2026 Costa Rican general election

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2026 Costa Rican general election
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  2022 February 20262030 
Presidential election
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NomineeLaura Fernández Fabricio Alvarado Álvaro Ramos
Party PPSO PNR PLN
Running mateFranscisco GamboaTo be determinedKaren Segura

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NomineeNatalia Díaz Claudia Dobles Camargo Ariel Robles
Party UP PAC FA
Running mateJorge Ernesto OcampoTo be determinedMargarita Salas

Incumbent President

Rodrigo Chaves Robles
PPSD



General elections are due to be held in Costa Rica by February 2026. [1]

Contents

Electoral system

The president of Costa Rica is elected using a modified two-round system in which a candidate must receive at least 40% of the vote to win in the first round; if no candidate wins in the first round, a runoff is held between the two candidates with most votes. [2]

The 57 members of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica are elected using closed list proportional representation through the largest remainder method from seven multi-member constituencies with between four and 19 seats, which are based on the seven provinces. [3]

Presidential candidates

The following table shows the candidates nominated by the eligible parties:

PartyIdeologyTicket
Name1st Vice

President

2nd Vice

President

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Broad Front
Democratic socialism Andrés Ariel Robles BarrantesMargarita Salas GuzmánGuillermo Arroyo Muñoz
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Citizen Agenda
(coalition of the Citizen s' Action Party and National Democratic Agenda)
Social democracy Claudia Vanessa Dobles CamargoTo be determined
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Costa Rica First Alliance
Social democracy Douglas Caamaño QuirósLissa Ivannis Freckleton OwensCarlos Moya Bonilla
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Costa Rican Democratic Union Party
Social democracy Boris Molina AcevedoJosé Edgardo Morales RomeroMaricela Morales Mora
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Costa Rica Rules Here
Populism Ronny Castillo GonzálezHazel María Arias MataWilliam Martín Anderson Lewis
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Democratic and Social Center Party
Social conservatism Ana Virginia Calzada MirandaOldemar Rodríguez RojasHeilen Díaz Gutiérrez
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Forward
Classical liberalism José Miguel Aguillar BerrocalEvita Arguedas MakloufTo be determined
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Hope and Freedom Party
Humanism Marco David Rodríguez BadillaCarlos Francisco Palacios FrancoKarla Fabiola Romero Cruz
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National Hope Party
Progressive conservatism Claudio Alberto Alpízar OtoyaAndrés Castillo SaboríoNora Elena González Chacón
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National Liberation Party
Social democracy Álvaro Roberto Ramos ChavesKaren Segura FernándezXinia María Chaves Quirós
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New Generation Party
Conservatism Fernando Zamora CastellanosLisbeth Quesada TristánYeudy Sulem Araya Herrera
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New Republic Party
Conservatism Gerardo Fabricio Alvarado MuñozTo be determined
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Progressive Liberal Party

Liberalism Eliécer Feinzaig MintzTannia Molina RojasTo be determined
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Social Christian Unity Party

Christian democracy Juan Carlos Hidalgo BogantesTo be determined
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Social Democratic Progress Party
Liberalism Luz Mary Alpízar LoaizaFrank Alberto Mc Kenzie PeterkinMaritza Bustamante Venegas
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Sovereign People's Party
Right-wing populism Laura Virginia Fernández DelgadoFrancisco Ernesto Gamboa SotoDouglas Soto Campos
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United We Can
Classical liberalism Natalia Díaz QuintanaJorge Ernesto Ocampo SánchezLuis Diego Vargas Rodríguez

References

  1. "Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections". Congressional Research Service . 7 October 2024. p. 2. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. Costa Rica IFES
  3. Electoral system IPU