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Arias Remains In First Place
Former presidet Óscar Arias
Sánchez is still favoured to win
the next presidential election
in Costa Rica, according to a
poll by CID-Gallup. 47 per cent
of respondents would vote for
Arias next year, a two per cent
increase since February.
In March 2004, the 63-year-old
Arias officially announced his
intention to run for president
again as the candidate for the
Partido Liberacion Nacional (PLN).
The Costa Rican Legislative
Assembly opted to bring back
presidential re-election in
2003.
Arias headed the government from
1986 to 1990.
Ricardo Toledo of the governing
Partido Unidad Social Cristiana
(PUSC) is second with 19 per
cent, followed by Ottón Solís of
the Partido Acción Cuidadana
(PAC) with 16 per cent.
Independent legislator who ran
as a PLN candidate and lost
against current president Abel
Pacheco in the 2002 presidential
elections, Miguel Corrales -
who recently joined the Union
Patriotica (PU) party - has also
been mentioned as a possible
contender, but has not been
officially registered.
The presidential election is
scheduled for February 2006. The
new president will then take
office on May 1 2006.
Polling Data
What candidate would you vote
for in the next presidential
election?
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Apr. 2005 |
Feb. 2005 |
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Óscar Arias (PLN) |
47% |
45% |
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Ricardo Toledo (PUSC) |
19% |
29% (*) |
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Ottón Solís (PAC) |
16% |
15% |
(*) Listed as "Partido Unidad
Social Cristiana (PUSC)
nominee."
Source: CID-Gallup
Methodology: Interviews to 1,217
Costa Rican adults, conducted
from Apr. 25 to May 3, 2005.
Margin of error is 3 per cent
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