2026 Costa Rican general election

2026 Costa Rican general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Laura Fernández Fabricio Alvarado Álvaro Ramos Party PPSO PNR PLN Running mate Franscisco Gamboa David Segura Karen Segura   Nominee Natalia Díaz Claudia Dobles Ariel Robles Party UP PAC FA Alliance Citizens' Agenda Coalition Running mate Jorge Ernesto Ocampo Andrea Centeno Margarita Salas

Incumbent President Rodrigo Chaves Robles PPSD

General elections are due to be held in Costa Rica on 1 February 2026. ^{[1] [2]}

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. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

Presidential candidates

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

Party		Ideology	Ticket
			Name	1st Vice President	2nd Vice President
	Broad Front	Democratic socialism	Andrés Ariel Robles Barrantes	Margarita Salas Guzmán	Guillermo Arroyo Muñoz
	Citizen Agenda (coalition of the Citizen s' Action Party and National Democratic Agenda)	Social democracy	Claudia Vanessa Dobles Camargo	Andrea Centeno Rodríguez	Luis Felipe Arauz Cavallini
	Costa Rica First Alliance	Social democracy	Douglas Caamaño Quirós	Lissa Ivannis Freckleton Owens	Carlos Moya Bonilla
	Costa Rican Democratic Union Party	Social democracy	Boris Molina Acevedo	José Edgardo Morales Romero	Maricela Morales Mora
	Costa Rica Rules Here	Populism	Ronny Castillo González	Hazel María Arias Mata	William Martín Anderson Lewis
	Democratic and Social Center Party	Social conservatism	Ana Virginia Calzada Miranda	Oldemar Rodríguez Rojas	Heilen Díaz Gutiérrez
	Forward	Classical liberalism	José Miguel Aguillar Berrocal	Evita Arguedas Maklouf	Marcela Ortiz Bonilla
	Hope and Freedom Party	Humanism	Marco David Rodríguez Badilla	Carlos Francisco Palacios Franco	Karla Fabiola Romero Cruz
	National Hope Party	Progressive conservatism	Claudio Alberto Alpízar Otoya	Andrés Castillo Saborío	Nora Elena González Chacón
	National Integration Party	Catch-all party	Luis Esteban Amador Jiménez	Jorge Mario Borbón Rojas	Katya Berdugo Ulate
	National Liberation Party	Social democracy	Álvaro Roberto Ramos Chaves	Karen Segura Fernández	Xinia María Chaves Quirós
	New Generation Party	Conservatism	Fernando Zamora Castellanos	Lisbeth Quesada Tristán	Yeudy Sulem Araya Herrera
	New Republic Party	Conservatism	Gerardo Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz	David Lorenzo Segura Gamboa	Rosalía Brown Young
	Progressive Liberal Party	Liberalism	Eliécer Feinzaig Mintz	Tannia Molina Rojas	Gabriel Zamora Baudrit
	Social Christian Unity Party	Christian democracy	Juan Carlos Hidalgo Bogantes	Yolanda Fernández Ochoa	Steven Alberto Barrantes Núñez
	Social Democratic Progress Party	Liberalism	Luz Mary Alpízar Loaiza	Frank Alberto Mc Kenzie Peterkin	Maritza Bustamante Venegas
	Sovereign People's Party	Right-wing populism	Laura Virginia Fernández Delgado	Francisco Ernesto Gamboa Soto	Douglas Soto Campos
	United We Can	Classical liberalism	Natalia Díaz Quintana	Jorge Ernesto Ocampo Sánchez	Luis Diego Vargas Rodríguez
	Working Class Party	Troskism	David Hernandez Brenes	Obeth Morales Barquero	Jeimy Castro Valverde

References

1. Mora, Carlos (28 November 2024). "TSE fija cronograma para elecciones nacionales de 2026 | CR Hoy". CR Hoy | Periodico Digital | Costa Rica Noticias 24/7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
2. "Costa Rica 2026 Elections Kick Off: 20 Candidates Vie for Presidency". The Tico Times. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
3. Costa Rica IFES
4. Electoral system IPU