Costa Rican general election, 1974
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General elections were held in Costa Rica
on 3 February 1974. Daniel Oduber Quirós
of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 79.9%.
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on 3 February 1974. Daniel Oduber Quirós
Daniel Oduber Quirós
Porfirio Ricardo José Luis Daniel Oduber Quirós served as President ofCosta Rica from 1974 to 1978. Early in his career he worked as a lawyer.In 1945 he went to Canada to study philosophy at McGill University, graduating with...
of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 79.9%.
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Oduber Quirós Daniel Oduber Quirós Porfirio Ricardo José Luis Daniel Oduber Quirós served as President ofCosta Rica from 1974 to 1978. Early in his career he worked as a lawyer.In 1945 he went to Canada to study philosophy at McGill University, graduating with... |
National Liberation Party | 294,609 | 43.4 |
| Fernando Trejos Escalante | National Unification Party National Unification Party (Costa Rica) The National Unification Party was a political party in Costa Rica from 1966 to 1978. It was founded by Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia and Otilio Ulate Blanco, and espoused social welfare and a free market.... |
206,149 | 30.4 |
| Jorge Gonzáles Martén | National Independent Party | 73,788 | 10.9 |
| Rodrigo Carazo Odio Rodrigo Carazo Odio Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo Odio served as President of Costa Rica from 8 May 1978 to 8 May 1982.Carazo was born in 1926 in Cartago... |
Democratic Renovation Party | 61,820 | 9.1 |
| Gerdo Villalobos Garita | Democratic Party | 18,832 | 2.8 |
| Manuel Mora Manuel Mora Manuel Mora Valverde was a communist and labor leader in Costa Rica. He was born in San José and helped to found the Workers and Farmers Party in 1931... |
Socialist Action Party | 16,081 | 2.4 |
| Jorge Arturo Monge Zamora | Christian Democratic Party | 3,461 | 0.5 |
| José Francisco Auilar Bulgarelli | Costa Rican Socialist Party | 3.417 | 0.5 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 21,183 | ||
| Total | 699,340 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Parliament
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberation Party | 271,867 | 40.9 | 27 | |
| National Unification Party National Unification Party (Costa Rica) The National Unification Party was a political party in Costa Rica from 1966 to 1978. It was founded by Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia and Otilio Ulate Blanco, and espoused social welfare and a free market.... |
164,323 | 24.7 | 16 | |
| National Independent Party | 66,222 | 10.0 | 6 | New |
| Democratic Renovation Party | 51,083 | 7.7 | 3 | New |
| Independent National Republican Party | 32,475 | 4.9 | 1 | New |
| Socialist Action Party | 29,310 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 |
| Democratic Party | 14,161 | 2.1 | 1 | New |
| Christian Democratic Party | 13,688 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cartago Agrarian Union Party Cartago Agrarian Union Party The Cartago Agrarian Union Party is a political party in Cartago, Costa Rica.The party was founded in 1969 by Juan Guillermo Brenes Castillo. It first contested a general election in 1970, but received only 0.5% of the vote and failed to win a seat. In 1974 support for the party more than doubled,... |
8,074 | 1.2 | 1 | |
| Costa Rican Socialist Party | 6,032 | 0.9 | 0 | New |
| Costa Rican People's Front | 4,448 | 0.7 | 0 | New |
| Independent Party | 3,282 | 0.5 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 34,078 | |||
| Total | 699,042 | 100 | 57 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||