1919 Costa Rican general election

1919 Costa Rican general election
	Presidential election
← 1917 1923 →
President before election; Francisco Aguilar Barquero; Republican	Elected President ; Julio Acosta García; Constitutional

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 December 1919.^[1] Julio Acosta García of the Constitutional Party won the presidential election, whilst the party also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 75% of the vote.^[2]

These elections were held after dictator Federico Tinoco was deposed and exiled. The winning candidate Acosta, former chancellor of the government overthrown by Tinoco, had been precisely one of his fierce opponents and leader of armed antitinoquist groups which earned him great popularity, this despite the fact that his affiliation as a Freemason and Theosophist were controversial, at least among some sectors of the Church.^[3]

The tinoquismo grouped around the recently founded Democratic Party and nominates Dr. José Maria Soto Alfaro, denoted tinoquista, twice deputy and brother of former president Bernardo Soto Alfaro. Soto was also the founder of the so-called "Club 27 de Enero" (27 January Club) whose name commemorated the Tinoquista coup on 27 January 1917 that overthrew González Flores and was one of the supporters of the Tinoquista regime.^[4]

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Julio Acosta García	Constitutional Party	43,283	89.85
	José María Soto	Democratic Party	4,884	10.14
	Francisco Aguilar Barquero		3	0.01
	Alberto Echandi Montero [es]		2	0.00
	Alfredo González Flores		2	0.00
Total			48,174	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			84,283	–
Source: Nohlen, TSE

By province

Province	Acosta	Soto
Province
San José Province	12,771	774
Alajuela	10,561	1,903
Cartago Province	8,055	84
Heredia	3,438	658
Guanacaste	4,177	1,076
Puntarenas	2,600	389
Limón	1,681	0
Total	43,283	4,884
Source: TSE

Parliament


Party		Votes	%
	Constitutional Party	26,751	74.88
	Democratic Party	3,014	8.44
	Acostista	2,183	6.11
	Constitucional	1,911	5.35
	Unión provincial	1,123	3.14
	Obrero acostista	616	1.72
	Constitucional obrero	106	0.30
	Acostista conciliador	20	0.06
Total		35,724	100.00

Valid votes		35,724	99.47
Invalid/blank votes		190	0.53
Total votes		35,914	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		84,987	42.26
Source: Nohlen

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p164
^ Oconitrillo García, Eduardo (2004). Cien años de política costarricense: 1902-2002, de Ascensión Esquivel a Abel Pacheco. EUNED. ISBN 9789968313605.
^ Salazar Mora, Jorge Mario (1995). Crisis liberal y estado reformista: análisis político-electoral (1914-1949). ISBN 9789977672908.

[DN-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[2] Nohlen, p164

[CR-100-3] Oconitrillo García, Eduardo (2004). Cien años de política costarricense: 1902-2002, de Ascensión Esquivel a Abel Pacheco. EUNED. ISBN 9789968313605.

[Salazar-4] Salazar Mora, Jorge Mario (1995). Crisis liberal y estado reformista: análisis político-electoral (1914-1949). ISBN 9789977672908.

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