1970 Costa Rican general election
President

1970 Costa Rican general election

Section Title: President
Table Section Text: None

Candidate	Party	Votes	%

José Figueres Ferrer	National Liberation Party	295,883	54.8

Mario Echandi Jiménez	National Unification Party	222,372	41.2

Virgilio Calvo Sánchez	National Frontes	9,554	1.8

Lisímaco Leiva Cubillo	Socialist Action Partyes	7,221	1.3

Jorge Arturo Monge Zamora	Christian Democratic Partyes	5,015	0.9

Invalid/blank votes	22,721	–

Total	562,766	100

Registered voters/turnout	675,285	83.3

Source: Nohlen; Election Resources

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Voter turnout was 83.3%.

final_sentence: Voter turnout was 83.3%.