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Costa Rica 1974 Presidential
Election
|
Date of Election
|
February 5, 1978
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Majority
|
| Length
of Term |
4
years
|
|
|
Number
of Votes
|
Percentage
of Votes #
|
|
Daniel Oduber
Quirós (PLN - National Liberation Party)
|
-
|
42.58%
|
|
Fernando Frejo
Escalante (PUN - National Unification Party)
|
-
|
30.20%
|
|
Jorge Gonzales
Marten (PNI - National Independent Party)
|
-
|
11.03%
|
|
Rodrigo Carazo
Odio (PDR - Democratic Renovation Party)
|
-
|
9.73%
|
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1975, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1975.
# Source: Keesing's Contemporary Archives Vol XX (1974): 26391.
| Population
Size |
1
920 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
875
041
|
|
Total Votes
|
699
340
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
79.9%
|
|
Spoilt Ballots
|
3.0%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: Costa Rica. [Internet]. International IDEA. 23 October 2001.
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