Patriotic Alliance ( es, Alianza Patriótica) is a political party in

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. Originally named Alajuelense Democratic Action was a provincial party for the Alajuela Province. The first general elections contested by the party were in

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, when it won a single seat. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p174 However, it won only 0.3% of the vote at the 1986 elections and lost its seat. It did not contest the 1990 elections, but returned in

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, winning 0.8% of the vote, but no seats. In

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it received only 0.5% of the vote and remained without parliamentary representation. In the

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the party was part of the

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that won only 0.8% of the vote and no seats. In 2009 the party was renamed as Patriotic Alliance and became of national-level nominating Rolando Araya (former PLN member) as presidential candidate, but Araya dropped from the race and he and his party endorsed

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's candidate Ottón Solís in the 2010 ballot. On the 2014 election the party also endorsed PAC's candidate, this time Luis Guillermo Solís.

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