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]

Results

President

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 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p164
↑ Nohlen, p156

Elections and referendums in Costa Rica

Presidential elections	1844 1847 1853 1859 1860 1863 1866 1889 1893 1897 1901 1905 1909 1913 1917 1919 1923 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1953 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

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Local elections	2002 2006 2010 2016

Referendums	1870 2007

See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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