REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 1 FEBRUARY 1998 ========================================================= Elections to the Asamblea Legislativa (Legislative Assembly) Souce: Supreme Election Tribunal website Parties --------------------------------------------------------- * ALA (Accion Laborista Agricola) Farm Worker Action * AN (Agrario Nacional) National Agrarian * FD (Fuerza Democratica) Democratic Force * IN (Integracion Nacional) National Integration * ML (Movimiento Libertario) Libertarian Movement * PLN (Partido Liberacion Nacional) National Liberation Party * PUSC (Partido de Unidad Socialcristiana) Christian- Social Unity Party * RC (Renovacion Costarricense) Costa Rican Renovation * UAC(Union Agricola Cartagines) Agricultural Union of Cartago (UAC) NATIONAL SUMMARY ========================================================= Enrolled voters: 2,045,369 Votes cast: 1,430,579 (69.9%) Blank votes: 14,343 (01.0%) Invalid votes: 32,709 (02.3%) --------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Seats --------------------------------------------------------- Farm Worker Action (ALA) 16,955 01.2 1 National Agrarian (AN) 7,497 00.5 - Democratic Force (FD) 79,826 05.8 3 National Integration (IN) 38,408 02.8 1 Libertarian Movement (ML) 42,640 03.1 1 National Liberation Party (PLN) 481,933 34.8 22 Christian-Social Unity Party (PUSC) 569,792 41.2 27 Costa Rican Renovation (RC) 27,892 00.2 2 Agricultural Union of Cartago (UAC) 7,138 00.5 - Others 111,446 08.0 - --------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,383,527 57 --------------------------------------------------------- VOTES BY DEPARTMENT ========================================================= ALAJUELA (363,207 voters) ========================================================= Party Votes % Seats --------------------------------------------------------- Farm Worker Action (ALA) 16,955 06.6 1 Democratic Force (FD) 13,304 05.2 1 National Integration (IN) 3,329 01.3 - Libertarian Movement (ML) 3,577 01.4 - National Liberation Party (PLN) 90,809 35.5 4 Christian-Social Unity Party (PUSC) 104,547 40.9 4 Costa Rican Renovation (RC) 3,527 01.4 - Others 19,619 07.7 - --------------------------------------------------------- Total 255,667 10 --------------------------------------------------------- Rigoberto Abarca Rojas (PUSC) Frantz Alberto Acosta Polonio (PLN) Rafael Humberto Arias Fallas (PLN) Juven Cambronero Castro (PLN) Celimo Guido Cruz (FD) Everardo Rodriguez Bastos (PUSC) Carlos Enrique Salas Salazar (PUSC) Jorge Eduardo Soto Chavarria (PUSC) Guido Octavio Vargas Artavia (ALA) Carlos Alberto Villalobos Arias (PLN) --------------------------------------------------------- CARTAGO (231,930 voters) ========================================================= Party Votes % Seats --------------------------------------------------------- Farm Worker Action (ALA) - - Democratic Force (FD) 8,572 05.1 - National Integration (IN) 3,476 02.1 - Libertarian Movement (ML) 2,856 01.7 - National Liberation Party (PLN) 60,848 36.5 3 Christian-Social Unity Party (PUSC) 65,695 39.4 3 Costa Rican Renovation (RC) 1,620 01.0 - Agricultural Union of Cartago (UAC) 7,138 04.3 - Others 16,567 09.9 - --------------------------------------------------------- Total 166,772 6 --------------------------------------------------------- Ricardo Sancho Chavarria (PLN) Ovidio Antonio Pacheco Salazar (PUSC) Rodolfo Salas Salas (PLN) Belisario Antonio Solano Solano (PUSC) Alvaro Torres Guerrero (PLN) Rafael Angel Villalta Loaiza (PUSC) --------------------------------------------------------- GUANACASTE (141,691 voters) ========================================================= Party Votes % Seats --------------------------------------------------------- Farm Worker Action (ALA) - - Democratic Force (FD) 4,187 04.2 - National Integration (IN) 547 00.5 - Libertarian Movement (ML) 1,079 01.1 - National Liberation Party (PLN) 33,670 33.6 2 Christian-Social Unity Party (PUSC) 50,067 50.0 3 Costa Rican Renovation (RC) 3,104 03.1 - Others 7,379 07.4 - --------------------------------------------------------- Total 100,033 5 --------------------------------------------------------- Emanuel Ajoy Chan (PUSC) Oscar Gerardo Campos Chavarria (PLN) Marisol Clachar Rivas (PUSC) Manuel Alfonso Larios Ugalde (PLN) Irene Urpi Pacheco (PUSC) --------------------------------------------------------- HEREDIA (185,839 voters) ========================================================= Party Votes % Seats --------------------------------------------------------- Farm Worker Action (ALA) - - Democratic Force (FD) 9,274 07.1 - National Integration (IN) 4,188 03.2 - Libertarian Movement (ML) 3,191 02.4 - National Liberation Party (PLN) 46,676 35.8 2 Christian-Social Unity Party (PUSC) 51,036 39.2 3 Costa Rican Renovation (RC) 3,230 02.5 - Others 12,600 09.7 - --------------------------------------------------------- Total 130,195 5 --------------------------------------------------------- Horacio Alvarado Bogantes (PUSC) Manuel Antonio Bolanos Salas (PUSC) Maria Isabel Chamorro Santamaria (PLN) Sergio Salazar Rivera (PUSC) Roger Vilchez Cascante (PLN) --------------------------------------------------------- LIMON (153,492 voters) ========================================================= Party Votes % Seats --------------------------------------------------------- Farm Worker Action (ALA) - - National Agrarian (AN) 7,497 08.6 - Democratic Force (FD) 2,352 02.7 - National Integration (IN) 966 01.1 - Libertarian Movement (ML) 2,861 03.3 - National Liberation Party (PLN) 21,142 24.3 2 Christian-Social Unity Party (PUSC) 41,516 47.7 2 Costa Rican Renovation (RC) 2,165 02.5 - Others 8,525 09.8 - --------------------------------------------------------- Total 87,022 4 --------------------------------------------------------- Virginia Consuelo Aguiluz Barboza (PLN) Walter Cespedes Salazar (PUSC) Elbert Gomez Cespedes (PUSC) Walter Antonio Robinson Davis (PLN) --------------------------------------------------------- PUNTARENAS (185,424 voters) ========================================================= Party Votes % Seats --------------------------------------------------------- Farm Worker Action (ALA) - - Democratic Force (FD) 3,521 03.0 - National Integration (IN) 1,115 01.0 - Libertarian Movement (ML) 4,556 03.9 - National Liberation Party (PLN) 37,377 32.3 2 Christian-Social Unity Party (PUSC) 58,225 50.5 4 Costa Rican Renovation (RC) 1,334 01.1 - Others 9,168 07.9 - --------------------------------------------------------- Total 115,296 6 --------------------------------------------------------- Orlando Gerardo Baez Molina (PUSC) Ligia Castro Ulate (PUSC) Gerardo Antonio Medina Madriz (PUSC) Tobias Murillo Rodriguez (PLN) Danilo Ramirez Munoz (PUSC) Sonia Villalobos Barahona (PLN) --------------------------------------------------------- SAN JOSE (783,786 voters) ========================================================= Party Votes % Seats --------------------------------------------------------- Farm Worker Action (ALA) - - Democratic Force (FD) 38,616 07.3 2 National Integration (IN) 24,787 04.7 1 Libertarian Movement (ML) 24,520 04.6 1 National Liberation Party (PLN) 191,411 36.2 7 Christian-Social Unity Party (PUSC) 198,706 37.6 8 Costa Rican Renovation (RC) 12,912 02.4 1 Others 37,590 07.1 - --------------------------------------------------------- Total 528,542 20 --------------------------------------------------------- Vanessa de Paul Castro Mora (PUSC) Guillermo Constenla Umana (PLN) Rina Maria Contreras Lopez (PUSC) Luis Fiszman Zonzinski (PUSC) Alicia Fournier Vargas (PLN) Daniel Gallardo Monge (PLN) Otto Guevara Guth (ML) Jose Merino del Rio (FD) Guido Alberto Monge Fernandez (PLN) Walter Munoz Cespedes (IN) Jose Manuel Nunez Gonzalez (FD) Gerardo Justo Orozco Alvarez (RC) Abel Pacheco De la Espriela (PUSC) Sonia Picado Sotela (PLN) Jorge Eduardo Sanchez Sibaja (PUSC) Jorcelyn Sawyers Sawyers (PLN) Alvaro Trejos Fonseca (PUSC) Carlos Eduardo Vargas Pagan (PUSC) Eliseo Alberto Vargas Garcia (PUSC) Jorge Luis Villanueva Badilla (PLN) ---------------------------------------------------------