 34.84
| 19.62
|- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
| align="left"| '''Total'''
| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 55.00
| style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 30.72
| 14.28
|}

===Local government===
{{Election results
|seattype1=Alderpeople|seattype2=Municipal<br>syndics
|party1=[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]]|votes1=115553|st1t1=163|st2t1=310
|party2=[[Democratic Party (Costa Rica)|Democratic Party]]|votes2=42002|st1t2=64|st2t2=14
|party3=[[National Republican Party (Costa Rica)|National Republican Party]]|votes3=10641|st1t3=5|st2t3=0
|party4=[[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|National Union Party]]|votes4=10636|st1t4=5|st2t4=0
|party5=Turrialba Independent Union Party|votes5=103|st1t5=0|st2t5=0|color5=#17C07D
|invalid=19381
|electorate=293678
|source=TSE<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atlaselectoral.tse.go.cr/regiduria/1953/area |title=Elecciones Regidurías 1953 |language=es |website=tse.go.cr |publisher=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |access-date= 21 May 2020}}</ref>
}}

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Latest revision as of 17:51, 25 December 2024

1953 Costa Rican general election
26 July 1953
Presidential election
← 1948
1958 →
 
Nominee José Figueres Ferrer Fernando Castro Cervantes [es]
Party PLN Democratic
Popular vote 123,444 67,324
Percentage 64.71% 35.29%
President before election

Otilio Ulate
PUN

Elected President

José Figueres Ferrer
PLN

Parliamentary election
← 1949
1958 →
All 45 seats in the Legislative Assembly
23 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PLN José Figueres Ferrer 64.75 30 +27
Democratic Fernando Castro Cervantes [es] 21.19 11 New
PRN Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia 7.21 3 New
PUN Otilio Ulate Blanco 6.85 1 −34
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 26 July 1953.[1] José Figueres Ferrer of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 67% in the presidential election and 68% in the parliamentary election.[2] Local elections were also held.

This was Costa Rica's first election since the end of the 1948 Civil War, and democratic guarantees were not fully restored.

José Figueres, the caudillo of the victorious National Liberation Army faction in the Civil War, was the candidate of the newly founded National Liberation Party (PLN).[3] Liberal Mario Echandi tried to be the candidate from then-ruling National Union Party (PUN), but his candidacy was denied by the Electoral Tribunal due to purported irregularities in the adherents' signatures.[3] This move was highly criticized by Figueres' opponents as an action in favor of Figueres' candidacy.[3]

As PUN was unable to participate, the only other candidacy alternate to Figueres was made by the Democratic Party, which nominated wealthy industrial magnate Fernando Castro Cervantes.[3] The three parties—PLN, PUN and Democratic—were all formerly united in opposition against the 1940s governments of Rafael Angel Calderón and his allies, who were viewed as having caused the civil war. Yet, after the war, such unification ceased.[3]

The losing sides in the civil war, mostly the Republicans (Calderón supporters) and the Communists, were unable to participate as the Republicans' party was disbanded and the Communist Party was constitutionally outlawed.[3] The Republicans were nonetheless allowed to participate in the legislative ballot with a provincial party in San José called the "Independent" Republican Party, and thereby gained some seats. As expected, Figueres won by a landslide victory.[3]

Background

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The 1948 general elections had resulted in Otilio Ulate Blanco, National Union Party's nominee, winning over former president Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia and his coalition of the communist People's Vanguard Party and the socialcristiano National Republican Party.[4][5] The annulment of Ulate's victory led to a civil war that resulted in the overthrow of the calderonista government and the establishing of the "Founding Junta of the Second Republic", led by José Figueres Ferrer. Figueres, a social democrat, reached a deal with Otilio Ulate in which the Junta would govern with all powers (executive, legislative, judicial) for 18 months, introducing a wide array of reformist policies and would convene the election of a Constituent Assembly. In return, the Junta would recognize the legitimacy of Ulate's 1948 victory and would return power to him on no later than November 8, 1949, making him the first president of the "Second Republic" for a period no longer than 4 years.[6]

