1853 Costa Rican general election

4 April 1853

Presidential election


Nominee	Juan Rafael Mora Porras	Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava
Electoral vote	83	6
Percentage	91.21%	6.59%

President before election

Juan Rafael Mora Porras

Elected President

Juan Rafael Mora Porras

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 April 1853.^[1] President Juan Rafael Mora Porras was re-elected, having been elected in 1849 to end the period of José María Castro Madriz.

According to the historian Ivan Molina from this date and for the next four decades the elections would play a secondary role in the selection of the president limited to a symbolic legitimating function. The presidents were chosen through a series of political alliances between the coffee bourgeoisie and the Army until the beginning of the Liberal State of Costa Rica.^[1] On the second-degree election Mora received 83 electoral votes.^[2]

Results


Candidate	Votes	%
Juan Rafael Mora Porras	83	91.21
Manuel Antonio Bonilla Nava	6	6.59
Joaquín Mora Fernández	1	1.10
Manuel Alvarado y Barroeta [es]	1	1.10
Total	91	100.00

Source: TSE

References

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

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1853 Costa Rican general election

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