| Alajuela | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica | |
| Location of Alajuela within Costa Rica | |
| Province | Alajuela |
| Population | 1,035,464 (2022) [1] |
| Electorate | 679,844 (2022) |
| Area | 9,772 km2 (2024) [2] |
| Current Constituency | |
| Created | 1949 |
| Seats | List
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| Deputies [3] | List
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Alajuela is one of the seven multi-member constituencies of the Legislative Assembly, the national legislature of Costa Rica. The constituency was established in 1949 when the Legislative Assembly was established by the modified constitution imposed by the Figueres dictatorship. It is conterminous with the province of Alajuela. The constituency currently elects 11 of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 679,844 registered electors.
Alajuela currently elects 11 of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. [4] [5] Seats are allocated using the largest remainder method using the Hare quota (cociente). [6] [7] Only parties that receive at least 50% of the Hare quota (subcociente) compete for remainder seats. [8] [9] Any seats remaining unfilled after allocation using the quotient system are distributed amongst parties that surpassed the subcociente, is descending order of their total votes in the constituency. [10] The latter process is repeated until all the seats in the constituency are filled. [11]
| Election | United People PU / IU / CC2000 / PASO | Broad Front FA | Patriotic Alliance AP / PADA | Citizens' Action PAC | National Republican PRN / PR / PRI / PC | National Liberation PLN / PSD | Social Christian Unity PUSC / CU / PDC | National Unification PUN / PUN | National Integration PIN | Libertarian Movement PML | Social Democratic Progress PPSD | National Restoration PRN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| 2022 | 1,753 | 0.42% | 0 | 28,645 | 6.86% | 1 | 7,414 | 1.78% | 0 | 108,377 | 25.97% | 3 | 47,434 | 11.37% | 2 | 6,019 | 1.44% | 0 | 2,623 | 0.63% | 0 | 78,496 | 18.81% | 2 | 6,827 | 1.64% | 0 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 11,982 | 2.85% | 0 | 73,436 | 17.46% | 2 | 91,520 | 21.76% | 3 | 60,235 | 14.32% | 2 | 30,612 | 7.28% | 1 | 6,557 | 1.56% | 0 | 86,719 | 20.62% | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 56,012 | 14.03% | 2 | 2,261 | 0.57% | 0 | 100,572 | 25.20% | 3 | 109,409 | 27.41% | 4 | 32,934 | 8.25% | 1 | 2,119 | 0.53% | 0 | 30,661 | 7.68% | 1 | 12,884 | 3.23% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | 4,835 | 1.32% | 0 | 6,922 | 1.89% | 0 | 72,880 | 19.94% | 2 | 139,515 | 38.17% | 5 | 23,746 | 6.50% | 1 | 1,314 | 0.36% | 0 | 60,198 | 16.47% | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 791 | 0.26% | 0 | 7,867 | 2.56% | 0 | 85,277 | 27.74% | 4 | 114,567 | 37.27% | 5 | 21,257 | 6.92% | 1 | 1,397 | 0.45% | 0 | 24,021 | 7.81% | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 1,784 | 0.62% | 0 | 59,414 | 20.68% | 2 | 87,534 | 30.47% | 4 | 86,760 | 30.20% | 4 | 4,117 | 1.43% | 0 | 21,535 | 7.50% | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | 1,043 | 0.41% | 0 | 6,614 | 2.59% | 0 | 90,809 | 35.52% | 4 | 104,547 | 40.89% | 4 | 3,329 | 1.30% | 0 | 3,577 | 1.40% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | 11,630 | 4.33% | 0 | 124,538 | 46.36% | 5 | 110,839 | 41.26% | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 3,469 | 1.43% | 0 | 7,330 | 3.02% | 0 | 105,608 | 43.47% | 5 | 113,942 | 