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1953 Costa Rican general election
Turnout	67%
	Presidential election
	Results by canton
President before election; Otilio Ulate; PUN	Elected President ; José Figueres; PLN
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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 67.2 percent in the presidential election and 67.5 percent 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

The 1948 Costa Rican general election 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 consagrated 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, afrodescendants and illitarates 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

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	José Figueres Ferrer	National Liberation Party	123,444	64.7
	Fernando Castro Cervantes	Democratic Party	67,324	35.3
Invalid/blank votes			6,721	–
Total			197,489	100
Registered voters/turnout			295,925	67
Source: Nohlen

By province

Province	Figueres %	Castro %
Province
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

Popular Vote

Figueres			64.7%
Castro			35.3%

Parliament

Popular Vote

National Liberation			64.7%
Democratic			21.2%
Ind. National Republican			7.2%
National Union			6.9%

Seats

National Liberation			66.7%
Democratic			24.4%
Ind. National Republican			6.6%
National Union			2.23%

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	National Liberation Party	114,043	64.7	30	+27
	Democratic Party	37,322	21.2	11	New
	Independent National Republican Party	12,696	7.2	3	New
	National Union Party	12,069	6.9	1	–33
Invalid/blank votes		22,140	–	–	–
Total		198,270	100	45	0
Registered voters/turnout		295,925	67	–	–
Source: TSE

By province

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

Local governments

Alderpeople

National Liberation			68.78%
Democratic			27.00%
National Republican			2.11%
National Union			2.11%

Municipal Syndics

National Liberation			95.68%
Democratic			4.32%

Parties		Popular vote		Alderpeople	Municipal Syndics
Parties		Votes	%	Total	Total
	National Liberation Party (PLN)	115,553	64,58	163	310
	Democratic Party (PD)	42,002	23,47	64	14
	Independent National Republican Party (PRN)	10,641	5,95	5	0
	National Union Party (PUN)	10,636	5,94	5	0
	Turrialba Independent Union Party (PUIT)	103	0,06	0	0

Total		178,935	100.00	237	324

Invalid votes		19,381	6.60
Votes cast / turnout		198,316	67.53
Abstentions		95,362	32,47
Registered voters		293,678	100%

Sources^[11]

Ballot

References

^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p156
^ ^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 2015-10-01. Retrieved 13 April 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ 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.
^ "Ulate y Figueres". La Nación. Grupo Nación. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
^ "Pacto Ulate-Figueres". El Espíritu del 48. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
^ Contreras, Gerardo (November 27, 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 2013-10-19. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Guerén, Pablo. "Murió Edgar Cardona Quirós". La Nación, through Wayback Machine. Grupo Nación. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
^ "Elecciones Regidurías 1953". 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, p156