The Junta constituted itself as a revolutionary government, suspended the 1871 Constitution, with the exception of the individual and social rights. It published several executive degrees with force of law repealing labor rights consecrated in the Labor Code, with the objective of firing calderonista and communist public employees.[7][8] Alleging the prevention of any potential rise of militarist tendencies looking to frustrate the consolidation of democracy, the Junta abolished the country's armed forces, keeping only a police force to keep national security. Ever since Costa Rica has had no army. Other policies enacted by the Junta include universal suffrage, allowing women, Afro-descendants and illiterates to vote. The Constituent Assembly of Costa Rica, elected in December, 1948 approved a new Constitution, based on the previous one but with several changes, after the first, more progressive draft was rejected.[9]

The new government agreed to maintain the calderonista social and economic reforms, causing discomfort with oligarchic and conservative sectors. Furthermore, Figueres' decision to nationalize all banks and a 10% wealth tax were controversial and led to a failed coup attempt by Public Security Minister Edgar Cardona Quirós, in what is now known as the es:Cardonazo.[10]

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyVotes%
José Figueres FerrerNational Liberation Party123,44464.71
Fernando Castro Cervantes [es]Democratic Party67,32435.29
Total190,768100.00
Valid votes190,76896.60
Invalid votes2,3301.18
Blank votes4,3912.22
Total votes197,489100.00
Registered voters/turnout293,67867.25
Source: Nohlen

By province

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Province Figueres % Castro %
 San José Province 64.1 35.9
 Alajuela 67.8 32.2
 Cartago 75.0 25.0
 Heredia 62.5 37.5
 Puntarenas 58.4 41.6
 Limón 54.4 45.6
 Guanacaste 57.9 42.1
Total 64.7 35.3

Parliament

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Liberation Party114,04364.7530+27
Democratic Party37,32221.1911New
National Republican Party12,6967.213New
National Union Party12,0696.851–34
Total176,130100.00450
Valid votes176,13088.83
Invalid votes13,8727.00
Blank votes8,2684.17
Total votes198,270100.00
Registered voters/turnout293,67867.51
Source: Nohlen

By province

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Province PLN PD PRN PUN
% S % S % S % S
 San José 64.7 10 11.4 2 17.3 3 6.6 1
 Alajuela 67.8 6 26.4 2 - - 5.7 0
 Cartago 75.5 5 18.2 1 - - 6.3 0
 Heredia 62.2 2 31.1 1 - - 6.3 0
 Puntarenas 59.1 3 36.0 2 - - 4.9 0
 Limón 55.0 1 30.7 1 - - 14.3 0
 Guanacaste 53.2 3 36.0 2 - - 10.8 0
Total 64.7 30 21.2 11 7.2 3 6.9 1

