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1998 Costa Rican general election
Presidential election
Results by canton
Legislative election
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 February 1998.[ 2] Miguel Ángel Rodríguez of the Social Christian Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 70%, the lowest since the 1950s.[ 3]
An economic recession, a teachers' strike due to a pensions' reform and some corruption scandals made President José María Figueres ' government highly unpopular. Thus, government endorsed candidate José Miguel Corrales tried to distance himself from Figueres as much as possible. Corrales won over former President of Congress Jorge Walter Coto Molina in PLN's primaries but the discovery of Voter fraud damaged PLN's image and split the party.[ 4] Miguel Ángel Rodríguez was seen as the natural nominee for this election, and despite the fact that deputy Luis Fishman was rumored as a possible internal opponent, he finally declined and Rodríguez was nominated without the need of primaries, thus keeping the party united. During Figueres' administration the so call Figueres-Calderón Pact was signed between the leaders of the two main parties (and sons of the two caudillos of the 1948 civil war ); him and Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier (Rodríguez political rival) to approve several mutually beneficial laws for both major parties, something that caused outrage among large segments of the population and started the downfall of the two-party system .[ 5]
Results
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría Social Christian Unity Party 652,160
46.96
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José Miguel Corrales Bolaños National Liberation Party 618,834
44.56
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Vladimir de la Cruz de Lemos
Democratic Force 41,710
3.00
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Walter Muñoz Céspedes
National Integration Party 19,934
1.44
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Sherman Thomas Jackson
Costa Rican Renewal Party 19,313
1.39
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Álvaro González Espinoza
Democratic Party 12,952
0.93
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Federico Malavassi Calvo
Libertarian Movement 5,874
0.42
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Jorge González Martén
National Independent Partyes
4,218
0.30
Alejandro Madrigal Benavides
Christian National Alliancees
3,545
0.26
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Norma Vargas Duarte
United People 3,075
0.22
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Schwanhäuser
New Democratic Party
3,025
0.22
Marina Volio Brenes
National Rescue Party 2,681
0.19
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Yolanda Gutiérrez Ventura
Independent Party
1,377
0.10
Invalid/blank votes
43,215
–
Total 1,431,913 100
Registered voters/turnout
2,045,980
69.99
Source: Nohlen; TSE
By province
Popular Vote
Rodríguez
46.96%
Corrales
44.56%
de la Cruz
3.00%
Muñoz
1.44%
Thomas
1.39%
González
0.93%
Malavassi
0.42%
Other
1.30%
Parliament
The country was for the time still under a heavy two-party system dynamics[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] National Liberation Party and Social Christian Unity Party won most of the votes. Nevertheless, some third forces also won seats on the Parliament, among them left-wing Democratic Force won two seats. It was also the first time that liberal Libertarian Movement and Christian conservative [ 9] Costa Rican Renewal won seats (one each) in the Parliament both for their future presidential candidates Otto Guevara and Justo Orozco respectively. The small party National Integration Party led by medic Walter Muñoz won its only seat in history until the 2018 election.
Popular Vote
Social Christian Unity
41.18%
National Liberation
34.83%
Democratic Force
5.77%
Libertarian Movement
3.08%
National Integration
2.78%
Costa Rican Renewal
2.02%
Democratic
1.23%
Agrarian Labour Action
1.23%
United People
1.09%
Nat. Independent
0.92%
Other
5.87%
Seats
Social Christian Unity
47.37%
National Liberation
40.35%
Democratic Force
5.26%
Libertarian Movement
1.75%
National Integration
1.75%
Costa Rican Renewal
1.75%
Agrarian Labour Action
1.75%
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
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Social Christian Unity Party 569,792
41.18
27
+2
bgcolor=Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color |
National Liberation Party 481,933
34.83
23
-5
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Force (Costa Rica)/meta/color |
Democratic Force 79,826
5.77
3
+1
bgcolor=Template:Libertarian Movement (Costa Rica)/meta/color |
Libertarian Movement 42,640
