Costa Rican general election, 1913

Costa Rican general election, 1913
7 December 1913
Turnout 26,989

 
Nominee Máximo Fernández Alvarado Carlos Durán Cartín Rafael Yglesias Castro
Party Republican National Union Civil
Home state San José San José San José
Popular vote 26,989 19,818 17,340
Percentage 42.1% 30.9% 27.0
President before election

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
Republican

 Elected President

Alfredo González Flores
Republican

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 December 1913,[1] the first direct elections since 1844. They were also the first elections to have universal male suffrage, after economic and educational requirements were eliminated.[2] Máximo Fernández Alvarado of the Republican Party won the presidential election, but both he and runner-up Carlos Durán Cartín later resigned and Alfredo González Flores was appointed president by Congress on 8 May 1914.[3] The Republican Party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 78.0% in the presidential election and 78.6% in the parliamentary election.[4]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Máximo Fernández AlvaradoRepublican Party26,98942.1
Carlos Durán CartínNational Union19,81830.9
Rafael Yglesias CastroCivil17,34027.0
Invalid/blank votes6-
Total64,153100
Source: Nohlen
Popular Vote
Republican
 
 42.1%
National Union
 
 30.9%
Civil
 
 27%

Parliament

Party Votes % Seats
Republican Party27,09442.3
National Union19,74730.8
Civil17,21526.9
Invalid/blank votes543--
Total64,599100
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p 155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ↑ Nohlen, p 151
  3. ↑ Nohlen, p 186
  4. ↑ Nohlen, p 156
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