By canton

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 San José
Province PLN PRN PD PUN
% % % %
San José 57.46 22.47 11.44 8.63
Escazú 73.40 10.68 13.68 2.24
Desamparados 76.91 10.76 7.83 4.49
Puriscal 66.38 11.45 16.83 5.34
Tarrazú 71.46 8.02 12.79 7.74
Aserrí 70.72 12.01 11.95 5.32
Mora 67.85 18.52 9.77 3.86
Goicoechea 64.69 19.35 11.39 4.57
Santa Ana 71.19 11.78 14.15 2.89
Alajuelita 60.18 18.54 15.13 6.14
Vázquez de Coronado 79.23 9.87 5.55 5.35
Acosta 71.70 8.61 15.80 3.89
Tibás 67.43 19.77 9.21 3.60
Moravia 66.44 16.64 9.95 6.97
Montes de Oca 69.27 14.54 9.27 6.93
Turrubares 63.50 3.41 27.74 5.34
Dota 73.06 9.19 9.52 8.23
Curridabat 78.52 10.59 8.12 2.77
Pérez Zeledón 84.51 3.04 8.99 3.46
Total 64.70 17.35 11.40 6.55
 Alajuela
Province PLN PD PUN
% % %
Alajuela 64.77 30.75 4.48
San Ramón 68.53 19.28 12.19
Grecia 66.72 29.60 3.69
San Mateo 70.44 24.50 5.05
Atenas 68.07 20.91 11.02
Naranjo 77.94 18.62 3.44
Palmares 69.48 23.82 6.70
Poás 77.15 16.44 6.42
Orotina 57.80 39.16 3.04
San Carlos 67.07 28.74 4.19
Alfaro Ruiz 67.57 26.98 5.45
Valverde Vega 72.82 25.41 1.77
Total 67.81 26.45 5.74
 Cartago
Province PLN PD PUN
% % %
Cartago 77.45 15.65 6.91
Paraíso 67.86 16.67 12.47
La Unión 71.25 23.66 5.09
Jiménez 82.89 10.38 6.74
Turrialba 67.94 27.13 4.93
Alvarado 84.42 13.09 2.49
Oreamuno 87.48 6.35 6.17
El Guarco 81.08 17.68 1.24
Total 75.52 18.23 6.25
 Heredia
Province PLN PD PUN
% % %
Heredia 62.37 30.37 7.26
Barva 59.87 35.39 4.74
Santo Domingo 61.36 33.78 4.86
Santa Bárbara 66.16 27.55 6.28
San Rafael 63.99 27.26 8.75
San Isidro 68.64 27.75 3.61
Belén 60.94 36.45 2.61
Flores 61.77 27.76 10.47
Total 62.59 31.10 6.32
 Guanacaste
Province PLN PD PUN
% % %
Liberia 58.02 30.85 11.13
Nicoya 48.09 38.41 13.51
Santa Cruz 49.57 43.32 7.12
Bagaces 61.39 30.89 7.72
Carrillo 54.20 33.22 12.59
Cañas 49.16 46.90 3.94
Abangares 63.57 30.09 6.35
Tilarán 63.15 17.91 18.94
Total 53.25 35.97 10.79
 Puntarenas
Province PLN PD PUN
% % %
Puntarenas 62.64 34.22 3.15
Esparza 58.99 37.92 3.10
Buenos Aires 83.85 14.36 1.79
Montes de Oro 57.96 19.46 22.59
Osa 53.02 41.70 5.28
Aguirre 53.22 44.74 2.04
Golfito 54.92 35.31 9.77
Total 59.14 35.97 4.90
 Limón
Province PLN PD PUN
% % %
Limón 57.57 35.05 7.38
Pococí 53.61 17.35 29.04
Siquirres 45.54 34.84 19.62
Total 55.00 30.72 14.28

Local government

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PartyVotes%Seats
AlderpeopleMunicipal
syndics
National Liberation Party115,55364.58163310
Democratic Party42,00223.476414
National Republican Party10,6415.9550
National Union Party10,6365.9450
Turrialba Independent Union Party1030.0600
Total178,935100.00237324
Valid votes178,93590.23
Invalid/blank votes19,3819.77
Total votes198,316100.00
Registered voters/turnout293,67867.53
Source: TSE[11]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p156
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Hernández Naranjo, Gerardo. "Reseña de las elecciones presidenciales de 1953" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Castro Vega, Óscar (2007). Fin de la Segunda República: Figueres y la Constituyente del 49. San Pedro, Montes de Oca: EUNED. ISBN 978-9968-31-530-2. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Ulate y Figueres". La Nación. Grupo Nación. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Pacto Ulate-Figueres". El Espíritu del 48. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  7. ^ Contreras, Gerardo (27 November 2009). "ARNOLDO FERRETO SEGURA Y EL PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE COSTA RICA EN LA LUCHA POR LA SEGUNDA Y AUTÉNTICA INDEPENDENCIA NACIONAL". Revista Estudios. 22 (1). Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  8. ^ Contreras, Gerardo (August 2011). "Una lectura crítica a don José Figueres Ferrer. En torno a la Guerra Civil de 1948 y su papel en la Junta Fundadora de la Segunda República". Diálogos Revista Electrónica. 9 (1): 176. doi:10.15517/dre.v9i1.6145. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  9. ^ Aguilar Bulgarelli, Óscar (2004). Costa Rica y sus hechos políticos de 1948 Problemática de una década. San Pedro, Montes de Oca: EUNED. ISBN 9968-31-350-5.
  10. ^ Guerén, Pablo. "Murió Edgar Cardona Quirós". La Nación, through Wayback Machine. Grupo Nación. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Elecciones Regidurías 1953". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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