Costa Rican general election, 1978

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 5 February 1978.^[1] Rodrigo Carazo Odio of the Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Rodrigo Carazo Odio	Unity Party	419,824	50.5
Luis Alberto Monge	National Liberation Party	364,285	43.8
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz	United People	22,740	2.7
Guillermo Villalobos Arce	National Unification Party	13,666	1.6
Gerdo Villalobos Garita	Democratic Party	3,822	0.5
Jorge Gonzáles Martén	National Independent Party	3,323	0.5
Carlos Coronado Vargas	Workers' Socialist Organisation	1,868	0.2
Rodrigo Cordero Víquez	Democratic Party	1,613	0.2
Invalid/blank votes		29,065	-
Total		860,206	100
Source: Nohlen

Parliament

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Unity Party	356,215	43.4	27	New
National Liberation Party	318,904	38.9	25	-2
United People	62,865	7.7	3	New
National Unification Party	25,824	3.1	0	-16
Costa Rican People's Front	12,834	1.5	1	+1
Republican Union	8,215	1.0	0	New
Cartago Agrarian Union Party	7,887	1.0	1	0
National Independent Movement	6,673	0.8	0	New
Independent Party	5,774	0.7	0	0
Workers' Socialist Organisation	4,059	0.5	0	New
Democratic Party	3,083	0.4	0	0
Limonese Authentic Party	2,954	0.4	0	New
Costa Rican Concord Party	2,542	0.3	0	New
Partido Auténtico Puntarenense	1,759	0.2	0	New
National Labour Party	1,002	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	39,328	-	-	-
Total	859,888	100	57	0
Source: Nohlen

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 9780199283576
2. ^ Nohlen, p157