1886 Costa Rican general election

1886 Costa Rican general election
	Presidential election
President before election; Bernardo Soto Alfaro;	Elected President ; Bernardo Soto Alfaro;

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 April 1886.^[1] After the death of Próspero Fernández Oreamuno in March 1885, Bernardo Soto Alfaro took over the presidency temporarily for the remainder of the term. Soto was a thirty-year-old young man who had to command the country in the war against Guatemala that sought to re-establish the Federal Republic of Central America. Soto was a freemason and liberal, belonging to "The Olympus", a group of liberal intellectuals who would have a great influence on Costa Rican politics and many would hold the Presidency of the Republic.^[2]

Soto managed to prevent through various tricks the candidacy of Víctor Guardia Gutiérrez, brother of the late dictator Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez, becoming sole and unanimous candidate in a two-degree type of election in which all male citizens allowed by law choose second-degree electors who selected the President.^[2]

Results edit

In Alajuela there were 140 electors, but 145 voted.^[1]


Candidate	Votes	%
Bernardo Soto Alfaro	547	100.00
Total	547	100.00

Registered voters/turnout	542	–
Source: TSE

By province edit

Province	Soto
Province
San José Province	168
Alajuela	140
Cartago Province	90
Heredia	75
Guanacaste	42
Puntarenas	21
Limón	6
Total	542
Source: Salazar^[3]

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824–2014" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica. 2017.
^ ^a ^b Molina, Iván. "Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913" (PDF). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 70: 41–57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
^ Salazar, O. (2003) El apogeo de la República Liberal en Costa Rica, 1870-1914, p 177 ISBN 9977-67-131-1

[tse-1] "Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824–2014" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica. 2017.

[molina-2] Molina, Iván. "Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913" (PDF). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 70: 41–57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2018-12-20.

[DN-3] Salazar, O. (2003) El apogeo de la República Liberal en Costa Rica, 1870-1914, p 177 ISBN 9977-67-131-1

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