former minister antonio álvarez desanti had recently return to the party expressing his interest in the nomination, yet party regulations prevent his candidacy due to his recent participation in another party. desanti dropped from the race supporting chinchilla. while chinchilla was seen as close to then incumbent president arias and his faction, araya was endorsed by his brother and previous candidate rolando and by his uncle former president luis alberto monge. the final results were 55% for chinchilla, 41% for araya and 2% for berrocal. chinchilla will also win the presidential race in 2010.