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Presidential Vote Count Could Be
Finished Tomorrow, Solís in the
Lead
The president of the Tribunal
Supremo de Elecciones (TSE),
Oscar Fonseca, said yesterday
that we could have a president
proclaimed as early as tomorrow,
when the manual vote is expected
to be finished.
"If we continue to work at the
same steady pace, the counting
should be finished by
Wednesday", said Fonseca.
Fonseca added that once the
manual count is done, the TSE
will take a short recess before
making an announcement.
Today the manual counting of
votes for the provinces of
Guanacaste and Puntarenas
continues, which will leave only
the province of Limón.
The accumulate vote count as of
noon yesterday, Ottón Solís of
the Partido Acción Cuidadana
(PAC) has 591.150 votes and
Oscar Arias of the Partido
Liberación Nacional (PLN) has
578.757 votes.
With only 83.14% of the votes
counter, Solís is ahead by
12.393 votes.
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