Costa Rican general election, 1923

Costa Rican general election, 1923
2 December 1923
Turnout 69,577

 
Nominee Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Alberto Echandi Montero Jorge Volio Jiménez
Party Republican Agricultural Reformist
Home state Cartago San José San José
Popular vote 29,338 26,114 14,115
Percentage 42.2% 37.5% 20.3%
President before election

Julio Acosta
Republican

 Elected President

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
Republican

Costa Rica
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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 2 December 1923.[1] Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno of the Republican Party won the presidential election, whilst the party also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 51.5% of the vote.[2] Voter turnout was 70.5% in the presidential election and 83.9% in the parliamentary election.[3]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Ricardo Jiménez OreamunoRepublican Party29,33842.2
Alberto Echandi MonteroAgricultural Party26,11437.5
Jorge Volio JiménezReformist Party14,11520.3
Invalid/blank votes10-
Total69,577100
Source: Nohlen
Popular Vote
Republican
 
 42.2%
Agricultural
 
 37.5%
Reformist
 
 20.3%

Parliament

Party Votes % Seats
Republican Party42,56851.5
Agricultural Party26,03431.5
Reformist Party14,11517.0
Invalid/blank votes0--
Total82,717100
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ↑ Nohlen, p164
  3. ↑ Nohlen, p156
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