Rafael Yglesias Castro Civil Rafael Yglesias Castro Civil General elections were held in Costa Rica in 1897.

[1] Voters elected members of the electoral college on 14–16 November,[2] who in turn elected the president on 12 December.

Consecutive re-election was forbidden by the constitution.

However, incumbent president Rafael Yglesias Castro forced a constitutional amendment allowing him to be a candidate.

[3] He was also the only candidate, as Yglesia's main opposition, the Republican Party, called for abstention.