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Costa Rican general election, 1978 Turnout 81.3%
General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 5, 1978.[ 1] Rodrigo Carazo Odio of the Unity Coalition won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.[ 2]
Results
President
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Rodrigo Carazo Odio Unity Coalition 419,824
50.5
Luis Alberto Monge National Liberation Party 364,285
43.8
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz United People 22,740
2.7
Guillermo Villalobos Arce National Unification Party 13,666
1.6
Gerdo Villalobos Garita Democratic Party 3,822
0.5
Jorge Gonzáles Martén National Independent Party 3,323
0.5
Carlos Coronado Vargas Workers' Socialist Organisation 1,868
0.2
Rodrigo Cordero Víquez Democratic Party 1,613
0.2
Invalid/blank votes
29,065
-
Total 860,206 100
Source: Nohlen
Parliament
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/-
Social Christian Unity Party 356,215
43.4
27
New
National Liberation Party 318,904
38.9
25
-2
United People 62,865
7.7
3
New
National Unification Party 25,824
3.1
0
-16
Costa Rican People's Front 12,834
1.5
1
+1
Republican Union 8,215
1.0
0
New
Cartago Agrarian Union Party 7,887
1.0
1
0
National Independent Movement 6,673
0.8
0
New
Independent Party 5,774
0.7
0
0
Workers' Socialist Organisation 4,059
0.5
0
New
Democratic Party 3,083
0.4
0
0
Limonese Authentic Party 2,954
0.4
0
New
Costa Rican Concord Party 2,542
0.3
0
New
Partido Auténtico Puntarenense
1,759
0.2
0
New
National Labour Party
1,002
0.1
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
39,328
-
-
-
Total 859,888 100 57 0
Source: Nohlen
References
^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I , p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6^ Nohlen, p157
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