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1982 Costa Rican general election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Costa Rica |
| flag_year | state |
| previous_election | 1978 Costa Rican general election |
| previous_year | 1978 |
| next_election | 1986 Costa Rican general election |
| next_year | 1986 |
| election_date | 7 February 1982 |
| module | {{Infobox election |
| embed | yes |
| election_name | Presidential election |
| type | presidential |
| registered | 1,261,127 |
| turnout | 78.63% ( 2.64pp) |
| image1 | Luis Alberto Monge (1984).jpg |
| nominee1 | Luis Alberto Monge |
| running_mate1 | Alberto Fait |
| Armando Aráuz | |
| party1 | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) |
| popular_vote1 | 568,374 |
| percentage1 | 58.80% |
| image2 | Felipe González en rueda de prensa con el presidente de Costa Rica. Pool Moncloa. 27 de enero de 1993 (cropped).png |
| nominee2 | Rafael Ángel Calderón |
| running_mate2 | Luis Chacón |
| José Muñoz | |
| party2 | Unity Coalition |
| popular_vote2 | 325,187 |
| percentage2 | 33.64% |
| map_image | Elección Presidencial de Costa Rica (1982) (Distritos Administrativos).svg |
| map_caption | Results by district |
| Monge: | |
| Calderón: | |
| Tie: | |
| module | {{Infobox legislative election |
| embed | yes |
| election_name | Legislative election |
| seats_for_election | All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly |
| majority_seats | 29 |
| turnout | 78.63% ( 2.57pp) |
| party1 | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) |
| leader1 | Luis Alberto Monge |
| percentage1 | 55.15 |
| seats1 | 33 |
| last_election1 | 25 |
| party2 | Unity Coalition |
| leader2 | Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier |
| percentage2 | 29.08 |
| seats2 | 18 |
| last_election2 | 27 |
| party3 | United People (Costa Rica) |
| leader3 | |
| percentage3 | 6.43 |
| seats3 | 4 |
| last_election3 | 3 |
| party4 | National Movement (Costa Rica) |
| leader4 | Mario Echandi Jiménez |
| percentage4 | 3.60 |
| seats4 | 1 |
| last_election4 | New |
| party5 | Alajuelense Democratic Action |
| leader5 | Óscar Valverde Rodríguez |
| percentage5 | 1.31 |
| seats5 | 1 |
| last_election5 | New |
| map | Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 1982 - Diputados por Provincia.svg |
| map_caption | Results by province |
| title | President |
| before_election | Rodrigo Carazo |
| before_party | Unity Coalition |
| after_election | Luis Alberto Monge |
| after_party | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) |
Armando Aráuz
José Muñoz
Monge:
Calderón:
Tie:
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 1982. Luis Alberto Monge of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 79%.
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. 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.
Results
President
By province
| Province | Monge % | Calderón % | Echandi % | Gutiérrez % | Chacón % | Retana % | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}" | Unity Coalition}}" | United People (Costa Rica)}}" | Independent Party (Costa Rica)}}" | Democratic Party (Costa Rica)}}" | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San José | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 58.4 | 32.5 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| Alajuela | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 59.5 | 35.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| Cartago | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 61.9 | 32.8 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| Heredia | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 57.0 | 36.3 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| Puntarenas | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 58.3 | 32.8 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||||||
| Limón | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 53.9 | 33.8 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | |||||||||
| Guanacaste | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 60.7 | 34.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| Total | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 58.8 | 33.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Legislative Assembly
By province
| Province | PLN | CU | PU | MN | PND | PI | PD | Others | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}" | Unity Coalition}}" | Independent Party (Costa Rica)}}" | Democratic Party (Costa Rica)}}" | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San José | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 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 | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 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 | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 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 | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 54.0 | 3 | 32.4 | 2 | 8.3 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| Puntarenas | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 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 | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 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 | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 59.4 | 3 | 32.8 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| Total | National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)}}; color:white;" | 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
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References
References
- [[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p155 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
- Nohlen, p157
- (27 August 2012). "The Politics of Modern Central America".
- (20 September 2007). "Party Politics in New Democracies". Oxford University Press.
- "Elecciones Regidurías 1982". Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones.
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