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1837 Costa Rican Head of State election

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1837 Costa Rican Head of State election

← 1835 5 February-9 April 1937 1844 →
 
Nominee Manuel Aguilar Chacón Braulio Carrillo
Party Liberal Liberal
Percentage 53% 41%

Head of State before election

Joaquín Mora Fernández
Liberal

Elected Head of State

Manuel Aguilar Chacón
Liberal

In the election of the Head of State of Costa Rica in 1837, Manuel Aguilar Chacón was elected over Braulio Carrillo Colina using the model of indirect suffrage prescribed by the Fundamental Law of the State of Costa Rica. General election among all citizens authorized to vote was held, using public vote, electing a group of electors proportional to the population of the province they represented who then elected the president directly.[1]

However, Aguilar would not end his term when he resigned for health reasons. Carrillo became a dictator until the invasion of Francisco Morazán and his resignation as part of the agreements of the Jocote Pact.[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)