46.90% | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | 2,581 | 1.23% | 0 | 4,324 | 2.06% | 0 | 104,726 | 49.86% | 5 | 88,240 | 42.01% | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | 5,517 | 3.25% | 0 | 12,486 | 7.37% | 1 | 94,080 | 55.50% | 6 | 51,018 | 30.10% | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | 6,217 | 4.24% | 0 | 62,835 | 42.85% | 5 | 67,698 | 46.17% | 5 | 6,251 | 4.26% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | 2,253 | 1.92% | 0 | 3,152 | 2.69% | 0 | 51,895 | 44.32% | 5 | 955 | 0.82% | 0 | 29,381 | 25.09% | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 2,300 | 2.41% | 0 | 49,958 | 52.31% | 6 | 1,326 | 1.39% | 0 | 36,753 | 38.49% | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | 37,966 | 49.22% | 5 | 34,382 | 44.57% | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | 19,438 | 28.00% | 3 | 34,910 | 50.29% | 6 | 11,796 | 16.99% | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | 6,701 | 17.05% | 2 | 19,777 | 50.33% | 4 | 9,519 | 24.22% | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953 | 22,770 | 67.81% | 6 | 1,927 | 5.74% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results of the 2022 general election held on 6 February 2022: [12] [13]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | Río Cuarto | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Sarchí | Upala | Zarcero | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 33,747 | 3,218 | 9,902 | 2,008 | 1,511 | 6,602 | 2,569 | 4,433 | 4,763 | 1,522 | 20,843 | 979 | 8,357 | 1,514 | 3,554 | 2,855 | 108,377 | 25.97% | 3 | |
| Social Democratic Progress Party | PPSD | 22,943 | 3,478 | 6,814 | 794 | 1,470 | 4,042 | 1,259 | 3,217 | 2,399 | 741 | 17,528 | 388 | 9,191 | 1,093 | 1,919 | 1,220 | 78,496 | 18.81% | 2 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 14,013 | 2,209 | 5,886 | 699 | 759 | 2,349 | 1,556 | 1,692 | 1,953 | 358 | 4,708 | 439 | 4,796 | 1,944 | 3,296 | 777 | 47,434 | 11.37% | 2 | |
| New Republic Party | PNR | 14,788 | 1,205 | 3,479 | 1,102 | 1,052 | 1,986 | 917 | 1,290 | 1,913 | 504 | 9,256 | 216 | 3,326 | 883 | 2,864 | 331 | 45,112 | 10.81% | 2 | |
| Progressive Liberal Party | PLP | 15,208 | 1,085 | 3,446 | 104 | 98 | 1,446 | 632 | 3,894 | 1,428 | 96 | 4,575 | 140 | 3,163 | 433 | 411 | 435 | 36,594 | 8.77% | 1 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 9,631 | 1,192 | 2,467 | 137 | 257 | 1,681 | 650 | 1,794 | 1,132 | 130 | 3,527 | 211 | 4,300 | 595 | 476 | 465 | 28,645 | 6.86% | 1 | |
| Social Christian Republican Party | PRSC | 2,787 | 162 | 503 | 769 | 62 | 246 | 73 | 253 | 386 | 45 | 1,590 | 30 | 361 | 64 | 277 | 62 | 7,670 | 1.84% | 0 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 2,281 | 271 | 460 | 73 | 64 | 751 | 87 | 370 | 208 | 59 | 1,456 | 25 | 824 | 122 | 285 | 78 | 7,414 | 1.78% | 0 | |
| National Restoration Party | PRN | 2,268 | 155 | 453 | 104 | 114 | 276 | 114 | 294 | 236 | 62 | 1,734 | 42 | 521 | 104 | 302 | 48 | 6,827 | 1.64% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 962 | 137 | 227 | 72 | 97 | 144 | 46 | 336 | 70 | 18 | 903 | 17 | 2,746 | 39 | 138 | 67 | 6,019 | 1.44% | 0 | |
| Liberal Union Party | UL | 1,333 | 78 | 285 | 44 | 41 | 185 | 49 | 213 | 144 | 25 | 546 | 10 | 1,511 | 50 | 103 | 50 | 4,667 | 1.12% | 0 | |
| A Just Costa Rica | CRJ | 919 | 101 | 405 | 86 | 109 | 136 | 78 | 889 | 117 | 28 | 839 | 46 | 600 | 52 | 112 | 31 | 4,548 | 1.09% | 0 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 1,871 | 129 | 351 | 44 | 26 | 187 | 110 | 169 | 203 | 24 | 544 | 28 | 535 | 75 | 128 | 50 | 4,474 | 1.07% | 0 | |
