1894 Costa Rican general election

1894 Costa Rican general election
4–6 February 1894 (popular vote)
1 April 1894 (electoral college)
Presidential election
564 members of the Electoral College
283 votes needed to win
 
Nominee Rafael Yglesias Castro Juan José Flores Umaña Félix Arcadio Montero Monge
Party Civil PP PID
Alliance Catholic Union
Electoral vote 298 189 62
Percentage 52.84% 33.51% 10.99%
Estimated results by province
President before election

José Joaquín Rodríguez
Independent

Elected President

Rafael Yglesias Castro
Civil

Legislative election
All 32 seats in the Constitutional Congress
17 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats +/–
Civil Rafael Yglesias Castro 20 New
UC–PP José Gregorio Trejos Gutiérrez 9 New
Agricultural Fadrique Gutiérrez 2 New
PID Félix Arcadio Montero Monge 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Costa Rica in 1894 to elect the president and all members of the Constitutional Congress. Voters elected members of the electoral college on 4, 5 and 6 February, who in turn elected the president on 1 April.

The elections were marked by controversy, amid allegations of irregularities and abuses of power by the outgoing administration of President José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón. The government supported the candidacy of Rafael Yglesias Castro, Rodríguez’s son-in-law, and was accused by contemporaries and later observers of employing coercive measures to secure his victory, including the arrest of his principal opponent, José Gregorio Trejos Gutiérrez.


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