Election Tidbits.
Calderón Confident, Pacheco Relieved
Former president Abel Pacheco, who expressed
concerned on the outcome of yesterday's
election results, said he voted for the PASE
party. Pacheco was president from 2002 to
2006 for the PUSC party. Voting at the Liceo
de Pavas, Pacheco said "this time I was not
involved in any political campaign and for
the first time I was without stress or
anxiety".
President Oscar Arias, in contract to
Pacheco, arrived at the Pavas voting centre
with fanfare and cameras rolling. Although
Arias did not say whom he cast his vote for,
we can only guess that it was for his
protegé, Laura Chinchilla.
It is unknown who Rolando Araya voter for.
Araya who bowed out of the presidential race
early in the campaign, obtained 3.748 votes.
Former president Rafael Angel Calderon was
the star at the escuela Josefita Jurado, in
Curridabat. We suppose he cast his vote of
support for his wife, Gloria Bejarano, for a
post in the legislative assembly. Calderon
was out early to cast his vote, and his ever
confident manner probably expected to see
his name on the "papeletas", the same way he
was sure a San José court would find him
innocent of embezzlement last October.
In preliminary results, the PLN
(Chinchilla), obtained 853.263 votes; the
PAC (Ottón Solís), 459.258; the ML (Otto
Guevara), 380.103. A total of 1.862.031 were
cast, of which 29.825 were voided and 6.530
were blank.
The total number of votes abstained 829.519
or 30.831%.
The province with the least number of
electors is Guanacaste with only 116.839
valid votes cast.
El Canton Monitor. There is one polling
centre that invariably, always, sets the
tone for the final results. The Heredia
voting centre preliminary results have
always been close to the final election
results for decades and as such all eyes on
the first results of voting at the voting
centre of the Cantón de Barva.
Otto Guevara, being divorced, said he could
not take communion, contradicting Catholic
church policy. Deborah Formal, Guevara's
girlfriend apologized publicly for putting
te "host" she received in the shirt pocket
of her boyfriend during mass celebrated by
Bishop Hugo Barrantes Ureña, Sunday morning.
Parque Cental in downtown San José was the
scene of the big party, as Costa Ricans took
to the streets to wait for the results and
then celebrate their choice of president.
Similar parties and fireworks were set off
in various communities.
Although this was the first time in 60 years
that beer flowed in bars during a
presidential elections, no serious problems
were reported, proving that Costa Rican has
changed and Costa Ricans can now celebrate
with booze.
It was not uncommon to see cars with two or
more flags of differing parties, as husband
and wife show off their political
differences. Costa Ricans have a tradition
of running around with flags from their
vehicles, confirming their choice and
prompting others to vote the same.
For all election results see:
http://www.tse.go.cr/elecciones2010/presidente.htm
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