1847 Costa Rican Head of State election

11 April 1847


Nominee	José María Castro Madriz	José María Alfaro Zamora
Electoral vote	99	52
Percentage	64.29%	33.79%

Head of State before election

José María Alfaro Zamora
Liberal

Elected Head of State

José María Castro Madriz
Liberal

Head of State elections were held in Costa Rica on 11 April 1847,^[1] shortly after a coup d'état that overthrew the first head of state elected in direct elections; Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla who was formally overthrown although he had previously left office without resigning. The de facto president was José María Alfaro Zamora who was a candidate but was defeated by José María Castro Madriz.

These elections were held in two grades, first paid by all men over 20 or 18 if they were married or were teachers of some science, who chose the electors (168 in total) who voted to choose the positions in dispute. Also the electoral legislation established that, in five years, those who could not read or write won't be able to vote.^[2]

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Candidate	Votes	%
José María Castro Madriz	99	64.29
José María Alfaro Zamora	52	33.77
Rafael Moya Murillo	2	1.30
Paulino Ortiz	1	0.65
Total	154	100.00

Source: TSE

References

^ "Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824–2014" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica. 2017.
^ Molina Jiménez, Iván (April 2001). "Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913" (PDF). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

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1847 Costa Rican Head of State election

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