| New Generation Party | PNG | 1,531 | 108 | 270 | 35 | 84 | 123 | 169 | 118 | 112 | 24 | 995 | 80 | 388 | 49 | 85 | 53 | 4,224 | 1.01% | 0 | |
| We Are | 490 | 97 | 196 | 4 | 10 | 232 | 110 | 63 | 97 | 73 | 272 | 115 | 252 | 1,685 | 21 | 280 | 3,997 | 0.96% | 0 | ||
| Costa Rican Social Democratic Movement | PMSDC | 1,092 | 47 | 1,402 | 28 | 41 | 148 | 23 | 81 | 83 | 31 | 410 | 18 | 232 | 36 | 78 | 25 | 3,775 | 0.90% | 0 | |
| National Force Party | PFN | 1,101 | 268 | 234 | 30 | 46 | 142 | 113 | 128 | 106 | 84 | 447 | 27 | 249 | 66 | 98 | 42 | 3,181 | 0.76% | 0 | |
| United We Can | UP | 860 | 65 | 132 | 38 | 19 | 71 | 36 | 58 | 156 | 19 | 788 | 6 | 303 | 33 | 50 | 58 | 2,692 | 0.65% | 0 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 786 | 67 | 208 | 21 | 30 | 114 | 50 | 126 | 83 | 20 | 284 | 16 | 286 | 465 | 45 | 22 | 2,623 | 0.63% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Alliance | ADC | 494 | 23 | 85 | 33 | 67 | 99 | 28 | 54 | 42 | 19 | 934 | 8 | 180 | 25 | 199 | 21 | 2,311 | 0.55% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Social Justice Party | JSC | 743 | 106 | 143 | 15 | 55 | 87 | 39 | 99 | 94 | 13 | 316 | 12 | 187 | 27 | 107 | 20 | 2,063 | 0.49% | 0 | |
| United People | PU | 356 | 38 | 700 | 12 | 78 | 35 | 8 | 49 | 36 | 5 | 154 | 4 | 195 | 28 | 34 | 21 | 1,753 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Our People Party | PNP | 450 | 54 | 43 | 61 | 27 | 31 | 41 | 50 | 32 | 20 | 408 | 8 | 126 | 37 | 42 | 15 | 1,445 | 0.35% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party | PT | 360 | 27 | 78 | 6 | 107 | 56 | 17 | 76 | 35 | 10 | 244 | 5 | 172 | 21 | 30 | 23 | 1,267 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| National Encounter Party | PEN | 271 | 21 | 155 | 33 | 19 | 48 | 10 | 43 | 26 | 7 | 187 | 11 | 106 | 22 | 101 | 17 | 1,077 | 0.26% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Democratic Union | PUCD | 182 | 13 | 55 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 103 | 0 | 63 | 11 | 90 | 6 | 608 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 131,467 | 14,354 | 38,379 | 6,365 | 6,255 | 21,237 | 8,797 | 19,799 | 15,867 | 3,941 | 73,591 | 2,881 | 42,970 | 9,473 | 14,845 | 7,072 | 417,293 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
| Blank votes | 901 | 88 | 330 | 119 | 111 | 215 | 60 | 184 | 125 | 49 | 672 | 39 | 490 | 90 | 250 | 81 | 3,804 | 0.89% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,255 | 104 | 335 | 114 | 86 | 227 | 101 | 200 | 147 | 49 | 779 | 26 | 475 | 74 | 258 | 67 | 4,297 | 1.01% | |||
| Total polled | 133,623 | 14,546 | 39,044 | 6,598 | 6,452 | 21,679 | 8,958 | 20,183 | 16,139 | 4,039 | 75,042 | 2,946 | 43,935 | 9,637 | 15,353 | 7,220 | 425,394 | 62.57% | |||
| Registered electors | 215,738 | 21,886 | 56,993 | 11,919 | 13,869 | 33,531 | 16,820 | 30,113 | 23,616 | 6,780 | 118,361 | 5,007 | 68,598 | 15,414 | 31,777 | 9,422 | 679,844 | ||||
| Turnout | 61.94% | 66.46% | 68.51% | 55.36% | 46.52% | 64.65% | 53.26% | 67.02% | 68.34% | 59.57% | 63.40% | 58.84% | 64.05% | 62.52% | 48.31% | 76.63% | 62.57% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [14] Dinorah Barquero Barquero (PLN); Leslye Rubén Bojorges León (PUSC); José Joaquín Hernández Rojas (PLN); Olga Lidia Morera Arrieta (PNR); María Marta Padilla Bonilla (PPSD); Jorge Antonio Rojas López (PPSD); María Daniela Rojas Salas (PUSC); Monserrat Ruiz Guevara (PLN); José Pablo Sibaja Jiménez (PNR); Luis Diego Vargas Rodríguez (PLP); and Priscilla Vindas Salazar (FA).
