1872 Costa Rican general election

1872 Costa Rican general election
April 1872
Presidential election
 
Nominee Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez Gregorio Trejos
Electoral vote 311 2
Percentage 99.04% 0.64%
President before election

Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez

 Elected President

Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez

General elections were held in Costa Rica in April 1872.

After the coup against dictator Jesús Jiménez Zamora on April 27, 1870, and after the brief government of Bruno Carranza Ramírez, Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez succeeded on August 8 and elections were called by the then provisional president Guardia on 8 of May 1872. It was the first time that the presidency was exercised by a military.

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