1986 Santa Rosan presidential election

1986 Santa Rosan presidential election

20 April 1986 (first round) 4 May 1986 (second round)
Turnout	67.49% (first round) 72.89% (second round)
File:Itamar 1992 (Gurgel Planalto).jpg Candidate Raul Romero Pol Schwenke Party PLR PSD Running mate Esteban Gayoso Urbano Cuesta Popular vote 3,720,607 2,732,556 Percentage 57.66% 42.34%
President before election Raul Romero PLR President Raul Romero PLR

A presidential election was held in Santa Rosa on 20 April 1986, with a second round on 4 May. Incumbent president Raul Romero was re-elected, securing a second new four-year term. Nevertheless, he did not manage to obtain the majority of valid votes in the first round; this led the presidential election to a second round, which Romero won with 3.72 million votes (57.7% of the total).

Background

The Constitution of Santa Rosa states that the President of the Republic is elected to a four-year term in a two-round popular vote system. If no candidate achieves a majority in the first round, a second round takes place two weeks later consisting of the two highest performing candidates of the first round. The winner of the election takes office on 20 July of that year.

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Raul Romero	Liberal Republican Party	1,890,444	29.66%	3,720,607	57.66%
	Pol Schwenke	Social Democratic Party	1,836,076	28.80%	2,732,556	42.34%
	Imani Crespo Cruz	MOLAN	1,018,804	15.98%
	Plutarco Dijker	Independent	948,788	14.88%
	Juan Steiner	Party of National Unity	414,966	6.51%
	Beto Guzman	Santa Rosan Worker's Party of Socialism	265,698	4.17%
Valid votes			6,374,776	99.78%	6,453,163	93.50%
Invalid/blank votes			14,367	0.22%	448,103	6.49%
Total			6,389,143	-	6,901,266	-
Registered voters/turnout			9,467,413	67.49%	9,467,413	72.89%