Costa Rican general election, 1932

Costa Rican general election, 1932
14 February 1932
Turnout 75,897

 
Nominee Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Manuel Castro Quesada
Party National Republican Republican
Home state Cartago San José
Popular vote 35,408 22,077
Percentage 46.7% 29.1%
President before election

Cleto González Víquez
National Union

 Elected President

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
National Republican

Costa Rica
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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 14 February 1932.[1] Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno of the Independent National Republican Party won the presidential election, whilst the party also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 46.7% of the vote.[2] Voter turnout was 64.2%.[3]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Ricardo Jiménez OreamunoIndependent National Republican Party35,40846.7
Manuel Castro QuesadaRepublican Union22,07729.1
Carlos María Jiménez OrtizRepublican Party17,31622.8
Max Koberg BolaniNationalist Party1,0961.4
Invalid/blank votes0-
Total75,897100
Source: Nohlen
Popular Vote
National Republican
 
 46.7%
Republican Union
 
 29.1%
Republican
 
 22.8%
Nationalist
 
 1.4%

Parliament

Party Votes % Seats
Independent National Republican Party35,39946.7
Republican Party17,30222.8
Republican Union22,03229.1
Nationalist Party1,0941.4
Invalid/blank votes0--
Total75,827100
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, p166
  3. ↑ Nohlen, p156
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