Results of the 2018 general election held on 4 February 2018: [15] [16]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Sarchí | Upala | Zarcero | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 31,298 | 2,450 | 7,573 | 1,667 | 1,100 | 4,660 | 2,399 | 4,482 | 3,378 | 14,456 | 825 | 9,705 | 3,620 | 1,725 | 2,182 | 91,520 | 21.76% | 3 | |
| National Restoration Party | PRN | 28,939 | 2,071 | 8,610 | 1,848 | 1,426 | 2,988 | 1,769 | 2,743 | 2,975 | 19,343 | 291 | 6,798 | 4,321 | 1,893 | 704 | 86,719 | 20.62% | 2 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 23,361 | 3,123 | 7,778 | 348 | 640 | 4,094 | 1,028 | 4,364 | 2,864 | 11,043 | 257 | 10,195 | 1,535 | 1,504 | 1,302 | 73,436 | 17.46% | 2 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 17,266 | 3,282 | 5,758 | 737 | 1,220 | 3,719 | 1,979 | 4,191 | 2,211 | 9,918 | 897 | 3,499 | 2,011 | 1,998 | 1,549 | 60,235 | 14.32% | 2 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 9,692 | 937 | 2,721 | 322 | 545 | 1,696 | 688 | 1,645 | 1,076 | 5,427 | 165 | 3,521 | 992 | 817 | 368 | 30,612 | 7.28% | 1 | |
| Social Christian Republican Party | PRSC | 5,498 | 521 | 2,737 | 466 | 345 | 1,413 | 403 | 726 | 698 | 3,590 | 161 | 2,320 | 546 | 489 | 324 | 20,237 | 4.81% | 1 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 3,375 | 575 | 1,012 | 102 | 237 | 606 | 201 | 971 | 434 | 1,975 | 78 | 1,584 | 357 | 263 | 212 | 11,982 | 2.85% | 0 | |
| New Generation Party | PNG | 2,259 | 190 | 955 | 459 | 56 | 299 | 91 | 312 | 322 | 1,427 | 22 | 2,928 | 352 | 97 | 77 | 9,846 | 2.34% | 0 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 3,545 | 219 | 600 | 104 | 65 | 238 | 208 | 221 | 716 | 1,895 | 38 | 496 | 183 | 131 | 78 | 8,737 | 2.08% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Alliance | ADC | 2,259 | 185 | 841 | 145 | 160 | 429 | 148 | 293 | 314 | 1,149 | 28 | 537 | 392 | 204 | 70 | 7,154 | 1.70% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 1,929 | 342 | 575 | 97 | 128 | 1,129 | 144 | 265 | 308 | 849 | 118 | 515 | 447 | 131 | 60 | 7,037 | 1.67% | 0 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 2,171 | 437 | 500 | 77 | 88 | 267 | 109 | 315 | 240 | 875 | 43 | 831 | 240 | 278 | 86 | 6,557 | 1.56% | 0 | |
| Progressive Liberal Party | PLP | 979 | 63 | 1,787 | 15 | 23 | 110 | 21 | 93 | 59 | 268 | 5 | 156 | 55 | 46 | 13 | 3,693 | 0.88% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party | PT | 683 | 82 | 195 | 22 | 298 | 146 | 45 | 164 | 79 | 482 | 9 | 416 | 85 | 63 | 47 | 2,816 | 0.67% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 133,254 | 14,477 | 41,642 | 6,409 | 6,331 | 21,794 | 9,233 | 20,785 | 15,674 | 72,697 | 2,937 | 43,501 | 15,136 | 9,639 | 7,072 | 420,581 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
