The results were annulled by Congress, leading to the six-week Costa Rican Civil War later that year.

[1] After the Civil War, José Figueres Ferrer became President at the head of a provisional junta that ruled for 18 months before handing power over to Ulate Blanco.

The pre-candidates were Fernando Castro Cervantes (Democrat), Otilio Ulate Blanco (Unionist) and José Figueres Ferrer (Social-Democrat).

The youth of the National Opposition Coalition violently confronted the Communist Brigades during the debate on the budgets of the electoral bodies in the Congress.

The Cartago Province, one of the strongholds of the opposition, began a general strike and a series of social uprisings that forced Picado to remove the governor (who was appointed by the president) and other local rulers, although this did not calm the spirits.