The Agricultural Labour Action Party ( es, Partido Acción Laborista Agrícola) is a

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Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

. The party was founded after the end of the Agrarian Politics Union Party. The first general elections contested by the party were in

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, in which it received only 0.4% of the vote, and failed to win a seat. In

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its vote share dropped to 0.3%, again failing to win a seat. In

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its electoral performance improved, as it received 1.2% of the national vote and winning its first seat. However, in

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its vote share dropped to 0.7% and it lost its parliamentary representation. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p175

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