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1982 Costa Rican general election
← 1978 7 February 1982 1986 →
Turnout78.6%
 
Nominee Luis Alberto Monge Rafael Ángel Calderón
Party PLN CU
Home state Alajuela San José
Popular vote 568,374 542,434
Percentage 58.8% 33.6%
In green provinces won by Monge
President before election

Rodrigo Carazo
CU

Elected President

Luis Alberto Monge
PLN

Legislative election
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PLN Luis Alberto Monge 55.2 33 +8
CU Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier 29.1% 18 −9
PU Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz 6.4% 4 +1
MN Mario Echandi Jiménez 3.6% 1 New
PADA Óscar Valverde Rodríguez 1.3% 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 1982.[1] Luis Alberto Monge of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 78.6%.[2]

Affected by a deep economic crisis and tensions with Somoza’s Nicaragua due to Rodrigo Carazo’s support of the FSLN, Carazo's government suffered from extremely low popularity. This naturally affected the Unity Coalition (Carazo's party) and its candidate Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier giving to PLN and its candidate trade union leader and farmer Luis Alberto Monge a landslide victory and the party's biggest parliamentary group in its history (33 deputies). Nevertheless, Unity remained as the second most voted party in the election as Calderón was able to attract the traditional and very loyal Calderonista vote.[3] The crisis was also beneficial for the Left as it achieved a historical high voting and four seats in Parliament (the biggest group since 1948) with Dr. Rodrigo Gutiérrez repeating candidacy from United People. Another candidate was former president Mario Echandi by the conservative and anti-Communist National Movement, but Echandi's candidacy was testimonial receiving almost as many votes as Gutierrez (3% each), according to some due to his incapacity to understand modern times when personal wealth and family origin was not enough to win an election.[4]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Luis Alberto Monge National Liberation Party 568,374 58.8
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier Unity Coalition 325,187 33.6
Mario Echandi Jiménez National Movement 37,127 3.8
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz United People 32,186 3.3
Edwin Chacón Madrigal Independent Party 1,955 0.2
Edwin Retana Chaves Democratic Party 1,747 0.2
Invalid/blank votes 25,103 –
Total 991,679 100
Registered voters/turnout 1,261,127 78.6
Source: Nohlen; Election Resources

By province

Province Monge % Calderón % Echandi % Gutiérrez % Chacón % Retana %
 San José 58.4 32.5 5.3 3.5 0.2 0.1
 Alajuela 59.5 35.5 2.8 2.0 0.2 0.2
 Cartago 61.9 32.8 2.7 2.1 0.3 0.2
 Heredia 57.0 36.3 2.6 3.7 0.1 0.2
 Puntarenas 58.3 32.8 3.3 5.0 0.3 0.3
 Limón 53.9 33.8 3.6 7.8 0.6 0.4
 Guanacaste 60.7 34.6 2.4 1.8 0.2 0.2
Total 58.8 33.6 3.8 3.3 0.2 0.2
Popular Vote
National Liberation
 
