Costa Rican general election, 2010
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Costa Rica held parliamentary and presidential elections on February 7, 2010. The ruling party before the election, the center-left National Liberation Party, put forward former Vice-President Laura Chinchilla as its presidential candidate, while the Libertarian, Movimiento Libertario nominated former legislator Otto Guevara. Opinion polls before voting started consistently put Chinchilla as the front-runner, a trend confirmed in the election-night count, which showed her garnering 46.76% of the vote.[1]
The election was supervised by observers from several countries, as well as from the Organization of American States.[2] The incumbent President, Óscar Arias, was ineligible to run for a second consecutive term.
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Presidential candidates
Candidates included:- Laura Chinchilla Miranda (ruling National Liberation Party, vice-president 2006-08)
- Ottón Solís (oppositional Citizens' Action Party, candidate in 2006)
- Otto Guevara (Movimiento Libertario, candidate in 2006)
- Luis Fishman (conservative Social Christian Unity Party, vice-president under Abel Pacheco)
Opinion polling
CID-Gallup 24 January 2010: Chinchilla 43 %; Guevara 30 %; Solís 15 %; Fishman 8 %Borge & Asociados for Diario Extra opinion poll January 2010: Chinchilla 38.7 %; Guevara 18.3 %; Solís 9.6 %; Fishman 3.7 %
Demoscopía for Al Día January 2010: Chinchilla 45.1 %; Guevara 30.1 %; Solís 9.5 %; Fishman 3.8 %[3]
December 2009: Chinchilla 36.7 %; Guevara 16.2 %; Solís 8.5 %; Fishman 2.2 %
December 2009: Chinchilla 46.6 %; Guevara 19.5 %; Solís 8.3 %; Fishman 4.1 %
October 2009: Chinchilla 53.0 %; Guevara 15.7 %; Solís 12.3 %; Fishman 1.5 %
President election results
At 9:08 p.m. local time on election day, February 7, second-placed candidate Otton Solis conceded defeat to Laura Chinchilla, who will become Costa Rica's first female president. With approximately 40% of the vote counted, Chinchilla was consistently surpassing the 40% threshold for victory in the first round, leading Solis by 47% to 24%, with third-placed candidate Otto Guevara trailing at 21.5%[4].Note: Partial results with 94.182% of precincts processed (6,232 out of 6,617).[5]
| Ticket | Party | Votes | % | Result |
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| Óscar López Agnes Lilliana Gutiérrez Miguel Calderón | Accessibility without Exclusion | 34,824 | 1.909 | |
| Ottón Solís Mónica Segnini Julio Humphreys | Citizens' Action | 459,258 | 25.169 | |
| Rolando Araya1 Rocío Barahona Dionisio Cabal | Patriotic Alliance | 3,748 | 0.205 | |
| Eugenio Trejos Carmen Chacón Wilmar Matarrita | Broad Front | 6,736 | 0.369 | |
| Walter Muñoz1 Álvaro Montero Vivian González | National Integration | 2,995 | 0.164 | |
| Laura Chinchilla Alfio Piva Luis Liberman | National Liberation | 853,263 | 46.762 | President 1st Vice-President 2nd Vice-President |
| Otto Guevara Mario Quiroz Lorena San Román | Libertarian Movement | 380,103 | 20.831 | |
| Mayra González Carlos Víquez José Herrera | Costa Rican Renovation | 13,203 | 0.724 | |
| Luis Fishman Humberto Vargas Iris Zamora | Social Christian Unity | 70,546 | 3.866 | |
| Total valid votes | 1,824,676 | 100.00 | ||
| Null votes | 29,825 | 1.603 | ||
| Blank votes | 6,530 | 0.351 | ||
| Total votes | 1,861,031 | 100.00 | ||
| Total voters enrolled | 2,690,550 | N/A% turnout | ||
References
- ^ http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/febrero/07/pais2255136.html (in Spanish)
- ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gZx0yDwahBg3umqRGIX96uw4E--w
- ^ http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/34985/chinchilla_leads_guevara_gains_in_costa_rica/
- ^ http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/febrero/07/pais2255136.html
- ^ Supreme Court of Elections.
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