Costa Rican general election, 1948

February 8, 1948



Nominee	Otilio Ulate	Rafael Calderón
Party	National Union	National Republican
Home state	San José	San José
Popular vote	54.931	44,438
Percentage	55.3%	44.7%

President before election

Teodoro Picado
National Republican

Elected President

Otilio Ulate
National Union

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 8 February 1948.^[1] Otilio Ulate Blanco of the National Union Party won the presidential election with 55.3% of the vote, although the elections were deemed fraudulent and annulled by Congress, leading to the Costa Rican Civil War later that year.^[2] Following the war, the results of the parliamentary election were also annulled.^[1] Voter turnout was 43.8% in the vice-presidential election and 49.2%.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Otilio Ulate Blanco	National Union Party	54,931	55.3
Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia	National Republican Party	44,438	44.7
Invalid/blank votes		0	-
Total		99,369	100
Source: Nohlen

References

1 2 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p178
↑ Nohlen, p156

Elections and referendums in Costa Rica

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Local elections	2002 2006 2010 2016

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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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