- 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]
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Results
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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
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 9780199283576
- ^ Nohlen, p164
- ^ Nohlen, p156
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