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The economist Rodrigo Chaves leads José María Figueres in the second electoral round for the presidency of Costa Rica, the Electoral Court of said country announced this Sunday.
With 89% of the tables counted, the politician from the Social Democratic Progress Party is in the lead with 52.9%, while his opponent from the National Liberation Party has 47.1%.
The country celebrated this Sunday the second round of the presidential elections following in the first round, held in February, no candidate obtained 40% of the votes necessary for the position.[oestedomingolasegundavueltadelaseleccionespresidencialesdespuésdequeenlaprimerarondacelebradaenfebreroningúncandidatoobtuvierael40%delosvotosnecesariosparaelcargo
The vote count for this second round began at 6:00 pm local time, once the 2,150 polling stations closed.
This weekend 3.5 million Costa Ricans were summoned to the polls.
The elections took place at a time when the Central American country is experiencing an erosion in its welfare economy.
According to a survey by the University of Costa Rica, unemployment and the economy were the biggest concerns of Costa Ricans (29.1% and 17.8%), well above corruption (10.6%), which he splashed Carlos Alvarado, the president who leaves power, and who reduced his popularity to a minimum.
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