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Arias Clear Frontrunner In Costa
Rica
Former head of state Óscar Arias
Sánchez remains the most popular
presidential candidate in Costa
Rica, according to a poll by
Borge y Asociados published in
Spanish language daily Diario
Extra.
Twenty five (25%) per cent of
respondents would vote for Arias
in next year’s election.
In March 2004, the 63-year-old
Arias officially announced his
intention to run for president
again as the candidate for the
National Liberation Party (PLN).
The Costa Rican Legislative
Assembly opted to bring back
presidential re-election in
2003. Arias headed the
government from 1986 to 1990.
Ottón Solís of the Citizens
Action Party (PAC) is second
with 7.3%, followed by Otto
Guevara of the Libertarian
Movement (ML) with 3.8%, Ricardo
Toledo of the Social-Christian
Unity Party (PUSC) with 3.2% and
Antonio Álvarez Desanti of the
Union for Change (UPC) with
2.8%.
The governing PUSC of current
president Abel Pacheco has not
settled on a definite
presidential candidate. Along
with Toledo, former government
officials Guillermo Vargas,
Víctor Morales, Germán Serrano
and Everardo Rodríguez will seek
the nomination.
The election is scheduled
for February 2006.
Polling Data
What candidate would you vote
for if the presidential election
were held today?
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Late March 2005 |
Early March 2005
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Oscar Arias (PLN) |
25.0% |
18.9% |
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Ottón Solís (PAC) |
7.3% |
5.9% |
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Otto Guevara (ML) |
3.8% |
5.7% |
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Ricardo Toledo (PUSC) |
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3.2% |
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Antonio Álvarez Desanti (UPC) |
2.8% |
2.5% |
Source: Borge y Asociados /
Diario Extra
Methodology: Telephone
interviews to 400 Costa Rican
adults, conducted from Mar. 17
to Mar. 30, 2005. Margin of
error is 5 per cent.
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