Costa Rica's Former Leader Figueres Congratulates Chaves With Runoff Election Victory
Muhammad Irfan Published April 04, 2022 | 09:20 AM
MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th April, 2022) Former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres has accepted defeat in the second round of the presidential elections and has congratulated his rival, Former Costa Rican Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves.
"Costa Rica has voted, the people have spoken. We, as Democrats, will always respect this decision. I congratulate Rodrigo Chaves and wish him all the best," Figueres told his supporters after preliminary voting results were announced, as broadcast by TeleSur on Sunday.
Chaves has 52.85 percent of the votes, according to results announced by Costa Rica's Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) after over 96 percent of the ballots were counted.
Earlier, the TSE said after processing around 89 percent of the votes that Chaves had 52.9 percent, while Figueres had 47.1 percent.
In the first round of the presidential election held in February, Figueres, who is a candidate from the National Liberation Party (PLN), won 27.28 percent. Meanwhile Chaves, from the Social Democratic Progress Party (PSD), was second with 16.78 percent.
None of the candidates managed to get 40 percent in the first round, so a runoff was set for April 3. The new four-year presidential term begins on May 8.
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