1986 Costa Rican general election
President
¹ The People's Alliance was a coalition of the People's Vanguard Party and the Broad Democratic Front.

1986 Costa Rican general election

Section Title: President
Table Section Text: ¹ The People's Alliance was a coalition of the People's Vanguard Party and the Broad Democratic Front.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%

Óscar Arias Sánchez	National Liberation Party	620,314	52.3

Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier	Social Christian Unity Party	542,434	45.8

Rodrigo Gutiérrez Sáenz	Peoples' Alliance¹	9,099	0.8

Álvaro Eduardo Montero Mejía	United People	6,599	0.6

Alejandro Madrigal Benavides	Christian National Alliancees	5,647	0.5

Eugenio Jiménez Sancho	Independent Party	1,129	0.1

Invalid/blank votes	31,078	–

Total	1,216,300	100

Registered voters/turnout	1,486,474	81.8

Source: Nohlen; Election Resources

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At the 1986 Costa Rican general elections, Voter turnout was 81.8%.

final_sentence: At the 1986 Costa Rican general elections, Voter turnout was 81.8%.