1853 Costa Rican general election
General election held in Costa Rica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 April 1853.[1] President Juan Rafael Mora Porras was re-elected, having been elected in 1849 to end the period of José María Castro Madriz.
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According to the historian Ivan Molina from this date and for the next four decades the elections would play a secondary role in the selection of the president limited to a symbolic legitimating function. The presidents were chosen through a series of political alliances between the coffee bourgeoisie and the Army until the beginning of the Liberal State of Costa Rica.[1] On the second-degree election Mora received 83 electoral votes.[2]