2014 Costa Rican general election
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Costa Rica held parliamentary and presidential elections on Sunday, 2 February 2014 to elect a new president, two vice presidents, and 57 Legislative Assembly lawmakers.[1] Voting is compulsory in Costa Rica, nevertheless abstentionism was 35 percent in 2006 and 32 percent in 2010.[2] In accordance with Article 132 of the Constitution, the incumbent President, Laura Chinchilla Miranda, was ineligible to run for a second consecutive term.[3]
The ruling party before the election, the centre-left National Liberation Party, put forward the Mayor of San José Johnny Araya Monge as its presidential candidate. The Libertarian Movement party nominated former legislator Otto Guevara Guth. The leftist Broad Front nominated José María Villalta Florez-Estrada. The centrist Citizens' Action Party nominated Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera.
Opinion polls in December 2013 showed Araya ahead with 37 percent, Villalta close behind at 32 percent, Guevara at 15 percent, and Solís trailing at eight percent, suggesting the likelihood of a run-off vote in February.[4][5]
In the presidential election, Solís and Araya came first and second, respectively, with neither candidate reaching 40 percent of the valid poll in the first round of voting, so there will be a second round of voting on 6 April, the first run-off election since 2002.[4][6]
Presidential candidates
- Johnny Francisco Araya Monge – Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN), Mayor of San José
- José María Villalta Florez-Estrada – Broad Front (FA)
- Otto Claudio Guevara Guth – Libertarian Movement (ML), candidate in 2006 and 2010
- Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera – Citizens' Action Party (PAC)
- Rodolfo Emilio Piza Rocafort – Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC); PUSC's original nominee Rodolfo Hernández Gómez withdrew in October 2013 and was replaced by Piza
- Óscar Andrés López Arias – Accessibility without Exclusion (PASE)
- José Manuel Echandi Meza – National Advance Party (PAN)
- Walter Muñoz Céspedes – National Integration Party (PIN)
- Sergio Mena Díaz – New Generation Party (PNG)
- José Miguel Corrales Bolaños – New Fatherland Party
- Justo Orozco Álvarez – Costa Rican Renovation Party (PRC)
- Carlos Luis Avendaño Calvo – National Restoration Party (PRN)
- Héctor Monestel Herrera – Workers' Party (PT)
Opinion polls
If no candidate surmounts the 40% threshold, the two candidates who would qualify for the runoff are marked.
| Date | Pollster |
Rodolfo Piza |
Others | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2013 | Borge y Asociados[7] | 52% | 9.7% | 23% | 8.2% | 3.5% | |
| Aug 2013 | CIEP[8] | 20.2% | 1.4% | 12.4% | 4.1% | 4.5% | |
| Sep 2013 | Unimer[9] | 27.5% | 9.7% | 10.6% | 4.4% | 19% | 26% |
| Oct 2013 | CIEP[10] | 24% | 9.9% | 3% | 4% | 9.7% | 1.3% |
| Nov 2013 | Borge y Asociados[11] | 26% | 16% | 4% | 4% | 19% | 26% |
| Nov 2013 | Cid Gallup[12] | 45% | 15% | 8% | 10% | 21% | |
| Dec 2013 | Unimer[5] | 19% | 19% | 5% | 8% | 22% | 11% |
| Dec 2013 | CIEP[13] | 17% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 15% | 1% |
| Dec 2013 | Cid Gallup[14] | 37% | 15% | 5% | 9% | 32% | |
| 14 Jan 2014 | Cid Gallup[15] | 39% | 18% | 5% | 7% | 26% | |
| 16 Jan 2014 | Unimer[16] | 20.3% | 20.2% | 3.6% | 5.4% | 22.2% | 5.8% |
| 21 Jan 2014 | CIEP[17] | 20.4% | 11.2% | 3.1% | 9.5% | 15.3% | 4.6% |
| 28 Jan 2014 | Cid Gallup[18] | 35.6% | 17.6% | 6.5% | 15.6% | 21% | 3.8% |
| 28 Jan 2014 | CIEP[19] | 17.4% | 7.3% | 3.4% | 11.6% | 14.4% |
Results
President
The results of the final count were declared on 17 February 2014:[20]
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Luis Guillermo Solís | Citizens' Action Party | 629,866 | 30.64 | ||
| Johnny Araya Monge | National Liberation Party | 610,634 | 29.71 | ||
| José María Villalta Florez-Estrada | Broad Front | 354,479 | 17.25 | ||
| Otto Guevara | Libertarian Movement | 233,064 | 11.34 | ||
| Rodolfo Piza | Social Christian Unity Party | 123,653 | 6.02 | ||
| José Miguel Corrales Bolaños | New Fatherland Party | 30,816 | 1.50 | ||
