1913 Costa Rican general election

1913 Costa Rican general election

7 December 1913

Presidential election

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Nominee Máximo Fernández Alvarado Carlos Durán Cartín Rafael Yglesias Castro Party Republican PUN Civil Popular vote 26,989 19,818 17,340 Percentage 42.07% 30.89% 27.03%

President before election Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Republican Elected President Alfredo González Flores Republican

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 December 1913,^[1] the first direct elections since 1844. They were also the first elections to have universal male suffrage, after economic and educational requirements were eliminated.^[2] Máximo Fernández Alvarado of the Republican Party won the presidential election, but both he and runner-up Carlos Durán Cartín later resigned and Alfredo González Flores was appointed president by Congress on 8 May 1914.^[3] The Republican Party also won the parliamentary election.