Bernardo Soto Alfaro José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón Constitutional General elections were held in Costa Rica in 1889.

It wasn't until the presidency of freemason and staunch liberal Bernardo Soto Alfaro that the most secularizing and anti-Catholic policies were taken, that the relationships between the two stained.

[4] During the campaign Rodríguez was accused of trying to impose a religious government (despite the fact that he publicly endorsed the need for church-state separation)[5] whilst Esquivel was signaled for Freemason, liberal and Nicaraguan.

The requirements to be an Elector generally included having properties and knowing how to read, which meant that most of them belonged to the rich families or the middle class.

[5] The Church made a call to defend the results on the streets on November 7 and Soto, fearful of a civil war, resigned and his successor Carlos Durán Cartín handles the power to Rodríguez.