1825 Costa Rican Head of State election

1825 Costa Rican Head of State election
20 March 1825
39 members of the Electoral College
20 votes needed to win
 
Nominee Juan Mora Fernández Mariano Montealegre Bustamante
Party Independent Independent
Electoral vote 33 6
Percentage 84.62% 15.38%
Head of State before election

Juan Mora Fernández
Independent

 Elected Head of State

Juan Mora Fernández
Independent

Head of State elections were held in Costa Rica on 20 May 1825. Incumbent Juan Mora Fernández, who had served as provisional Head of State since 1824 by appointment of the Constituent Congress, was elected to a full four-year term.[1] He defeated Vice Head of State Mariano Montealegre in the country's first constitutional presidential election.

The election was conducted under an indirect electoral system. Citizens voted publicly to elect electoral delegates (electores), who in turn chose the Head of State. The electoral college comprised 39 electors distributed among the country's regions: 11 from San José, eight each from Cartago and Heredia, five from Alajuela, three from Escazú, two from Ujarrás, and one each from Térraba and Bagaces.

Mora received the votes of the electors from every region except Alajuela, whose five electors unanimously supported Montealegre.[1]

Results

CandidateVotes%
Juan Mora Fernández3384.62
Mariano Montealegre Bustamante615.38
Total39100.00
Source: TSE[2]

By province

Province Mora Montealegre
San José110
Cartago80
Heredia80
Alajuela06
Escazú30
Ujarrás30
Total336
Source: TSE[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824–2014" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica. 2017.
  2. 1 2 "TSE" (PDF).
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