1928 Costa Rican general election

1928 Costa Rican general election
12 February 1928
Presidential election
Turnout62.47% ( 8.07pp)
 
Nominee Cleto González Víquez Carlos María Jiménez Ortiz
Party PUN Republican
Popular vote 42,765 29,475
Percentage 59.20% 40.80%
Official results by province
President before election

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
Republican

 Elected President

Cleto González Víquez
PUN

Parliamentary election
22 of the 43 seats in the Constitutional Congress
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PUN Cleto González Víquez 53.26 16 New
Republican Carlos María Jiménez Ortiz 46.74 6 −9
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 12 February 1928. Former president Cleto González Víquez of the National Union defeated First Designate to the Presidency Carlos María Jiménez Ortiz of the Republican Party. The PUN also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 53% of the vote. Voter turnout was 62% in the presidential election and 73% in the parliamentary election.

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