The Social Christian Republican Party is a Costa Rican political party founded in 2014 by former president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier and his group of supporters as a splinter from the historical Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC).[2] The party also uses the colors and a similar name of Calderón's father's party, the National Republican Party.[3]
Social Christian Republican Party Partido Republicano Social Cristiano | |
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| President | Otto Roberto Vargas |
| Secretary-General | Rodolfo Sotomayor Aguilar |
| Presidential candidate | Rodolfo Hernández Gómez |
| Founded | 28 June 2014 |
| Split from | Social Christian Unity Party |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Conservatism Social conservatism Calderonism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | Union of Latin American Parties[1] |
| Colours | Blue, red, and yellow |
| Legislative Assembly | 0 / 57 |
| Mayors | 2 / 82 |
| Alderpeople | 23 / 508 |
| Syndics | 10 / 486 |
| District councillors | 66 / 1,944 |
| Intendants | 2 / 8 |
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The Party was created soon after the Calderonistas left PUSC due to unusually harsh clashes among the Calderonista and Liberal factions inside the party during the general election of 2014. Both factions have been historically rivals but generally work together after the primaries. However, after the 2013 presidential primary (in which the Calderonista candidate Dr. Rodolfo Hernández won), internal fighting between Hernández and the Liberal-led National Committee caused Hernández's resignation.
Hernández and Calderón founded the PRSC a few months after the election, and its first election was in the 2016 municipal elections, with the party electing one mayor, one intendant and several aldermen and syndics. Its candidate for the 2018 Costa Rican general election, is Hernández.[4]
Electoral performance
editPresidential
edit| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | ||||||
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| Votes | % | Position | Result | Votes | % | Position | Result | ||
| 2018 | Rodolfo Hernández | 106,444 | 4.94% | 6th | Lost | — | |||
| 2022 | 12,224 | 0.58% |  12th
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Lost | — | ||||
Parliamentary
edit| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Rodolfo Hernández | 89,969 | 4.21% | 2 / 57
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New | 6th | Opposition |
| 2022 | 31,227 | 1.50% | 0 / 57
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Extra-parliamentary |
References
edit- ^ "Partidos miembros". uplalatinoamerica.org. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Cambronero, Natasha (2014). "Exmilitantes del PUSC fundan nuevo partido cercano a expresidente Calderón". La Nación.
- ^ Booth, John A.; yes (January 2008). Paul Webb and Stephen White (ed.). Political Parties in Costa Rica: Democratic Stability and Party System Change in a Latin American Context (1 ed.). Oxford: Oxford Scholarship Online. ISBN 9780199289653. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ Rodríguez, Frank (2016). "Tras doble renuncia en elecciones pasadas, doctor Rodolfo Hernández vuelve a aspirar a la Presidencia". Amelia Rueda.