| Blank votes | 482 | 77 | 243 | 66 | 61 | 151 | 41 | 130 | 76 | 427 | 17 | 358 | 200 | 62 | 38 | 2,429 | 0.57% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,525 | 152 | 447 | 121 | 104 | 258 | 127 | 260 | 177 | 971 | 39 | 506 | 310 | 105 | 73 | 5,175 | 1.21% | |||
| Total polled | 135,261 | 14,706 | 42,332 | 6,596 | 6,496 | 22,203 | 9,401 | 21,175 | 15,927 | 74,095 | 2,993 | 44,365 | 15,646 | 9,806 | 7,183 | 428,185 | 67.86% | |||
| Registered electors | 201,480 | 20,429 | 59,285 | 10,970 | 12,152 | 31,782 | 15,594 | 28,973 | 21,821 | 108,240 | 4,602 | 63,586 | 28,352 | 14,668 | 9,056 | 630,990 | ||||
| Turnout | 67.13% | 71.99% | 71.40% | 60.13% | 53.46% | 69.86% | 60.29% | 73.09% | 72.99% | 68.45% | 65.04% | 69.77% | 55.18% | 66.85% | 79.32% | 67.86% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [17] Ignacio Alberto Alpízar Castro (PRN); Luis Ramón Carranza Cascante (PAC); Nidia Lorena Céspedes Cisneros (PRN); María José Corrales Chacón (PLN); Dragos Dolanescu Valenciano (PRSC); Carolina Hidalgo Herrera (PAC); Erwen Masís Castro (PUSC); Erick Rodríguez Steller (PIN); María Inés Solís Quirós (PUSC); Roberto Thompson (PLN); and Daniel Isaac Ulate Valenciano (PLN).
Results of the 2014 general election held on 2 February 2014: [18] [19]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Sarchí | Upala | Zarcero | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 31,206 | 3,227 | 11,934 | 2,100 | 1,473 | 6,145 | 3,275 | 8,148 | 4,025 | 18,713 | 1,187 | 8,273 | 4,644 | 2,254 | 2,805 | 109,409 | 27.41% | 4 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 33,479 | 4,131 | 11,080 | 660 | 700 | 5,083 | 1,079 | 4,815 | 3,818 | 15,994 | 345 | 14,042 | 1,543 | 2,119 | 1,684 | 100,572 | 25.20% | 3 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 16,511 | 1,925 | 5,090 | 650 | 1,263 | 3,411 | 1,085 | 3,609 | 1,886 | 8,356 | 390 | 7,586 | 2,111 | 1,358 | 781 | 56,012 | 14.03% | 2 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 10,612 | 1,284 | 3,196 | 922 | 735 | 1,790 | 1,714 | 934 | 943 | 5,216 | 301 | 2,054 | 1,634 | 959 | 640 | 32,934 | 8.25% | 1 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 10,429 | 558 | 2,949 | 548 | 574 | 1,668 | 442 | 546 | 1,465 | 5,371 | 200 | 2,902 | 1,577 | 1,150 | 282 | 30,661 | 7.68% | 1 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 6,959 | 441 | 1,357 | 398 | 146 | 536 | 426 | 378 | 744 | 2,973 | 59 | 869 | 393 | 297 | 196 | 16,172 | 4.05% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 5,902 | 1,470 | 1,162 | 302 | 283 | 588 | 281 | 395 | 527 | 3,003 | 79 | 947 | 475 | 311 | 80 | 15,805 | 3.96% | 0 | |
| National Restoration Party | PRN | 5,005 | 244 | 1,424 | 273 | 242 | 685 | 291 | 867 | 543 | 1,363 | 49 | 872 | 377 | 561 | 88 | 12,884 | 3.23% | 0 | |
