Country: | Costa Rica |
Cartago Agrarian Union Party | |
Native Name: | Partido Unión Agrícola Cartaginés |
Flag: | Bandera Partido Unión Agrícola Cartaginés Costa Rica.svg |
President: | Juan Guillermo Brenes Castillo (deceased) |
Secretary General: | María de los Ángeles Brenes Fernández |
Leader1 Title: | Treasurer |
Leader1 Name: | Cecilia Fernández Martínez |
Headquarters: | East side of the church, in front of the CNP, Cervantes, Alvarado. |
Colors: | Purple, White, Blue |
Seats1 Title: | Town council of Paraiso |
The Cartago Agrarian Union Party (Spanish; Castilian: Partido Unión Agrícola Cartaginés) is a political party in Cartago Province, Costa Rica.
The party was founded in 1969 by Juan Guillermo Brenes Castillo. It first contested a general election in 1970, but received only 0.5% of the vote and failed to win a seat. In 1974 support for the party more than doubled, receiving 1.2% of the vote and winning its first seat.[1] Despite seeing its share of the vote drop to 1%, the party retained its seat in the 1978 elections. However a further slump to 0.8% in 1982 saw the party lose its parliamentary representation.
It regained a seat in the 1986 elections, receiving 1.2% of the national vote. The seat was retained in elections in 1990 and 1994, but a loss of support in the 1998 elections saw its share of the vote drop to 0.5%, resulting in it losing its solitary seat. A similar result in 2002 saw the party remaining seatless.