Costa Rican general election, 1998

February 1, 1998^[1]

Provinces won by Rodriguez in blue, Corrales in green

President before election

José María Figueres
National Liberation

Elected President

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Social Christian Unity

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 1, 1998.^[2] Miguel Ángel Rodríguez of the Social Christian Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 70%, the lowest since the 1950s.^[3]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	Social Christian Unity Party	652,160	47.1
José Miguel Corrales Bolaños	National Liberation Party	618,834	44.6
Vladimir De la Cruz De Lemos	Democratic Force	41,710	3.0
Walter Muñoz Céspedes	National Integration Party	19,934	1.4
Sherman Thomas Jackson	Costa Rican Renovation Party	19,313	1.4
Álvaro González Espinoza	Democratic Party	12,952	0.9
Federico Malavassi Calvo	Movimiento Libertario	5,874	0.4
Jorge González Martén	National Independent Party	4,218	0.3
Alejandro Madrigal Benavides	Christian National Alliance	3,545	0.3
Norma Vargas Duarte	United People	3,075	0.2
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Schwanhäuser	New Democratic Party	3,025	0.2
Yolanda Gutiérrez Ventura	Independent Party	1,377	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		43,715	-
Total		1,431,913	100
Source: Nohlen

The country was for the time still under a heavy two-party system dynamics^[4]^[5]^[6] and the two main parties at the time; National Liberation Party and Social Christian Unity Party won most of the votes. Nevertheless, some third forces also won seats on the Parliament, among them left-wing Democratic Force won two seats. It was also the first time that liberal Libertarian Movement and Christian conservative^[7] Costa Rican Renovation won seats (one each) in the Parliament both for their future presidential candidates Otto Guevara and Justo Orozco respectively. The small party National Integration Party led by medic Walter Muñoz won its only seat in history for Muñoz himself.

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Social Christian Unity Party	569,792	41.2	27	+2
National Liberation Party	481,933	34.8	23	-5
Democratic Force	79,826	5.8	3	+1
Movimiento Libertario	42,640	3.1	1	New
National Integration Party	34,408	2.5	1	New
Costa Rican Renovation Party	27,892	2.0	1	New
Democratic Party	17,060	1.2	0	New
Agrarian Labour Action Party	16,955	1.2	1	+1
United People	15,028	1.2	0	New
National Independent Party	12,794	0.9	0	0
Generaleña Union	12,583	0.9	0	0
New Democratic Party	12,476	0.9	0	New
National Rescue Party	9,588	0.7	0	New
Christian National Alliance	9,176	0.7	0	0
Cartago Agrarian Union Party	7,138	0.5	0	-1
Partido Agrario Nacional	7,497	0.5	0	-1
Alajuelense Democratic Action	6,614	0.5	0	0
Independent Party	6,025	0.4	0	0
Cambio Ya	2,223	0.2	0	New
Convergencia Nacional	2,197	0.2	0	0
Limonese Authentic Party	2,167	0.2	0	0
Cartago Agrarian Force	1,892	0.1	0	New
Independent Guanacaste Party	1,623	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	47,052	-	-	-
Total	1,430,579	100	57	0
Source: Nohlen

↑ "February 1,Election Results - Costa Rica Totals". Election Resources. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, pp156-157
↑ Landsford, Tom. Political Handbook of the World 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
↑ Landsford, Tom. Political Handbook of the World 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
↑ Greenspana, Eliot; Gill, Nicholas; O'Malley, Charlie; Gilsenan, Patrick; Perill, Jisel. Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 2002. Frommer's Central America. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Lopez, Jaime (July 18, 2013). "Civic Groups Move Against Gay Marriage in Costa Rica". Costa Rica Star. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

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