[Hernandez-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 2015-10-01. 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 (November 27, 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 2013-10-19. 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 2015-07-13. 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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 ==Background==
 [[File:Otilio Ulate Blanco cropped.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Otilio Ulate Blanco]], president of [[Costa Rica]] from [[1949]] to [[1953]].]]
-The [[1948 Costa Rican general election]] 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 8th, 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 [[1948 Costa Rican general election]] 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 consagrated 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}}</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|universal suffrage]], allowing women, afrodescendants and illitarates 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 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 consagrated 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}}</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, afrodescendants and illitarates 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==
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 !%
 |-
-|style=background-color:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[José Figueres Ferrer]]||align=left|[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]]||123,444||64.7
+|style=background-color:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}| ||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
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 !width=60px| Castro %
 |-
-!style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}"|
+!style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
 !style="background:#2136C2"|
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|San José Province|San José}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 64.1
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 64.1
 | 35.9
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|Alajuela}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 67.8
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 67.8
 | 32.2
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|Cartago}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 75.0
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 75.0
 | 25.0
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|Heredia}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 62.5
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 62.5
 | 37.5
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|Puntarenas}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 58.4
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 58.4
 | 41.6
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|Limón}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 54.4
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 54.4
 | 45.6
 |-
 | align="left"| {{nowrap|{{flag|Guanacaste}}}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 57.9
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 57.9
 | 42.1
 |- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
 | align="left"| '''Total'''
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 64.7
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 64.7
 | 35.3
 |}
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+{{bar percent|Figueres|{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}|64.7}}
 {{bar percent|Castro|#2136C2|35.3}}
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+{{bar percent|National Liberation|{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}|64.7}}
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-{{bar percent|Ind. National Republican|{{National Republican Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}|7.2}}
+{{bar percent|Ind. National Republican|{{party color|National Republican Party (Costa Rica)}}|7.2}}
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+{{bar percent|National Union|{{party color|National Union Party (Costa Rica)}}|6.9}}
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+{{bar percent|National Liberation|{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}|66.7}}
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-{{bar percent|Ind. National Republican|{{National Republican Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}|6.6}}
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-{{bar percent|National Union|{{National Union Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}|2.23}}
+{{bar percent|National Union|{{party color|National Union Party (Costa Rica)}}|2.23}}
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 |-
-|bgcolor={{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]]||114,043||64.7|||30||style="color:green;"| +27
+|bgcolor={{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}| ||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]]||37,322||21.2||11||New
 |-
-|bgcolor={{National Republican Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[Independent National Republican Party]]||12,696||7.2||3||New
+|bgcolor={{party color|National Republican Party (Costa Rica)}}| ||align=left|[[Independent National Republican Party]]||12,696||7.2||3||New
 |-
-|bgcolor={{National Union Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|National Union Party]]||12,069||6.9||1||style="color:red;"| –33
+|bgcolor={{party color|National Union Party (Costa Rica)}}| ||align=left|[[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|National Union Party]]||12,069||6.9||1||style="color:red;"| –33
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 |-
-! colspan="2" style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}"|
+! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
 ! colspan="2" style="background:#2136C2"|
-! colspan="2" style="background:{{National Republican Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}"|
+! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|National Republican Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
-! colspan="2" style="background:{{National Union Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}"|
+! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|National Union Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
 |-
@@ Line 253: / Line 254: @@
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|San José}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 64.7
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 64.7
 |'''10'''
 | 11.4
@@ Line 263: / Line 264: @@
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|Alajuela}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 67.8
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 67.8
 |'''6'''
 | style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 26.4
@@ Line 273: / Line 274: @@
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|Cartago}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 75.5
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 75.5
 |'''5'''
 | style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 18.2
@@ Line 283: / Line 284: @@
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|Heredia}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 62.2
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 62.2
 |'''2'''
 | style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 31.1
@@ Line 293: / Line 294: @@
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|Puntarenas}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 59.1
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 59.1
 |'''3'''
 | style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 36.0
@@ Line 303: / Line 304: @@
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|Limón}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 55.0
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 55.0
 |'''1'''
 | style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 30.7
@@ Line 313: / Line 314: @@
 |-
 | align="left"| {{flag|Guanacaste}}
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 53.2
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 53.2
 |'''3'''
 | style="background:#6372d4; color:white;"| 36.0
@@ Line 323: / Line 324: @@
 |- style="background:#CDCDCD;"
 | align="left"| '''Total'''
-| style="background:{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 64.7
+| style="background:{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;"| 64.7
 |'''30'''
 | 21.2
@@ Line 343: / Line 344: @@
 | barwidth=350px
 | bars=
-{{bar percent|National Liberation|{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}|68.78}}
+{{bar percent|National Liberation|{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}|68.78}}
 {{bar percent|Democratic|#2136C2|27.00}}
-{{bar percent|National Republican|{{National Republican Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}|2.11}}
+{{bar percent|National Republican|{{party color|National Republican Party (Costa Rica)}}|2.11}}
-{{bar percent|National Union|{{National Union Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}|2.11}}
+{{bar percent|National Union|{{party color|National Union Party (Costa Rica)}}|2.11}}
 }}
 {{bar box
@@ Line 355: / Line 356: @@
 | barwidth=350px
 | bars=
-{{bar percent|National Liberation|{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}|95.68}}
+{{bar percent|National Liberation|{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}|95.68}}
 {{bar percent|Democratic|#2136C2|4.32}}
 }}
@@ Line 370: / Line 371: @@
 ! width="50"| Total
 |-
-| bgcolor="{{National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}"|
+| bgcolor="{{party color|National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
 | align="left"| [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] (PLN)
 | 115,553 || 64,58 || 163 || 310
@@ Line 378: / Line 379: @@
 | 42,002 || 23,47 || 64 || 14
 |-
-| bgcolor="{{National Republican Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}"|
+| bgcolor="{{party color|National Republican Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
 | align="left"| [[Independent National Republican Party]] (PRN)
 | 10,641 || 5,95 || 5 || 0
 |-
-| bgcolor="{{National Union Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color}}"|
+| bgcolor="{{party color|National Union Party (Costa Rica)}}"|
 | align="left"| [[National Union Party (Costa Rica)|National Union Party]] (PUN)
 | 10,636 || 5,94 || 5 || 0
@@ Line 422: / Line 423: @@
 File:Papeleta 1953.jpg
 </gallery>
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}

v t e Elections and referendums in Costa Rica
Presidential elections	1825 1829 1833 1835 1837 1844 1847 1849 1853 1859 1860 1863 1866 1869 1872 1876 1882 1886 1889 1894 1897 1902 1906 1910 1913 1917 1919 1923 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1953 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Parliamentary elections	1849 1853 1859 1860 1863 1866 1869 1872 1876 1882 1886 1889 1894 1897 1902 1906 1910 1913 1915 1917 1919 (Mar) 1919 (Dec) 1921 1923 1925 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 (Feb) 1948 (Dec) 1949 1953 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Local elections	2002 2006 2010 2016 2020 2024
Referendums	1870 2007
See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America