1998 Costa Rican general election

General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 1, 1998.^[1] 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.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	Social Christian Unity Party	652,160	47.0
José Miguel Corrales Bolaños	National Liberation Party	618,834	44.6
Vladimir De la Cruz De Lemos	Democratic Force	41,710	3.0
Walter Muñoz Céspedes	National Integration Party	19,934	1.4
Sherman Thomas Jackson	Costa Rican Renovation Party	19,313	1.4
Álvaro González Espinoza	Democratic Party	12,952	0.9
Federico Malavassi Calvo	Movimiento Libertario	5,874	0.4
Jorge González Martén	National Independent Party	4,218	0.3
Alejandro Madrigal Benavides	Christian National Alliance	3,545	0.3
Norma Vargas Duarte	United People	3,075	0.2
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Schwanhäuser	New Democratic Party	3,025	0.2
Yolanda Gutiérrez Ventura	Independent Party	1,377	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		43,715	-
Total		1,431,913	100
Source: Nohlen

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Social Christian Unity Party	569,792	41.2	27	+2
National Liberation Party	481,933	34.8	23	-5
Democratic Force	79,826	5.8	3	+1
Movimiento Libertario	42,640	3.1	1	New
National Integration Party	34,408	2.5	1	New
Costa Rican Renovation Party	27,892	2.0	1	New
Democratic Party	17,060	1.2	0	New
Agrarian Labour Action Party	16,955	1.2	1	+1
United People	15,028	1.2	0	New
National Independent Party	12,794	0.9	0	0
Generaleña Union	12,583	0.9	0	0
New Democratic Party	12,476	0.9	0	New
National Rescue Party	9,588	0.7	0	New
Christian National Alliance	9,176	0.7	0	0
Cartago Agrarian Union Party	7,138	0.5	0	-1
Partido Agrario Nacional	7,497	0.5	0	-1
Alajuelense Democratic Action	6,614	0.5	0	0
Independent Party	6,025	0.4	0	0
Cambio Ya	2,223	0.2	0	New
Convergencia Nacional	2,197	0.2	0	0
Limonese Authentic Party	2,167	0.2	0	0
Cartago Agrarian Force	1,892	0.1	0	New
Independent Guanacaste Party	1,623	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	47,052	-	-	-
Total	1,430,579	100	57	0
Source: Nohlen

^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, pp156-157

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