| New Homeland Party | PPN | 2,088 | 208 | 768 | 84 | 275 | 308 | 97 | 465 | 384 | 3,963 | 52 | 2,942 | 160 | 116 | 174 | 12,084 | 3.03% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party | PT | 958 | 68 | 208 | 49 | 235 | 183 | 33 | 112 | 102 | 497 | 13 | 387 | 123 | 61 | 32 | 3,061 | 0.77% | 0 | |
| New Generation Party | PNG | 1,001 | 95 | 245 | 47 | 65 | 116 | 46 | 113 | 84 | 776 | 16 | 255 | 33 | 69 | 43 | 3,004 | 0.75% | 0 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | AP | 681 | 51 | 107 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 14 | 58 | 52 | 212 | 24 | 180 | 750 | 25 | 23 | 2,261 | 0.57% | 0 | |
| National Advance | PAN | 553 | 39 | 242 | 80 | 53 | 115 | 24 | 59 | 50 | 720 | 6 | 104 | 45 | 55 | 30 | 2,175 | 0.54% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 404 | 274 | 116 | 15 | 42 | 717 | 21 | 27 | 59 | 155 | 31 | 113 | 27 | 98 | 20 | 2,119 | 0.53% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 125,788 | 14,015 | 39,878 | 6,152 | 6,104 | 21,387 | 8,828 | 20,526 | 14,682 | 67,312 | 2,752 | 41,526 | 13,892 | 9,433 | 6,878 | 399,153 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
| Blank votes | 575 | 92 | 225 | 67 | 74 | 166 | 57 | 135 | 84 | 421 | 20 | 355 | 210 | 74 | 62 | 2,617 | 0.64% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,897 | 150 | 542 | 153 | 124 | 343 | 122 | 291 | 220 | 964 | 39 | 587 | 360 | 140 | 66 | 5,998 | 1.47% | |||
| Total polled | 128,260 | 14,257 | 40,645 | 6,372 | 6,302 | 21,896 | 9,007 | 20,952 | 14,986 | 68,697 | 2,811 | 42,468 | 14,462 | 9,647 | 7,006 | 407,768 | 70.61% | |||
| Registered electors | 185,688 | 18,923 | 55,007 | 9,919 | 10,457 | 29,894 | 14,116 | 27,132 | 19,747 | 97,702 | 4,044 | 58,067 | 24,597 | 13,710 | 8,490 | 577,493 | ||||
| Turnout | 69.07% | 75.34% | 73.89% | 64.24% | 60.27% | 73.25% | 63.81% | 77.22% | 75.89% | 70.31% | 69.51% | 73.14% | 58.80% | 70.36% | 82.52% | 70.61% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [20] José Alberto Alfaro Jiménez (PML); Edgardo Araya Sibaja (FA); Michael Jake Arce Sancho (PLN); Javier Cambronero Arguedas (PAC); Franklin Corella Vargas (PAC); Ligia Fallas Rodríguez (FA); Rolando González Ulloa (PLN); Nidia María Jiménez Vásquez (PAC); Rafael Ortiz Fábrega (PUSC); Silvia Vanessa Sánchez Venegas (PLN); and Aracelli Segura Retana (PLN).
Results of the 2010 general election held on 7 February 2010: [21] [22]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Upala | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 43,565 | 2,789 | 4,328 | 13,860 | 2,122 | 2,126 | 7,505 | 3,915 | 6,986 | 5,316 | 23,764 | 1,060 | 12,914 | 7,287 | 1,978 | 139,515 | 38.17% | 5 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 20,680 | 1,766 | 3,136 | 6,906 | 688 | 1,245 | 4,261 | 846 | 4,224 | 2,075 | 13,446 | 234 | 10,697 | 1,907 | 769 | 72,880 | 19.94% | 2 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 20,442 | 588 | 1,448 | 5,800 | 720 | 1,000 | 3,721 | 1,335 | 2,131 | 2,758 | 10,124 | 471 | 3,611 | 1,398 | 4,651 | 60,198 | 16.47% | 2 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 14,201 | 335 | 1,895 | 3,515 | 299 | 254 | 1,131 | 642 | 1,413 | 1,367 | 3,003 | 112 | 2,180 | 392 | 336 | 31,075 | 8.50% | 1 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 8,020 | 426 | 935 | 2,180 | 1,262 | 443 | 1,577 | 1,048 | 869 | 740 | 2,928 | 353 | 1,787 | 633 | 545 | 23,746 | 6.50% | 1 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 3,679 | 95 | 355 | 1,442 | 262 | 323 | 654 | 360 | 698 | 343 | 3,694 | 179 | 3,422 | 298 | 352 | 16,156 | 4.42% | 0 | |
| National Restoration Party of Alajuela | PRN | 2,590 | 41 | 140 | 861 | 18 | 38 | 250 | 33 | 256 | 213 | 2,353 | 17 | 221 | 59 | 208 | 7,298 | 2.00% | 0 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | AP | 1,144 | 228 | 359 | 678 | 28 | 90 | 165 | 22 | 979 | 88 | 582 | 111 | 2,062 | 345 | 41 | 6,922 | 1.89% | 0 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 1,809 | 55 | 210 | 463 | 41 | 42 | 268 | 55 | 434 | 150 | 503 | 20 | 628 | 105 | 52 | 4,835 | 1.32% | 0 | |
| Alajuelan Familiar Force Party | FFA | 553 | 5 | 28 | 170 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 77 | 20 | 243 | 161 | 6 | 118 | 146 | 15 | 1,609 | 0.44% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 600 | 13 | 58 | 127 | 12 | 11 | 56 | 14 | 62 | 50 | 118 | 7 | 147 | 23 | 16 | 1,314 | 0.36% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 117,283 | 6,341 | 12,892 | 36,002 | 5,462 | 5,577 | 19,640 | 8,347 | 18,072 | 13,343 | 60,676 | 2,570 | 37,787 | 12,593 | 8,963 | 365,548 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
| Blank votes | 915 | 64 | 166 | 394 | 99 | 84 | 258 | 73 | 265 | 127 | 673 | 39 | 506 | 223 | 66 | 3,952 | 1.05% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,619 | 56 | 178 | 437 | 139 | 139 | 283 | 138 | 299 | 165 | 921 | 60 | 535 | 318 | 125 | 5,412 | 1.44% | |||
| Total polled | 119,817 | 6,461 | 13,236 | 36,833 | 5,700 | 5,800 | 20,181 | 8,558 | 18,636 | 13,635 | 62,270 | 2,669 | 38,828 | 13,134 | 9,154 | 374,912 | 71.52% | |||
| Registered electors | 170,966 | 7,844 | 17,379 | 50,109 | 8,729 | 9,004 | 27,740 | 12,685 | 24,911 | 17,866 | 86,525 | 3,798 | 52,853 | 21,183 | 12,623 | 524,215 | ||||
| Turnout | 70.08% | 82.37% | 76.16% | 73.51% | 65.30% | 64.42% | 72.75% | 67.47% | 74.81% | 76.32% | 71.97% | 70.27% | 73.46% | 62.00% | 72.52% | 71.52% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [23] Juan Bosco Acevedo Hurtado (PLN); Edgar Araya Pineda (PLN); Víctor Danilo Cubero Corrales (PML); María Julia Fonseca Solano (PLN); Fabio Molina Rojas (PLN); Nestor Manrique Oviedo Guzmán (PAC); José Joaquín Porras Contreras (PASE); Pilar Porras Zúñiga (PLN); Luis Alberto Rojas Valerio (PUSC); María Jeannette Ruiz Delgado (PAC); and Mireya Zamora Alvarado (PML).
