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The '''1910 Costa Rican general election''' was held during the presidency of [[Cleto González Víquez]]. This was the last time that [[indirect election]]s were held in [[Costa Rica]] as for the next one in 1913 the [[direct vote]] was implemented.<ref name="molina">{{cite journal |last1=Molina |first1=Iván |title=Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913 |journal=European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies |date=2001 |volume=70 |pages=41–57 |url=http://www.cedla.uva.nl/50_publications/pdf/revista/70RevistaEuropea/70_IvanMolina.pdf |access-date=2018-12-21 |archive-date=2019-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502173816/http://www.cedla.uva.nl/50_publications/pdf/revista/70RevistaEuropea/70_IvanMolina.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Liberal lawyer [[Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno]] was elected for the first time (he will be re-elected two more times, the only person in Costa Rica's history who has been democratically elected three times). Jiménez was very popular in part because of his struggles against the [[United Fruit Company]]'s abusive operations in the country.<ref name="oconitrillo">{{cite book |last1=Oconitrillo |first1=Eduardo |title=La política electoral. Costa Rica en el siglo XX |publisher=EUNED}}</ref> Jiménez was proclaimed candidate in the Teatro Variedades during the first Republican National Convention, Costa Rica's first [[primary election]].<ref name="oconitrillo" /> Jiménez won easily over the other candidate, former president [[Rafael Yglesias]] who ruled an authoritarian, though short-lived, regime. |
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The 1910 Costa Rican general election was held during the presidency of Cleto González Víquez. This was the last time that indirect elections were held in Costa Rica as for the next one in 1913 the direct vote was implemented.[2] Liberal lawyer Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno was elected for the first time (he will be re-elected two more times, the only person in Costa Rica's history who has been democratically elected three times). Jiménez was very popular in part because of his struggles against the United Fruit Company's abusive operations in the country.[3] Jiménez was proclaimed candidate in the Teatro Variedades during the first Republican National Convention, Costa Rica's first primary election.[3] Jiménez won easily over the other candidate, former president Rafael Yglesias who ruled an authoritarian, though short-lived, regime.
Results
First grade election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno | Republican Party | 39,023 | 71.21 | |
| Rafael Yglesias Castro | Civil Party | 15,729 | 28.78 | |
| Total | 54,752 | 100 | ||
| Source:[4] | ||||
By province
| Province | Jiménez % | Yglesias % | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 San José Province
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76.62 | 23.38 | ||||||||
 Alajuela
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62.93 | 37.07 | ||||||||
 Cartago Province
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91.72 | 8.28 | ||||||||
 Heredia
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73.40 | 26.60 | ||||||||
 Guanacaste
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55.21 | 44.79 | ||||||||
 Puntarenas
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64.62 | 35.38 | ||||||||
 Limón
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26.41 | 73.59 | ||||||||
| Total | 71.21 | 28.78 | ||||||||
| Source:[4] | ||||||||||
Second grade electors
| Province | Jiménez | Yglesias | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San José Province
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288 | - | ||||||||
| Alajuela
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192 | 15 | ||||||||
| Cartago Province
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138 | - | ||||||||
| Heredia
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105 | - | ||||||||
| Guanacaste
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42 | 36 | ||||||||
| Puntarenas
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45 | - | ||||||||
| Limón
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3 | 30 | ||||||||
| Total | 813 | 81 | ||||||||
| Source:[5] | ||||||||||
References
- ^ Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica (2008). "Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824-2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Molina, Iván (2001). "Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913" (PDF). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 70: 41–57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ^ a b Oconitrillo, Eduardo. La política electoral. Costa Rica en el siglo XX. EUNED.
- ^ a b Salazar, O. (2003) El apogeo de la República Liberal en Costa Rica, 1870-1914, p 230 ISBN 9977-67-131-1
- ^ Salazar, O. (2003) El apogeo de la República Liberal en Costa Rica, 1870-1914, p 231 ISBN 9977-67-131-1
