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1974 Costa Rican general election
Turnout	79.9%
	Results by canton
President before election; José Figueres; PLN	Elected President ; Daniel Oduber; PLN
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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 3 February 1974.^[1] Daniel Oduber Quirós of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 79.9%.^[2]

The Left was theoretically outlawed as the Constitution didn't allow the existence of Marxist parties, but the prohibition was not endorsed in practice by that time and even was lifted with a Constitutional reform for the next election.^[3]

Campaign

The government was affected in its popularity by the “Vesco Case” a corruption case involving then president José Figueres and his dubious connections with international criminal Robert Vesco, which caused heat for ruling party's candidate Daniel Oduber.^[3] Rodrigo Carazo, a former member of PLN and Congressman run as an independent candidate. Carazo had problems with Figueres when they both face each other in a primary election previously. Carazo promised to expel Vesco if he won, he also received the endorsement of former president José Trejos.^[3]

Another heated issue was Communism in general, as the election was in the middle of the Cold War. Topics like the diplomatic relationships with the USSR (which candidate Jorge González Martén swear will end in his government). The Catholic Church made a public statement criticizing both Communism and savage Capitalism and calling for a third option.^[3] Both PLN (Social Democrats) and the Christian Democratic Party claim to be that option. The traditional Left represented by Manuel Mora’s Socialist Action Party defended itself arguing that a previous archbishop Victor Manuel Sanabria expressed that Costa Rican Catholics had no quarrel in being members of the Communist Party.^[3] The far-right Free Costa Rica Movement also made a very expensive campaign against Mora's party on the media at the time.^[3]

Another notorious candidate was Gerardo Wenceslao Villalobos, aka GW, a very eccentric candidate nominated by the Democratic Party. Villalobos did a lot of crazy stunts and unusual activities for a candidate, like boxing and wrestling matches or trying to jump in parachute.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
style=background-color:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Daniel Oduber Quirós	National Liberation Party	294,609	43.4
style=background-color:Template:National Unification Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Fernando Trejos Escalante	National Unification Party	206,149	30.4
style=background-color:Template:National Independent Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Jorge González Martén	National Independent Party^es	73,788	10.9
style=background-color:Template:Unity Coalition/meta/color\|	Rodrigo Carazo Odio	Democratic Renewal Party^es	61,820	9.2
style=background-color:Template:Democratic Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Gerardo Villalobos Garita	Democratic Party	18,832	2.8
style=background-color:Template:Socialist Action Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Manuel Mora Valverde	Socialist Action Party^es	16,081	2.4
style=background-color:Template:Christian Democratic Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Jorge Arturo Monge Zamora	Christian Democratic Party^es	3,461	0.5
	José Francisco Aguilar Bulgarelli	Costa Rican Socialist Party^es	3,417	0.5
Invalid/blank votes			21,163	–
Total			699,340	100
Registered voters/turnout			875,041	79.9
Source: Nohlen; Election Resources

By province

Province	Oduber %	Trejos %	González %	Carazo %	Villalobos %	Mora %	Monge %	Aguilar %
Province	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	style="background:Template:National Unification Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	style="background:Template:National Independent Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	style="background:Template:Unity Coalition/meta/color"\|	style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|		style="background:Template:Christian Democratic Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|
San José	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 42.7	29.4	9.0	12.2	3.8	2.0	0.5	0.5
Alajuela	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 45.6	28.4	12.5	9.8	1.7	1.1	0.4	0.5
Cartago	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 43.6	29.4	15.9	5.9	2.7	1.5	0.6	0.5
Heredia	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 42.9	29.9	11.0	9.5	3.0	2.5	0.7	0.4
Puntarenas	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 39.5	36.3	11.0	4.5	2.2	5.5	0.5	0.5
Limón	38.8	style="background:Template:National Unification Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 39.4	7.7	3.4	2.4	7.1	0.5	0.6
Guanacaste	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 49.6	30.0	11.5	4.9	0.8	2.0	0.8	0.5
Total	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 43.4	30.4	10.9	9.1	2.8	2.4	0.5	0.5

Popular Vote

Oduber			43.4%
Trejos			30.4%
González			10.9%
Carazo			9.1%
Villalobos			2.8%
Mora			2.4%
CMonge			0.5%
Aguilar			0.5%

Parliament

Popular Vote

National Liberation			40.9%
National Unification			24.7%
National Independent			10%
Democratic Renewal			7.7%
National Republican			4.9%
Socialist Action			4.4%
Democratic			2.1%
Christian Democratic			2.1%
Cartago Agrarian Union			1.2%
Other			2%

Seats

National Liberation			47.4%
National Unification			28.1%
National Independent			10.6%
Democratic Renewal			5.3%
Socialist Action			3.5%
National Republican			1.7%
Democratic			1.7%
Cartago Agrarian Union			1.7%

