1982 Costa Rican general election

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 1982.[1] Luis Alberto Monge of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 78.6%.[2]

1982 Costa Rican general election
7 February 1982
Turnout78.6%
 
Nominee Luis Alberto Monge Rafael Ángel Calderón
Party PLN CU
Home state Alajuela San José
Popular vote 568,374 542,434
Percentage 58.8% 33.6%
In green provinces won by Monge
President before election

Rodrigo Carazo
CU

 Elected President

Luis Alberto Monge
PLN

Legislative election
Party Leader % Seats ±
PLN Luis Alberto Monge 55.2 33 +8
CU Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier 29.1% 18 -9
PU Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz 6.4% 4 +1
MN Mario Echandi Jiménez 3.6% 1 New
PADA Óscar Valverde Rodríguez 1.3% 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Affected by a deep economic crisis and tensions with Somoza’s Nicaragua due to Rodrigo Carazo’s support of the FSLN, Carazo’s government suffered from extremely low popularity. This naturally affected the Unity Coalition (Carazo’s party) and its candidate Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier giving to PLN and its candidate trade union leader and farmer Luis Alberto Monge a landslide victory and the party's biggest parliamentary group in its history (33 deputies). Nevertheless, Unity remained as the second most voted party in the election as Calderón was able to attract the traditional and very loyal Calderonista vote.[3] The crisis was also beneficial for the Left as it achieved a historical high voting and four seats in Parliament (the biggest group since 1948) with Dr. Rodrigo Gutiérrez repeating candidacy from United People. Another candidate was former president Mario Echandi by the conservative and anti-Communist National Movement, but Echandi’s candidacy was testimonial receiving almost as many votes as Gutierrez (3% each), according to some due to his incapacity to understand modern times when personal wealth and family origin was not enough to win an election.[4]

Results

President
Candidate Party Votes %
Luis Alberto MongeNational Liberation Party568,37458.8
Rafael Ángel Calderón FournierUnity Coalition325,18733.6
Mario Echandi JiménezNational Movement37,1273.8
Rodrigo Gutiérrez SáenzUnited People32,1863.3
Edwin Chacón MadrigalIndependent Party1,9550.2
Edwin Retana ChavesDemocratic Party1,7470.2
Invalid/blank votes25,103–
Total991,679100
Registered voters/turnout1,261,12778.6
Source: Nohlen; Election Resources

By province
Province Monge % Calderón % Echandi % Gutiérrez % Chacón % Retana %
 San José 58.4 32.5 5.3 3.5 0.2 0.1
 Alajuela 59.5 35.5 2.8 2.0 0.2 0.2
 Cartago 61.9 32.8 2.7 2.1 0.3 0.2
 Heredia 57.0 36.3 2.6 3.7 0.1 0.2
 Puntarenas 58.3 32.8 3.3 5.0 0.3 0.3
 Limón 53.9 33.8 3.6 7.8 0.6 0.4
 Guanacaste 60.7 34.6 2.4 1.8 0.2 0.2
Total 58.8 33.6 3.8 3.3 0.2 0.2
Popular Vote
National Liberation
 