3.08
1
New
bgcolor=Template:National Integration Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color |
National Integration Party 38,408
2.78
1
New
bgcolor=Template:Costa Rican Renovation Party/meta/color |
Costa Rican Renewal Party 27,892
2.02
1
New
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Democratic Party 17,060
1.23
0
New
Agrarian Labour Action Party 16,955
1.23
1
+1
bgcolor=Template:United People (Costa Rica)/meta/color |
United People 15,028
1.09
0
0
bgcolor=Template:National Independent Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color |
National Independent Partyes
12,794
0.92
0
0
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General Union Partyes
12,583
0.91
0
0
New Democratic Party
12,476
0.90
0
New
National Rescue Party 9,588
0.69
0
New
Christian National Alliancees
9,176
0.66
0
0
bgcolor=Template:National Agrarian Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color |
National Agrarian Party
7,497
0.54
0
-1
bgcolor=Template:Cartago Agrarian Union Party/meta/color |
Cartago Agrarian Union Party 7,138
0.52
0
-1
bgcolor=Template:Alajuelense Democratic Action/meta/color |
Alajuelense Democratic Action 6,614
0.48
0
0
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Independent Party
6,025
0.44
0
0
Change Now
2,223
0.16
0
New
National Convergence Party
2,197
0.16
0
0
Limonese Authentic Party 2,167
0.16
0
0
Cartago Agrarian Force
1,892
0.14
0
New
Independent Guanacaste Party 1,623
0.12
0
0
Invalid/blank votes
47,052
–
–
–
Total 1,415,319 100 57 0
Registered voters/turnout
1,881,348
69.99
–
–
Source: TSE ; Election Resources
By province
Local governments
Alderpeople
Social Christian Unity
46.89%
National Liberation
39.10%
Regionalist
4.84%
Democratic Force
4.15%
Libertarian Movement
0.69%
National Integration
0.52%
General Union
0.52%
Independent
0.52%
National Rescue
0.35%
National Independent
0.35%
New Democratic
0.35%
United People
0.17%
Municipal Syndics
Social Christian Unity
66.00%
National Liberation
32.44%
Regionalist
1.56%
Parties
Popular vote
Alderpeople
Municipal Syndics
Votes
%
±pp
Total
+/-
Total
+/-
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Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC)
564,531
40.86
-0.65
271
+39
295
+190
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National Liberation Party (PLN)
488,870
35.38
-10.98
226
-43
145
-178
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Democratic Force (FD)
85,313
6.17
+1.27
24
+2
0
0
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Libertarian Movement (ML)
33,544
2.43
New
4
New 0
New
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Costa Rican Renewal Party (PRC)
25,654
1.86
New
0
New 0
New
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National Integration Party (PIN)
23,896
1.73
New
3
New 0
New
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Democratic Party (PD)
19,204
1.39
New
0
New 0
New
Agrarian Labour Action Party (PALA)
15,157
1.10
+0.76
7
+7
2
+2
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National Independent Party (PNI)
14,975
1.08
+0.49
2
+2
0
0
General Union Party (PUG)
13,378
0.99
-0.65
3
-1
0
0
New Democratic Party (NPD)
12,804
0.93
New
2
New 0
New
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United People (UP)
12,216
0.88
+0.88
1
+1
0
0
National Rescue Party (PRESNA)
11,385
0.82
New
2
New 0
New
Escazu's Progressive Yoke (YPE)
9,699
0.70
New
4
New 3
New
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Independent Party (PI)
8,095
0.59
+0.18
3
+3
0
0
National Agrarian Party (PAN)
7,827
0.57
-0.56
5
-2
0
0
21st Century Curridabat (CSXXI)
5,117
0.37
New
2
New 1
New
National Convergence Party (PCN)
4,044
0.29
+0.05
1
+1
0
0
Alajuelense Democratic Action (PADA)
4,027
0.29
-0.49
1
-2
0
0
Party of the Sun (PdS)
3,628
0.26
New
2
New 2
New
Christian National Alliance (ANC)
2,787
0.20
+0.20
0
0
0
0
Independent Guanacaste Party (PGI)
2,610
0.19
-0.14
2
0
0
0
Cartago Agrarian Force (FAC)
2,430
0.18
New
0
New 0
New
Limonense Authentic Party (PAL)
1,871
0.14
-0.17
1
0
0
0
Humanist Party of Montes de Oca (PH-MdO)
1,870
0.14
New
1
New 0
New
Change Now (CYA)
1,790
0.13
New
0
New 0
New
Independent Belemite Party (PIB)
1,386
0.10
New
1
New 0
New
New Alajuelita Party (PALNU)
1,350
0.10
-0.07
1
0
0
0
Humanist Party of Heredia (PH-Her)
1,128
0.08
New
0
New 0
New
Golfitenean Action Party (PAGOL)
694
0.05
New
0
New 0
New
Total
1,380,833
100.00
-
578
+34
447
+19
Invalid votes
49,341
3.45
Votes cast / turnout
1,430,174
69.99
Abstentions
614,999
30.01
Registered voters
2,045,173 100%
Sources[ 10]
References
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^ Fernández, Oscar Costa Rica. La reafirmación del bipartidismo Revista Nueva Sociedad No.131, PP. 4-10
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