| Carlos Avendaño | National Restoration Party | 27,691 | 1.35 | ||
| Justo Orozco | Costa Rican Renovation Party | 16,721 | 0.81 | ||
| Óscar López | Accessibility without Exclusion | 10,339 | 0.50 | ||
| Sergio Mena | New Generation Party | 5,882 | 0.29 | ||
| Héctor Monestel | Workers' Party | 4,897 | 0.24 | ||
| Walter Muñoz | National Advance Party | 4,388 | 0.21 | ||
| José Echandi | National Integration Party | 3,042 | 0.15 | ||
| Votes cast | 2,099,219 | – | |||
| Blank and null votes | 43,747 | – | – | ||
| Valid votes | 2,055,472 | 100 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,065,667 | 68.19 | |||
Legislative Assembly
Results of the 20th count at midday on 3 February 2014: [21]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberation Party | 432,772 | 25.54 | ||
| Citizens' Action Party | 403,845 | 23.84 | ||
| Broad Front | 221,780 | 13.09 | ||
| Social Christian Unity Party | 169,675 | 10.01 | ||
| Libertarian Movement | 134,235 | 7.92 | ||
| National Restoration Party | 69,712 | 4.11 | ||
| Costa Rican Renovation Party | 67,315 | 3.97 | ||
| Accessibility without Exclusion | 66,953 | 3.95 | ||
| New Homeland Party | 35,019 | 2.07 | ||
| New Generation Party | 21,113 | 1.25 | ||
| Christian Democratic Alliance | 19,547 | 1.15 | ||
| National Advance Party | 14,932 | 0.88 | ||
| Workers' Party | 10,723 | 0.63 | ||
| National Integration Party | 10,020 | 0.59 | ||
| Transportistas Party | 5,000 | 0.30 | ||
| Patriotic Alliance | 4,085 | 0.24 | ||
| Viva Puntarenas | 3,427 | 0.20 | ||
| Green Party | 1,771 | 0.10 | ||
| Homeland, Equality and Democracy | 1,036 | 0.06 | ||
| Homeland, Equality and Democracy of Puntarenas | 968 | 0.06 | ||
| New Socialist Party | 282 | 0.02 | ||
| Blank and null votes | 38,424 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,734,047 | 100 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,065,667 | – | – | |
| Source: TSE | ||||
References
- ^ Costa Rica's 2014 election season is officially open The Tico Times, 2013-10-02.
- ^ Costa Rica: Losing Faith in Democratic Institutions? Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University, 2013-11-11.
- ^ Constitución Política de la República de Costa Rica Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica. Retrieved: 2013-12-28. Template:Es
- ^ a b Newest poll shows Araya and Villalta heading for a runoff election The Tico Times, 2013-12-18.
- ^ a b Encuesta de Unimer: Costa Rica sin favorito a dos meses de elecciones La Nación, 2013-12-01. Template:Es
- ^ Supreme Elections Tribunal begins manual recount of presidential votes The Tico Times, 2014-02-04.
- ^ http://new.diarioextra.com/Dnew/noticiaDetalle/137814
- ^ http://www.semanariouniversidad.ucr.cr/noticias/pais/11445-encuesta-del-ciep-para-universidad-oferta-de-candidatos-no-atrae-votantes.html
- ^ http://www.nacion.com/nacional/politica/Nueva-Unimer-Johnny-Araya-electoral_0_1368063225.html
- ^ http://www.teletica.com/Noticias/29705-Sondeo-de-la-UCR-Araya-firme-Villalta-y-Guevara-se-reparten-lo-que-dejo-el-doctor.note.aspx
- ^ http://www.diarioextra.com/Dnew/noticiaDetalle/217947
- ^ http://www.monumental.co.cr/noticia/johnny-araya-ganaria-elecciones-en-primera-ronda-segun-encuesta
- ^ http://www.semanariouniversidad.ucr.cr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12079&Itemid=70
- ^ https://www.larepublica.net/app/cms/www/index.php?pk_articulo=533309288
- ^ http://www.repretel.com/nueva-encuesta-anticipa-lucha-cerrada-por-la-presidencia-del-pa%C3%ADs
- ^ http://www.nacion.com/nacional/elecciones2014/Pais-indeciso-camina-segunda-electoral_0_1390860962.html
- ^ Encuesta del CIEP: Johnny Araya frena caída y toma leve ventaja, Semanario, 21 January 2014
- ^ Cerrada lucha por la Presidencia entre cuatro candidatos, informa-TICO.com, 28 January 2014
- ^ Nueva encuesta del CIEP: Indecisión crece a pocos días de las elecciones, Semanario, 28 January 2014
- ^ Resultados Electorales: Total General Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones 2014-02-17. Template:Es
- ^ Diputados Corte Número 20 Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones 2014-02-03. Template:Es
