Costa Rican Presidential and Legislative Elections Feb. 4th

[Neo-JacobitefromNewYork]

First Round, needs 40% to avoid second round
(info from wikipedia and La Nación: Noticias de Costa Rica, the main Tican newspaper)

Fabricio Alvarado           24.91           National Restoration Party  Evangelical anti-LGBT+ hardliner
Carlos Alvarado             21.66             Citizens' Action Party          Progressive President's heir
Antonio Álvarez Desanti 18.62             National Liberation Party     Establishment center-left  
Rodolfo Piza                  16.02             Social Christian Unity Party Establishment Christdems
Juan Diego Castro          9.52              National Integration Party   Populist "Tican Trump"

Legislative Assembly 57 seats proportional representation, candidates run in their one of 7 provinces.
National Liberation Party                  -   -   17   –1
National Restoration Party                  -   -   14   +13
Citizens' Action Party                          -   -   10   –3
Social Christian Unity Party                  -   -   9   +1
National Integration Party                  -   -   4   +4
Social Christian Republican Party              -   -   2   New
Broad Front                                      -   -   1   –8   Over hyped leftists
Accessibility without Exclusion              -   -   0   –1
Authenthic Limonense Party               -   -   0    0
Christian Democratic Alliance             -   -   0   –1
Costa Rican Renewal Party                  -   -   0   –2
Libertarian Movement                          -   -   0   –4  lol

Sorry for messy formatting :/

[Neo-JacobitefromNewYork]

The economic situation has not been good in Costa Rica recently with CAP having the presidency since 2014 but not a majority in Parliament. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on gay rights was the catalyst for Fabricio Alvarado's meteroric rise, but the population was already really frustrated with government corruption and fights with the legislature.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-04/costa-ricans-vote-for-new-president-amid-gay-marriage-dispute

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