1986 Costa Rican general election

Costa Rican general election, 1986

February 2, 1986 (1986-02-02)

Nominee Óscar Arias Sánchez Rafael Ángel Calderón Party PLN PUSC Home state Heredia San José Popular vote 620,314 542,434 Percentage 52.3% 45.8%

President before election Luis Alberto Monge PLN Elected President Óscar Arias PLN

General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 2, 1986. Óscar Arias of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.8%.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Óscar Arias	National Liberation Party	620,314	52.3
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier	Social Christian Unity Party	542,434	45.8
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz	People's Alliance¹	9,099	0.8
Alvaro Montero Mejía	United People	6,599	0.6
Alejandro Madrigal Benavides	Christian National Alliance	5,647	0.5
Eugenio Jiménez Sancho	Independent Party	1,129	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		31,078	-
Total		1,216,300	100
Source: Nohlen

¹ The People's Alliance was a coalition of the People's Vanguard Party and the Broad Democratic Front.

Parliament

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
National Liberation Party	560,694	47.8	29	-4
Social Christian Unity Party	485,860	41.4	25	New
United People	31,865	2.7	1	-3
People's Alliance	28,551	2.4	1	New
Christian National Alliance	19,972	1.7	0	New
Cartago Agrarian Union Party	13,575	1.2	1	+1
Independent National Republican Party	10,598	0.9	0	New
Generaleña Union	4,402	0.4	0	New
Alajuelense Democratic Action	4,324	0.4	0	-1
Limonese Authentic Party	3,813	0.3	0	0
Partido Alajuelense Solidario	3,604	0.3	0	New
Independent Party	3,067	0.3	0	0
National Democratic Party	2,054	0.2	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	43,854	-	-	-
Total	1,216,053	100	57	0
Source: Nohlen