Costa Rican general election, 1919

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 December 1919.^[1] Julio Acosta García of the Constitutional Party won the presidential election, whilst the party also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 74.9% of the vote.^[2] Voter turnout was 57.8% in the presidential election and 42.1% in the parliamentary election.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Julio Acosta García	Constitutional Party	43,832	89.3
José María Soto	Democratic Party	5,260	10.7
Invalid/blank votes		7	-
Total		49,099	100
Source: Nohlen

Parliament

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Constitutional Party	26,751	74.9
Democratic Party	3,014	8.4
Acostista	2,183	6.1
Constitucional	1,911	5.3
Unión provincial	1,123	3.1
Obrero acostista	616	1.7
Constitucional obrero	106	0.3
Acostista conciliador	20	0.1
Invalid/blank votes	190	-	-
Total	35,743	100
Source: Nohlen

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 9780199283576
2. ^ Nohlen, p164
3. ^ Nohlen, p156