1910 Costa Rican general election explained

Country:

Costa Rica

Flag Image:

Flag of Costa Rica (1848-1906).svg

Previous Election:

1906 Costa Rican general election

Previous Year:

1906

Next Election:

1913 Costa Rican general election

Next Year:

1913

Election Date:

7 April 1910

Module:

Embed:	yes
Election Name:	Presidential election
Type:	presidential
Image1:	Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno.jpg
Nominee1:	Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
Party1:	Republican Party (Costa Rica)
Popular Vote1:	39,023
Electoral Vote1:	828
Nominee2:	Rafael Yglesias Castro
Party2:	Civil Party (Costa Rica)
Popular Vote2:	15,729
Electoral Vote2:	36
President
Before Election:	Cleto González Víquez
Before Party:	National Party (Costa Rica)
After Election:	Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
After Party:	Republican Party (Costa Rica)

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 April 1910,^[1] during the presidency of Cleto González Víquez. This was the last time that indirect elections were held in Costa Rica as for the next one in 1913 the direct vote was implemented.^[2] Liberal lawyer Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno was elected for the first time (he will be re-elected two more times, the only person in Costa Rica's history who has been democratically elected three times). Jiménez was very popular in part because of his struggles against the United Fruit Company's abusive operations in the country.^[3] Jiménez was proclaimed candidate in the Teatro Variedades during the first Republican National Convention, Costa Rica's first primary election. Jiménez won easily over the other candidate, former president Rafael Yglesias who ruled an authoritarian, though short-lived, regime.

Results

First round by province


	width=60px	Jiménez %	width=60px	Yglesias %
	76.62	23.38
	62.93	37.07
	91.72	8.28
	73.40	26.60
	55.21	44.79
	64.62	35.38
	26.41	73.59
Total	71.21	28.78
align=left colspan=11	Source: Salazar

Second round by province


	width=60px		width=60px
	294	-
	201	3
	138	-
	105	-
	42	33
	44	-
	4	0
Total	828	36
align=left colspan=11	Source: TSE

Notes and References

Web site: Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica . Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824–2014 . 2017 .
Molina . Iván . Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913 . European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies . 2001 . 70 . 41–57 . 2018-12-21 . 2019-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502173816/http://www.cedla.uva.nl/50_publications/pdf/revista/70RevistaEuropea/70_IvanMolina.pdf . dead .
Book: Oconitrillo . Eduardo . La política electoral. Costa Rica en el siglo XX . EUNED.