 58.8%
Unity Coalition
 
 33.6%
National Movement
 
 3.8%
United People
 
 3.3%
Independent
 
 0.2%
Democratic
 
 0.2%

Parliament

Popular Vote
National Liberation
 
 55.2%
Unity Coalition
 
 29.1%
United People
 
 6.4%
National Movement
 
 3.6%
Alajuelense Dem. Action
 
 1.3%
National Democratic
 
 1.2%
Cartago Agrarian Union
 
 0.8%
Costa Rican Concord
 
 0.5%
Other
 
 1.9%
Seats
National Liberation
 
 57.89%
Unity Coalition
 
 31.57%
United People
 
 7.01%
National Movement
 
 1.75%
Alajuelense Dem. Action
 
 1.75%
Party Votes % Seats +/–
National Liberation Party 527,231 55.2 33 +8
Unity Coalition 277,998 29.1 17 -9
United People 61,495 6.4 3 +1
National Movement 25,824 3.1 1 New
Alajuelense Democratic Action 12,486 1.3 1 New
National Democratic Party 11,575 1.2 0 New
Cartago Agrarian Union Party 7,235 0.8 0 -1
Costa Rican Concord Party 5,014 0.5 0 0
Independent Party 4,671 0.5 0 0
Limonese Authentic Party 3,893 0.4 0 0
Peoples' Action Party 3,546 0.4 0 New
Democratic Party 2,672 0.3 0 0
Cartago Parliamentary Union Party 1,047 0.1 0 New
Puntarenense Authentic Party 1,036 0.1 0 0
Worker-Peasant Party 976 0.1 0 New
National Liberal Progressive Republican Party 708 0.1 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 35,576 – – –
Total 991,566 100 57 0
Registered voters/turnout 1,261,127 78.6 – –
Source: TSE; Election Resources

By province

Province PLN CU PU MN PND PI PD Others
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S
 San José 55.1 12 28.5 6 7.2 2 4.7 1 1.5 0 0.4 0 0.3 0 2.3 0
 Alajuela 55.5 6 30.1 3 3.3 0 2.4 0 0.7 0 0.4 0 0.2 0 7.4 1
 Cartago 57.2 4 25.5 2 3.8 0 2.2 0 0.6 0 1.2 0 0.3 0 9.2 0
 Heredia 54.0 3 32.4 2 8.3 0 3.5 0 1.1 0 0.4 0 0.2 0 - -
 Puntarenas 55.7 3 28.6 2 8.6 1 3.2 0 2.0 0 0.3 0 0.4 0 1.2 0
 Limón 43.5 2 27.0 1 14.2 1 3.4 0 1.8 0 1.4 0 0.4 0 8.4 0
 Guanacaste 59.4 3 32.8 2 3.9 0 3.1 0 0.6 0 - - 0.2 - - -
Total 55.2 33 29.1 18 6.4 4 3.6 1 1.2 0 0.5 0 0.3 0 3.7 0

Local governments

Vote percentage

  PLN (55.91%)
  CU (30.05%)
  PU (6.18%)
  MN (4.19%)
  PND (0.99%)
  PADA (0.98%)
  PAP (0.50%)
  PI (0.37%)
  PUG (0.19%)
  PAL (0.18%)
  POC (0.15%)
  Other (0.31%)
Parties Popular vote Alderpeople Municipal Syndics
Votes % ±pp Total +/- Total +/-
National Liberation Party (PLN) 535,478 55.91 +15.91 299 +86 403 +226
Unity Coalition (CU) 287,825 30.05 -14.57 164 -66 11 -217
United People (PU) 59,161 6.18 -0.25 21 -2 0 0
National Movement (MN) 40,079 4.19 New 4 New 0 New
National Democratic Party (PND) 9,455 0.99 New 2 New 0 New
Alajuelense Democratic Action (PADA) 9,359 0.98 New 2 New 0 New
Peoples' Action Party (PAP) 4,762 0.50 New 0 New 0 New
Independent Party (PI) 3,514 0.45 -0.08 0 -1 0 -1
Generaleña Union Party (PUG) 1,852 0.19 New 1 New 0 New
Limonense Authentic Party (PAL) 1,763 0.18 -0.06 1 0 0 0
Worker-Peasant Party (POC) 1,463 0.15 +0.02 1 0 0 0
New Alajuelita Party (PALNU) 1,073 0.11 New 1 New 0 New
Puntarenense Authentic Party (PAP) 722 0.08 -0.19 0 -1 0 0
Cartago Agrarian Union Party (PUAC) 695 0.07 New 0 New 0 New
Democratic Party (PD) 475 0.05 -0.02 0 0 0 0
Total 957,676 100.00 - 495 +19 414 +8
Invalid votes 33,869 3.41
Votes cast / turnout 991,545 78.65
Abstentions 269,131 21.35
Registered voters 1,269,676 100%
Sources[5]

Ballot

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p157
  3. ^ Lehoucq, Fabrice (27 August 2012). The Politics of Modern Central America. ISBN 9780521515061. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. ^ White, Stephen; Webb, Paul (20 September 2007). Party Politics in New Democracies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199289653. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Elecciones Regidurías 1982". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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