Costa Rican general election, 1936

Costa Rican general election, 1936
9 February 1936
Turnout 75,897

 
Nominee León Cortés Castro Octavio Beeche Argüello Manuel Mora Valverde
Party National Republican National Party Workers and Farmers
Home state Alajuela San José San José
Popular vote 52,924 30,331 4,594
Percentage 60.2% 34.5% 5.3
President before election

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
National Republican

 Elected President

León Cortés Castro
National Republican

Costa Rica
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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 9 February 1936.[1] León Cortés Castro of the Independent National Republican Party won the presidential election, whilst the party also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 59.4% of the vote.[2] Voter turnout was 68.8% in the presidential election and 68.9% in the parliamentary election.[3]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
León Cortés CastroIndependent National Republican Party52,92460.2
Octavio Beeche ArgüelloNational Party30,33134.5
Manuel Mora ValverdeWorkers and Farmers Party4,5945.3
Invalid/blank votes0-
Total75,897100
Source: Nohlen
Popular Vote
National Republican
 
 60.2%
National
 
 34.5%
Workers' and Farmers'
 
 5.3%

Parliament

Party Votes % Seats
Independent National Republican Party53,04759.4
National Party30,81534.5
Workers and Farmers Party5,4486.1
Invalid/blank votes0--
Total89,310100
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, p167
  3. ↑ Nohlen, p156
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