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

bgcolor=Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	National Liberation Party	271,867	40.9	27	-5
bgcolor=Template:National Unification Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	National Unification Party	164,323	24.7	16	-6
bgcolor=Template:National Independent Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	National Independent Party^es	66,222	10.0	6	New
bgcolor=Template:Unity Coalition/meta/color\|	Democratic Renewal Party^es	51,082	7.7	3	New
	National Republican Party	32,475	4.9	1	New
bgcolor=Template:Socialist Action Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Socialist Action Party^es	29,310	4.4	2	0
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Democratic Party	14,161	2.1	1	New
style=background-color:Template:Christian Democratic Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Christian Democratic Party^es	13,880	2.1	0	-1
	Cartago Agrarian Union Party	8,074	1.2	1	+1
	Costa Rican Socialist Party^es	6,032	0.9	0	New
bgcolor=Template:Costa Rican Peoples' Front/meta/color\|	Costa Rican Peoples' Front	4,448	0.7	0	New
bgcolor=Template:Independent Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Independent Party	3,282	0.5	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		34,078	–	–	–
Total		699,042	100	57	0
Registered voters/turnout		875,041	79.9	–	–
Source: TSE; Election Resources

By province

Province	PLN		PUN		PNI		PRD		PRN		PASO		PD		PDC		PUAC		PSC		FPCR		PI
	colspan="2" style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	colspan="2" style="background:Template:National Unification Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	colspan="2" style="background:Template:National Independent Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	colspan="2" style="background:Template:Unity Coalition/meta/color"\|			colspan="2" style="background:Template:Socialist Action Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	colspan="2" style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	colspan="2" style="background:Template:Christian Democratic Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|					colspan="2" style="background:Template:Costa Rican Peoples' Front/meta/color"\|	colspan="2" style="background:Template:Independent Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|
	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
San José	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 40.1	9	23.4	5	8.7	2	10.1	2	5.6	1	4.3	1	2.8	1	1.7	0	-	-	1.4	0	1.4	0	0.6	0
Alajuela	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 44.3	5	25.1	3	11.9	2	9.2	1	2.7	0	1.9	0	3.0	0	0.8	0	-	-	0.8	0	-	-	0.3	0
Cartago	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 38.1	3	23.6	2	11.9	1	3.9	0	2.7	0	2.3	0	1.3	0	3.8	0	11.1	1	0.6	0	-	-	0.7	0
Heredia	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 41.1	2	22.7	1	9.8	0	7.4	0	7.4	0	5.7	0	1.5	0	3.5	0	-	-	0.7	0	-	-	0.3	0
Puntarenas	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 38.3	3	29.8	2	10.6	1	4.0	0	5.7	0	7.3	1	1.1	0	1.4	0	-	-	0.5	0	0.8	0	0.6	0
Limón	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 36.9	2	32.6	1	7.1	0	2.3	0	5.0	0	13.9	0	0.9	0	0.8	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	0
Guanacaste	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 46.0	3	23.9	2	10.4	1	5.1	0	5.8	0	3.2	0	0.4	0	4.4	0	-	-	0.3	0	-	-	0.3	0
Total	style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color; color:white;"\| 40.9	27	24.7	16	10.0	6	7.7	3	4.9	1	4.4	2	2.1	1	2.1	0	1.2	1	0.9	0	0.7	0	0.5	0

Local governments

Alderpeople

National Liberation			48.18%
National Unification			32.12%
National Independent			10.28%
Democratic Renewal			5.14%
National Republican			2.57%
Socialist Action			1.71%

Municipal Syndics

National Liberation			89.74%
National Unification			9.48%
National Independent			0.51%
National Republican			0.26%

Parties		Popular vote			Alderpeople		Municipal Syndics
Parties		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/-	Total	+/-
bgcolor="Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	National Liberation Party (PLN)	281,067	42.44	-9.56	225	+38	350	+34
bgcolor="Template:National Unification Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	National Unification Party (PUN)	174,178	26.30	-11.08	150	+17	37	-9
bgcolor="Template:National Independent Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	National Independent Party (PNI)	67,802	10.24	New	48	New	2	New
bgcolor="Template:Unity Coalition/meta/color"\|	Democratic Renewal Party (PRD)	57,036	8.61	New	24	New	0	New
bgcolor="Template:National Republican Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	National Republican Party (PRN)	30,551	4.61	New	12	New	1	New
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Action Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	Socialist Action Party (PASO)	27,614	4.17	+0.40	8	+4	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	Christian Democratic Party (PDC)	14,215	2.15	-0.34	0	-2	0	0
	Costa Rican Socialist Party (PSC)	4,720	0.71	New	0	New	0	New
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	Democratic Party (PD)	2,456	0.37	New	0	New	0	New
bgcolor="Template:Costa Rican Peoples' Front/meta/color"\|	Costa Rican Peoples' Front (FPCR)	1,588	0.24	New	0	New	0	New
bgcolor="Template:Independent Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color"\|	Independent Party (PI)	1,035	0.16	New	0	New	0	New

Total		662,262	100.00	-	467	+138	390	+27

Invalid votes		36,949	5.28
Votes cast / turnout		699,211	79.02
Abstentions		175,830	20.98
Registered voters		875,041	100%

Sources^[4]

Ballot

File:Papeleta 1974.jpg

References

^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p157
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Hernández Naranjo, Gerardo. "Reseña de las elecciones presidenciales de 1974" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 13 April 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Elecciones Regidurías 1974". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[DN-1] Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[2] Nohlen, p157

[Hernandez-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Hernández Naranjo, Gerardo. "Reseña de las elecciones presidenciales de 1974" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 13 April 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[4] "Elecciones Regidurías 1974". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

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