2017 Citizens' Action Party presidential primary
Costa Rican primary election / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about 2017 Citizens' Action Party presidential primary?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The third primary election of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC, known as Convención Nacional Ciudadana or "Citizens' National Convention") was scheduled for July 9, 2017 in order to elect PAC's presidential candidate for the 2018 Costa Rican general election. Albeit rumors about possible candidates included former candidate and former deputy Ottón Solís, then Vice-President Ana Helena Chacón and former president of Congress and then UN ambassador Juan Carlos Mendoza, all of them denied having aspirations at the moment. Instead, the first announcing his intention to be nominated was Minister Carlos Alvarado, former Minister of Social Issues and President of the Joint Social Welfare Institute and latter Minister of Labor under Luis Guillermo Solis' presidency.[1] He was quickly followed by Economy Minister Welmer Ramos, both resigning their offices as the Constitution requires before February 2017.[1] Congresswoman and former pre-candidate Epsy Campbell made her intentions public on March of the same year in what could have been Campbell's third attempt to be presidential nominee.[1] But on March 27 Campbell withdraw from the race.[2]
| |||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 40.000 | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||
Most voted candidate by province:
Ramos
Alvarado | |||||||||||||||||
|
Alvarado, a published writer and journalist, is seen as close to Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, whilst Ramos (although also a Minister under Solís Rivera) is considered closer to the "Ottonista" faction, i.e. the more conservative faction close to the ideas of party's founder Ottón Solís.[3] Alvarado won the election by 56% of the votes over Ramos[4] who acknowledged the defeat the same night.[5] Alvarado would win the presidential race a few months later.