1849 Costa Rican general election

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1849 Costa Rican general election

2–9 December 1849

Presidential election


Nominee	Juan Rafael Mora Porras	Rafael Moya Murillo	Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava
Electoral vote	49	32	9
Percentage	54.44%	35.56%	10.00%

President before election

Miguel Mora Porras

Elected President

Juan Rafael Mora Porras

General elections were held in Costa Rica between 2 and 9 December 1849.^[1] They were the first presidential elections after the Reformed Constitution of 1848 created the title of "President". Previously the equivalent office was called "Head of State".

The elections took place after a coup against José María Castro Madriz, who was forced to resign.^[2] At that time, the vice president, Miguel Mora Porras, held the presidency temporarily and his brother, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, was elected over Rafael Moya Murillo and Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava.^[2]

Electoral system

The constitution in force in this period restricted the right to vote for men over 21 years old owners of an immovable property equivalent to 300 pesos and an annual income of at least 150 pesos who also knew how to read and write, so that these elections were carried out mostly among the bourgeoisie.^[2]

The inhabitants chose 90 Electors who, in the second-grade elections, chose the president. San Jose chose 26, and Guanacaste 12 which voted in block for Mora, while the 17 from Heredia, the 12 from Alajuela and the 2 from Puntarenas did it for Moya. Cartago had 20 electors of which 11 voted for Mora and the remaining 9 who were the only ones who voted for Bonilla.^[2]

Results


Candidate	Votes	%
Juan Rafael Mora Porras	49	54.44
Rafael Moya Murillo	32	35.56
Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava	9	10.00
Total	90	100.00

Source: TSE

References

^ "Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824–2014" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica. 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.

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