1962 Costa Rican general election

1962 Costa Rican general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	80.87% ( 16.87pp)
Nominee Francisco Orlich Rafael Calderón Otilio Ulate Party PLN PRN PUN Popular vote 192,850 135,533 51,740 Percentage 50.29% 35.34% 13.49%
Results by canton
President before election Mario Echandi PUN Elected President Francisco Orlich PLN
Legislative election
All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly 29 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/– PLN Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich 48.85 29 +9 PRN Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia 33.49 18 +7 PUN Otilio Ulate Blanco 13.27 8 −2 PADP Enrique Obregón Valverde 2.46 2 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by province

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 February 1962.^[1] Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.^[2]