Costa Rican general election, 1944

February 13, 1944


Turnout	70.380

Nominee	Teodoro Picado Michalski	León Cortés Castro
Party	National Republican	Democratic
Home state	San José	Alajuela
Popular vote	52,830	17,550
Percentage	75.1%	24.9%

President before election

Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia
National Republican

Elected President

Teodoro Picado Michalski
National Republican

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 13 February 1944.^[1] Teodoro Picado Michalski of the Victory Bloc won the presidential election with 75.1% of the vote. Voter turnout was 43.2%.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Teodoro Picado Michalski	Victory Bloc	52,830	75.1
León Cortés Castro	Democratic Party	17,550	24.9
Invalid/blank votes		0	-
Total		70,380	100
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p156

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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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