1882 Costa Rican general election

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 9 July 1882.[1] They were the first after a long line of successive de facto governments following the coup against Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz by his former ally Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez. Vicente Herrera Zeledón, Costa Rica's first conservative president, was placed in Esquivel's place, but in practice he was a puppet of Guardia's authoritarian regime. After the brief presidency of Herrera who resigned using health reasons as excuse, the political elite appoints Guardia to replace him. However Guardia died in 1882 and elections were called, which were won by Freemason and liberal Próspero Fernández Oreamuno member of the Olympus Generation, an elite group of liberal intellectuals nicknamed as such due to their arrogance.[2]

1882 Costa Rican general election
9 July 1882
Presidential election
 
Nominee Próspero Fernández Oreamuno
Electoral vote 359
Percentage 99.17%
President before election

Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez

 Elected President

Próspero Fernández Oreamuno

Fernández Oreamuno died in office on 12 March 1885, being replaced by the vice president and fellow Olympus member Bernardo Soto Alfaro, for the rest of his term.

Results
CandidateVotes%
Próspero Fernández Oreamuno35999.17
José María Castro Madriz10.28
Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz10.28
Joaquín Lizano Gutiérrez10.28
Total362100.00
Registered voters/turnout363–
Source: TSE

By province
Province Fernández
 San José Province 109
 Alajuela 78
 Cartago Province 66
 Heredia 50
 Guanacaste 28
 Puntarenas 14
 Limón 14
Total 359
Source: Salazar[3]

References
  1. "Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824–2014" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica. 2017.
  2. Molina, Iván. "Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913" (PDF). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 70: 41–57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  3. Salazar, O. (2003) El apogeo de la República Liberal en Costa Rica, 1870-1914, p 176 ISBN 9977-67-131-1
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