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National Unification Party (Costa Rica)

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36: 218:, and altogether they won only 16 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Francisco Calderón Guardia died in 1977 which was the death knell for the party. Most of the original coalition left the party, including the Republicans and the National Union Party. The National Unification Party's last gasp was the 1978 elections where they ran Guillermo Villalobos Arce for president, but he lost and the party took no seats in the Legislative Assembly. The National Unification Party had already been replaced by the temporary Unity Coalition, which metamorphosed into the 319: 525: 210:, nevertheless they managed to hold on to 22 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The death of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia in 1970 weakened the party, even though his brother 242:
Political handbook and atlas of the world, 1970: governments and intergovernmental organizations as of September 1, 1969, with supplementary data through January 1, 1970
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then took control. In the 1974 elections they ran Fernando Trejos Escalante for president, but he was easily defeated by
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Official Costa Rican Assembly website, last accessed 1 December 2008, in Spanish
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Costa Rican Assembly members 1966-1978 for the National Unification Party
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winning 26 seats. In the 1970 elections they ran former president
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Social Christian Unity Party
Ideology
Liberalism
Conservativism
Calderonismo
Anti-Communism
Political position
Center-right
Politics of Costa Rica
Political parties
Elections
political party
Costa Rica
Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia
Otilio Ulate Blanco
social welfare
free market
civil war
National Liberation Party
National Republican Party
National Union Party
personalist
Calderonistas
presidency
José Joaquín Trejos Fernández
Legislative Assembly
Mario Echandi Jiménez
José Figueres Ferrer
Francisco Calderón Guardia

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