Costa Rica headed towards likely April presidential runoff

Costa Rica is headed towards a presidential run-off, as preliminary results of Sunday’s election showed no candidate in a crowded pool of 25 contenders managed to win 40 percent of the votes. With 88 percent of the ballots counted on Monday, Jose Maria Figueres, who served as the country’s president between 1994 and 1998, was the frontrunner with 27.3 percent support. Former finance minister and World Bank official Rodrigo Chaves was in second place with 16.7 percent of the votes, according to the preliminary results released by the Supreme Elections Tribunal. Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #CostaRica #CostaRicaDecides2022 #EleccionesCR
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