With 73% of the voting center’s results in, the Yes for CAFTA is ahead in the race. At this point Yes has 50.86% of the votes, while No has 47.57%.

The remaining votes were either blank or nulled. The only province where No had a lead was Alajuela. Voter turnout was 60% one of the highest in recent history.

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These is the first official announcement of the vote count done directly by the Electoral Tribunal at 8:30pm.

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Filed under: Costa Rica News on October 7th, 2007