Costa Rican general election, 1986

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 2 February 1986.^[1] Óscar Arias of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.8%.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Óscar Arias	National Liberation Party	620,314	52.3
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier	Social Christian Unity Party	542,434	45.8
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz	People's Alliance¹	9,099	0.8
Alvaro Montero Mejía	United People	6,599	0.6
Alejandro Madrigal Benavides	Christian National Alliance	5,647	0.5
Eugenio Jiménez Sancho	Independent Party	1,129	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		31,078	-
Total		1,216,300	100
Source: Nohlen

¹ The People's Alliance was a coalition of the People's Vanguard Party and the Broad Democratic Front.

Parliament

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
National Liberation Party	560,694	47.8	29	-4
Social Christian Unity Party	485,860	41.4	25	New
United People	31,865	2.7	1	-3
People's Alliance	28,551	2.4	1	New
Christian National Alliance	19,972	1.7	0	New
Cartago Agrarian Union Party	13,575	1.2	1	+1
Independent National Republican Party	10,598	0.9	0	New
Generaleña Union	4,402	0.4	0	New
Alajuelense Democratic Action	4,324	0.4	0	-1
Limonese Authentic Party	3,813	0.3	0	0
Partido Alajuelense Solidario	3,604	0.3	0	New
Independent Party	3,067	0.3	0	0
National Democratic Party	2,054	0.2	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	43,854	-	-	-
Total	1,216,053	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