1982 Costa Rican general election

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 1982.[1] Luis Alberto Monge of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 79%.[2]

1982 Costa Rican general election

7 February 1982
Presidential election
 
Nominee Luis Alberto Monge Rafael Ángel Calderón
Party PLN CU
Popular vote 568,374 325,187
Percentage 58.80% 33.64%

Results by canton

President before election

Rodrigo Carazo
CU

Elected President

Luis Alberto Monge
PLN

Legislative election
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
PLN Luis Alberto Monge 55.15 33 +8
CU Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier 29.08 18 -9
PU Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz 6.43 4 +1
MN Mario Echandi Jiménez 3.60 1 New
PADA Óscar Valverde Rodríguez 1.31 1 New

Affected by a deep economic crisis and tensions with Somoza's Nicaragua due to Rodrigo Carazo's support of the FSLN, Carazo's government suffered from extremely low popularity. This naturally affected the Unity Coalition (Carazo's party) and its candidate Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier giving to PLN and its candidate trade union leader and farmer Luis Alberto Monge a landslide victory and the party's biggest parliamentary group in its history (33 deputies). Nevertheless, Unity remained as the second most voted party in the election as Calderón was able to attract the traditional and very loyal Calderonista vote.[3] The crisis was also beneficial for the Left as it achieved a historical high voting and four seats in Parliament (the biggest group since 1948) with Dr. Rodrigo Gutiérrez repeating candidacy from United People. Another candidate was former president Mario Echandi by the conservative and anti-Communist National Movement, but Echandi's candidacy was testimonial receiving almost as many votes as Gutierrez (3% each), according to some due to his incapacity to understand modern times when personal wealth and family origin was not enough to win an election.[4]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Luis Alberto MongeNational Liberation Party568,37458.80
Rafael Ángel Calderón FournierUnity Coalition325,18733.64
Mario Echandi JiménezNational Movement37,1273.84
Rodrigo Alberto Gutiérrez SáenzUnited People32,1863.33
Edwin Chacón MadrigalIndependent Party1,9550.20
Edwin Retana ChavesDemocratic Party1,7470.18
Total966,576100.00
Valid votes966,57697.47
Invalid votes20,2412.04
Blank votes4,8620.49
Total votes991,679100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,261,12778.63
Source: Election Resources

By province

Province Monge % Calderón % Echandi % Gutiérrez % Chacón % Retana %
 San José 58.4 32.5 5.3 3.5 0.2 0.1
 Alajuela 59.5 35.5 2.8 2.0 0.2 0.2
 Cartago 61.9 32.8 2.7 2.1 0.3 0.2
 Heredia 57.0 36.3 2.6 3.7 0.1 0.2
 Puntarenas 58.3 32.8 3.3 5.0 0.3 0.3
 Limón 53.9 33.8 3.6 7.8 0.6 0.4
 Guanacaste 60.7 34.6 2.4 1.8 0.2 0.2
Total 58.8 33.6 3.8 3.3 0.2 0.2

Parliament

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Liberation Party527,23155.1533+8
Unity Coalition277,99829.0818–9
United People61,4656.434+1
National Movement34,4373.601New
Alajuelense Democratic Action12,4861.311New
National Democratic Party11,5751.210New
Cartago Agrarian Union Party7,2350.760–1
Costa Rican Concord Party5,0140.5200
Independent Party4,6710.4900
Authentic Limonense Party3,8930.4100
Peoples' Action Party3,5460.370New
Democratic Party2,6720.2800
Cartago Parliamentary Union Party1,0470.110New
Authentic Puntarenense Party1,0360.1100
Worker-Peasant Party9760.100New
National Liberal Progressive Republican Party7080.070New
Total955,990100.00570
Valid votes955,99096.41
Invalid votes24,5602.48
Blank votes11,0161.11
Total votes991,566100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,261,12778.63
Source: Election Resources

By province

Province PLN CU PU MN PND PI PD Others
 % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S  % S
 San José 55.1 12 28.5 6 7.2 2 4.7 1 1.5 0 0.4 0 0.3 0 2.3 0
 Alajuela 55.5 6 30.1 3 3.3 0 2.4 0 0.7 0 0.4 0 0.2 0 7.4 1
 Cartago 57.2 4 25.5 2 3.8 0 2.2 0 0.6 0 1.2 0 0.3 0 9.2 0
 Heredia 54.0 3 32.4 2 8.3 0 3.5 0 1.1 0 0.4 0 0.2 0 - -
 Puntarenas 55.7 3 28.6 2 8.6 1 3.2 0 2.0 0 0.3 0 0.4 0 1.2 0
 Limón 43.5 2 27.0 1 14.2 1 3.4 0 1.8 0 1.4 0 0.4 0 8.4 0
 Guanacaste 59.4 3 32.8 2 3.9 0 3.1 0 0.6 0 - - 0.2 - - -
Total 55.2 33 29.1 18 6.4 4 3.6 1 1.2 0 0.5 0 0.3 0 3.7 0

Local governments

PartyVotes%Seats
Alderpeople+/–Municipal
syndics
+/–
National Liberation Party535,47855.91299+86403+226
Unity Coalition287,82530.05164–6611–217
United People59,1616.1821–200
National Movement40,0794.194New0New
National Democratic Party9,4550.992New0New
Alajuelense Democratic Action9,3590.982New0New
Peoples' Action Party4,7620.500New0New
Independent Party3,5140.370–10–1
General Union Party1,8520.191New0New
Authentic Limonense Party1,7630.181000
Worker-Peasant Party1,4630.151000
New Alajuelita Party1,0730.111New0New
Authentic Puntarenense Party7220.080–100
Cartago Agrarian Union Party6950.070New0New
Democratic Party4750.050000
Total957,676100.00496+19414+8
Valid votes957,67696.58
Invalid/blank votes33,8693.42
Total votes991,545100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,269,67678.09
Source: TSE[5]

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p157
  3. Lehoucq, Fabrice (27 August 2012). The Politics of Modern Central America. ISBN 9780521515061. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. White, Stephen; Webb, Paul (20 September 2007). Party Politics in New Democracies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199289653. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. "Elecciones Regidurías 1982". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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