Country: | Costa Rica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flag Image: | Flag of Costa Rica (1848-1906).svg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Election: | 1894 Costa Rican general election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Year: | 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next Election: | 1902 Costa Rican general election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next Year: | 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Election Date: | 14–16 November 1897 (popular vote) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Costa Rica in 1897.[1] Voters elected members of the electoral college on 14–16 November,[2] who in turn elected the president on 12 December.[1]
The elections were held under questionable conditions. Consecutive re-election was forbidden by the constitution. However, incumbent president Rafael Yglesias Castro forced a constitutional amendment allowing him to be a candidate.[3] He was also the only candidate, as Yglesia's main opposition, the Republican Party, called for abstention.