1949 Costa Rican general election

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 October 1949.[1] They followed the introduction of a new constitution after the Costa Rican Civil War. Voters elected a Vice-President (as none had been chosen in the 1948 elections and the Legislative Assembly. The result was a victory for the National Unity Party, which won 71.7% of the vote. Voter turnout was 43.8% in the vice-presidential election and 49.2% in the parliamentary election.[2]

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Results
Party Votes % Seats
National Union Party55,80471.734
Constitutional Party12,25415.76
Social Democratic Party5,1696.63
Cortesist Democrat Partyes1,9312.51
Cartaginese Union Party1,3831.80
Alajuelan Cortesist Democrat Party1,3051.071
Invalid/blank votes0––
Total77,84610045
Registered voters/turnout158,22449.2–
Source: TSE; Nohlen
Popular Vote
National Union
 
 71.7%
Constitucional
 
 15.7%
Social Democratic
 
 6.6%
Cortesist Democrat
 
 2.5%
Cartaginese Union
 
 1.8%
Alajuelan Cortesist Democrat
 
 1.7%
Seats
National Union
 
 75.5%
Constitucional
 
 13.3%
Social Democratic
 
 6.6%
Cortesist Democrat
 
 2.3%
Alajuelan Cortesist Democrat
 
 2.3%

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