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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