1829 Costa Rican Head of State election

In the election for Head of State of Costa Rica held on 1 January 1829 Juan Mora Fernández is reelected in his position by the majority of Electors.[1] The elections in this period were conducted in two levels, first all Costa Ricans capable of voting according to the Constitution (men able to read and write, among other things) who cast a public vote chose the Electores according to the proportional representation of the population of each location; 11 for San José, 9 for Alajuela, 8 for Cartago, 8 for Heredia, 3 for Escazú, 3 for Ujarrás and 3 for the recently annexed Nicoya. Mora received the unanimous vote of all the provinces except for 2 electoral votes in San José, 1 in Alajuela and 2 in Heredia.[1]

Candidate	San José	Cartago	Heredia	Alajuela	Escazú	Ujarrás	Nicoya
Juan Mora Fernández	9	8	6	8	3	2	1
Others	2		2	1

1829 Costa Rican Head of State election

1 February 1829

Nominee Juan Mora Fernández Party Liberal Percentage 85%

Head of State before election Juan Mora Fernández Liberal Elected Head of State Juan Mora Fernández Liberal

References

1. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica (2008). "Historia de las elecciones presidenciales 1824-2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-12-18. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)