Independent_Guanacaste_Party

Independent Guanacaste Party

Independent Guanacaste Party

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The Independent Guanacaste Party (Spanish: Partido Guanacaste Independiente') was a political party in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. Its president was José Angel Jara Chavarría, and the General Secretary Luis Eduardo (Chito) Arata Herrero.

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The party was founded in 1989 and first contested general elections in 1994. However, it received only 0.2% of the vote and failed to win a seat.[1] In the 1998 elections it received just 0.1% of the vote and remained without parliamentary representation.

In 2010 the party was officially declared as "cancelled" by the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp173-175 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. [2]
    "Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones, Partidos cancelados".


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