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1829 Costa Rican Head of State election

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1829 Costa Rican Head of State election

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Nominee Juan Mora Fernández
Party Liberal
Percentage 85%

Head of State before election

Juan Mora Fernández
Liberal

Elected Head of State

Juan Mora Fernández
Liberal

In the election for Head of State of Costa Rica held on 1 January 1829 Juan Mora Fernández is reelected in his position by the majority of Electors.[1] The elections in this period were conducted in two levels, first all Costa Ricans capable of voting according to the Constitution (men able to read and write, among other things) who cast a public vote chose the Electores according to the proportional representation of the population of each location; 11 for San José, 9 for Alajuela, 8 for Cartago, 8 for Heredia, 3 for Escazú, 3 for Ujarrás and 3 for the recently annexed Nicoya. Mora received the unanimous vote of all the provinces except for 2 electoral votes in San José, 1 in Alajuela and 2 in Heredia.[1]

Candidate San José Cartago Heredia Alajuela Escazú Ujarrás Nicoya
Juan Mora Fernández 9 8 6 8 3 2 1
Others 2 2 1

References

  1. ^ a b Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica (2008). "Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824-2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-12-18. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)