COSTA RICA: Undecided voters overturned the election results

CENTRAL AMERICA - Report 06 Feb 2018 by Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez and Felix Delgado

Our January 24 report explained in detail the main elements of February 4 presidential and congressional elections, including the survey results at that moment. Given the high volatility of political support due to the large proportion of undecided voters, we didn’t make any guess on the possible winner.

With the very low percent support for the leading candidates, the general perception was the need for a runoff, required when the first-place candidate doesn't reach at least 40% of the valid vote. We started the report talking about that outcome as the most probable. That perception materialized: no one reached 40%. Therefore, the first and second placed-finishers will have to go to a second round on April 1.

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