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(second round) | next_election = | next_year = 2018 | opinion_polls = | turnout = | image1 = 160x160px | nominee1 = Luis Guillermo Solís | party1 = Citizens' Action Party | popular_vote1 = 1,314,327 | percentage1 = 77.81% | image2 = 160x160px | nominee2 = Johnny Araya | party2 = National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) | popular_vote2 = 374,844 | percentage2 = 22.19% | map_image = | map_size = | map_alt = | map = | map_caption = | title = President | before_election = Laura Chinchilla | before_party = National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) | posttitle = President-elect | after_election = Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera | after_party = Citizens' Action Party }} Costa Rica held parliamentary and presidential elections on Sunday, 2 February 2014 to elect a new president, two vice presidents, and 57 Legislative Assembly lawmakers.〔(Costa Rica's 2014 election season is officially open ) The Tico Times, 2013-10-02.〕 Voting is compulsory in Costa Rica, nevertheless abstentionism was 35 percent in 2006 and 32 percent in 2010.〔(Costa Rica: Losing Faith in Democratic Institutions? ) Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University, 2013-11-11.〕 In accordance with Article 132 of the Constitution, the incumbent President, Laura Chinchilla Miranda, was ineligible to run for a second consecutive term.〔(Constitución Política de la República de Costa Rica ) Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica. Retrieved: 2013-12-28. 〕 The ruling party before the election, the centrist National Liberation Party, put forward San José Mayor Johnny Araya Monge as its presidential candidate. The Libertarian Movement party nominated former legislator Otto Guevara Guth. The leftist Broad Front nominated José María Villalta Florez-Estrada. The center-left Citizens' Action Party nominated Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera. Opinion polls in December 2013 showed Araya ahead with 37 percent, Villalta close behind at 32 percent, Guevara at 15 percent, and Solís trailing at eight percent, suggesting the likelihood of a run-off vote in February.〔(Newest poll shows Araya and Villalta heading for a runoff election ) The Tico Times, 2013-12-18.〕〔(Encuesta de Unimer: Costa Rica sin favorito a dos meses de elecciones ) La Nación, 2013-12-01. 〕 Villalta's strong showing in the polls caused concern among Araya supporters and business leaders in Costa Rica. La Nacion, Costa Rica's most important newspaper and a historical ally of Liberacion Nacional, began a concerted series of attacks against Villalta, comparing him to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Political experts later concluded that this focus on Villalta helped Luis Guillermo Solis in the election. 〔Frajman, Eduardo "The General Election in Costa Rica, February/April 2014" Electoral Studies, Vol. 35, 2014, pp. 61-66〕 In the presidential election, Solís and Araya came first and second, respectively, with neither candidate reaching 40 percent of the valid poll in the first round of voting, so a second round of voting was held from 6am to 6pm on 6 April, the first run-off election since 2002.〔〔(Supreme Elections Tribunal begins manual recount of presidential votes ) The Tico Times, 2014-02-04.〕 In a surprise move, Araya announced on 6 March that he would abandon his campaign for the run-off election. He stated that after weighing his chances it was only sensible to withdraw from the campaign. Recent polls had indicated that he was trailing badly behind Solís and he believed that spending money on campaigning was not prudent. Although Araya's action effectively handed the presidency to Solís, the run-off still had to take place since Costa Rican law does not allow for a candidate to withdraw from a run-off election.〔(Costa Rica government's presidential candidate withdraws ) BBC World News, 2014-03-06.〕 Ultimately, Solís won the second round with 78 percent of the vote, a historic high in Costa Rica.〔(Live Costa Rica presidential election results ) The Tico Times, 2014-04-06.〕 Unlike the first round, Solís won a majority in every province. == Presidential candidates == * Johnny Francisco Araya Monge – Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN), Mayor of San José * José María Villalta Florez-Estrada – Broad Front (FA) * Otto Claudio Guevara Guth – Libertarian Movement (ML), candidate in 2002, 2006 and 2010 * Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera – Citizens' Action Party (PAC) * Rodolfo Emilio Piza Rocafort – Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC); PUSC's original nominee Rodolfo Hernández Gómez withdrew in October 2013 and was replaced by Piza * Óscar Andrés López Arias – Accessibility without Exclusion (PASE) * José Manuel Echandi Meza – National Advance Party (PAN) * Walter Muñoz Céspedes – National Integration Party (PIN) * Sergio Mena Díaz – New Generation Party (PNG) * José Miguel Corrales Bolaños – New Fatherland Party * Justo Orozco Álvarez – Costa Rican Renovation Party (PRC) * Carlos Luis Avendaño Calvo – National Restoration Party (PRN) * Héctor Monestel Herrera – Workers' Party (PT) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Costa Rican general election, 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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