 58.8%
Unity Coalition
 
 33.6%
National Movement
 
 3.8%
United People
 
 3.3%
Independent
 
 0.2%
Democratic
 
 0.2%

Parliament
Popular Vote
National Liberation
 
 55.2%
Unity Coalition
 
 29.1%
United People
 
 6.4%
National Movement
 
 3.6%
Alajuelense Dem. Action
 
 1.3%
National Democratic
 
 1.2%
Cartago Agrarian Union
 
 0.8%
Costa Rican Concord
 
 0.5%
Other
 
 1.9%
Seats
National Liberation
 
 57.89%
Unity Coalition
 
 31.57%
United People
 
 7.01%
National Movement
 
 1.75%
Alajuelense Dem. Action
 
 1.75%
Party Votes % Seats +/–
National Liberation Party527,23155.233+8
Unity Coalition277,99829.117-9
United People61,4956.43+1
National Movement25,8243.11New
Alajuelense Democratic Action12,4861.31New
National Democratic Party11,5751.20New
Cartago Agrarian Union Party7,2350.80-1
Costa Rican Concord Party5,0140.500
Independent Party4,6710.500
Limonese Authentic Party3,8930.400
Peoples' Action Party3,5460.40New
Democratic Party2,6720.300
Cartago Parliamentary Union Party1,0470.10New
Puntarenense Authentic Party1,0360.100
Worker-Peasant Party9760.10New
National Liberal Progressive Republican Party7080.10New
Invalid/blank votes35,576–––
Total991,566100570
Registered voters/turnout1,261,12778.6––
Source: TSE; Election Resources

By province
Province PLN CU PU MN PND PI PD Others
% S % S % S % S % S % S % S % S
 San José 55.1 12 28.5 6 7.2 2 4.7 1 1.5 0 0.4 0 0.3 0 2.3 0
 Alajuela 55.5 6 30.1 3 3.3 0 2.4 0 0.7 0 0.4 0 0.2 0 7.4 1
 Cartago 57.2 4 25.5 2 3.8 0 2.2 0 0.6 0 1.2 0 0.3 0 9.2 0
 Heredia 54.0 3 32.4 2 8.3 0 3.5 0 1.1 0 0.4 0 0.2 0 - -
 Puntarenas 55.7 3 28.6 2 8.6 1 3.2 0 2.0 0 0.3 0 0.4 0 1.2 0
 Limón 43.5 2 27.0 1 14.2 1 3.4 0 1.8 0 1.4 0 0.4 0 8.4 0
 Guanacaste 59.4 3 32.8 2 3.9 0 3.1 0 0.6 0 - - 0.2 - - -
Total 55.2 33 29.1 18 6.4 4 3.6 1 1.2 0 0.5 0 0.3 0 3.7 0

Local governments

Vote percentage

  PLN (55.91%)
  CU (30.05%)
  PU (6.18%)
  MN (4.19%)
  PND (0.99%)
  PADA (0.98%)
  PAP (0.50%)
  PI (0.37%)
  PUG (0.19%)
  PAL (0.18%)
  POC (0.15%)
  Other (0.31%)
Parties Popular vote Alderpeople Municipal Syndics
Votes % ±pp Total +/- Total +/-
National Liberation Party (PLN) 535,47855.91+15.91 299+86403+226
Unity Coalition (CU) 287,82530.05-14.57 164-6611-217
United People (PU) 59,1616.18-0.25 21-200
National Movement (MN) 40,0794.19New 4New0New
National Democratic Party (PND) 9,4550.99New 2New0New
Alajuelense Democratic Action (PADA) 9,3590.98New 2New0New
Peoples' Action Party (PAP) 4,7620.50New 0New0New
Independent Party (PI) 3,5140.45-0.08 0-10-1
Generaleña Union Party (PUG) 1,8520.19New 1New0New
Limonense Authentic Party (PAL) 1,7630.18-0.06 1000
Worker-Peasant Party (POC) 1,4630.15+0.02 1000
New Alajuelita Party (PALNU) 1,0730.11New 1New0New
Puntarenense Authentic Party (PAP) 7220.08-0.19 0-100
Cartago Agrarian Union Party (PUAC) 6950.07New 0New0New
Democratic Party (PD) 4750.05-0.02 0000
Total 957,676100.00-495+19414+8
Invalid votes 33,8693.41
Votes cast / turnout 991,54578.65
Abstentions 269,13121.35
Registered voters 1,269,676100%
Sources[5]

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References
  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p157
  3. Lehoucq, Fabrice. The Politics of Modern Central America. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. White, Stephen; Webb, Paul. Party Politics in New Democracies. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. "Elecciones Regidurías 1982". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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