Results of the 2006 general election held on 5 February 2006: [24] [25]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Upala | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 36,960 | 2,031 | 3,190 | 12,135 | 1,846 | 1,728 | 6,781 | 3,849 | 5,761 | 4,848 | 18,189 | 973 | 9,446 | 4,656 | 2,174 | 114,567 | 37.27% | 5 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 29,618 | 1,812 | 3,654 | 8,832 | 744 | 1,438 | 4,494 | 1,603 | 3,808 | 3,315 | 14,158 | 381 | 8,396 | 1,957 | 1,067 | 85,277 | 27.74% | 4 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 9,353 | 194 | 486 | 2,185 | 178 | 157 | 1,995 | 348 | 822 | 1,049 | 2,974 | 116 | 1,233 | 293 | 2,638 | 24,021 | 7.81% | 1 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 7,117 | 272 | 681 | 2,806 | 685 | 412 | 808 | 675 | 615 | 608 | 2,711 | 338 | 1,753 | 1,218 | 558 | 21,257 | 6.92% | 1 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 3,218 | 55 | 400 | 1,560 | 409 | 274 | 692 | 188 | 632 | 388 | 1,789 | 103 | 1,950 | 870 | 340 | 12,868 | 4.19% | 0 | |
| Agrarian Labour Action Party | PALA | 718 | 844 | 1,296 | 1,104 | 221 | 209 | 426 | 32 | 268 | 132 | 4,154 | 240 | 1,498 | 391 | 180 | 11,713 | 3.81% | 0 | |
| Alajuelense Democratic Action Party | PADA | 1,328 | 87 | 115 | 270 | 41 | 46 | 230 | 27 | 612 | 127 | 495 | 17 | 4,332 | 86 | 54 | 7,867 | 2.56% | 0 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 1,391 | 52 | 139 | 371 | 78 | 116 | 576 | 115 | 1,779 | 148 | 1,852 | 41 | 959 | 59 | 153 | 7,829 | 2.55% | 0 | |
| Union for Change Party | PUPC | 4,213 | 50 | 304 | 428 | 34 | 31 | 184 | 149 | 474 | 200 | 826 | 21 | 280 | 92 | 113 | 7,399 | 2.41% | 0 | |
| Democratic Nationalist Alliance | ADN | 1,426 | 25 | 783 | 364 | 21 | 12 | 167 | 43 | 322 | 83 | 413 | 8 | 527 | 30 | 36 | 4,260 | 1.39% | 0 | |
| Homeland First Party | PPP | 1,582 | 31 | 142 | 424 | 40 | 45 | 209 | 70 | 179 | 181 | 473 | 15 | 391 | 99 | 77 | 3,958 | 1.29% | 0 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 358 | 18 | 31 | 90 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 16 | 203 | 65 | 1,006 | 3 | 306 | 40 | 13 | 2,223 | 0.72% | 0 | |
| Patriotic Union | UP | 562 | 40 | 81 | 116 | 16 | 16 | 84 | 8 | 67 | 69 | 695 | 5 | 132 | 48 | 14 | 1,953 | 0.64% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 757 | 6 | 29 | 96 | 13 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 40 | 55 | 130 | 0 | 159 | 38 | 19 | 1,397 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| United Left | IU | 433 | 7 | 26 | 62 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 22 | 44 | 4 | 72 | 13 | 22 | 791 | 0.26% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 99,034 | 5,524 | 11,357 | 30,843 | 4,344 | 4,515 | 16,744 | 7,154 | 15,619 | 11,290 | 49,909 | 2,265 | 31,434 | 9,890 | 7,458 | 307,380 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
| Blank votes | 655 | 45 | 118 | 294 | 84 | 70 | 177 | 42 | 206 | 82 | 488 | 30 | 371 | 169 | 76 | 2,907 | 0.92% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,858 | 87 | 191 | 480 | 160 | 137 | 323 | 142 | 357 | 165 | 1,127 | 72 | 873 | 360 | 143 | 6,475 | 2.04% | |||
| Total polled | 101,547 | 5,656 | 11,666 | 31,617 | 4,588 | 4,722 | 17,244 | 7,338 | 16,182 | 11,537 | 51,524 | 2,367 | 32,678 | 10,419 | 7,677 | 316,762 | 67.99% | |||
| Registered electors | 154,292 | 6,971 | 15,594 | 44,895 | 7,496 | 7,962 | 25,048 | 10,936 | 22,002 | 15,810 | 74,964 | 3,451 | 46,833 | 18,397 | 11,220 | 465,871 | ||||
| Turnout | 65.81% | 81.14% | 74.81% | 70.42% | 61.21% | 59.31% | 68.84% | 67.10% | 73.55% | 72.97% | 68.73% | 68.59% | 69.78% | 56.63% | 68.42% | 67.99% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [25] Luis Carlos Araya Monge (PLN); Luis Antonio Barrantes Castro (PML); Sadie Bravo Pérez (PAC); Gladys González Barrantes (PLN); Nidia María González Morera (PAC); Salvador Quirós Conejo (PLN); Marvin Mauricio Rojas Rodríguez (PAC); José Joaquín Salazar Rojas (PAC); José Luis Valenciano Chávez (PLN); Lorena María Vázquez Badilla (PUSC); and Janina del Vecchio Ugalde (PLN).
Results of the 2002 general election held on 3 February 2002: [26] [27]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Upala | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 25,104 | 1,607 | 2,684 | 7,248 | 1,700 | 1,398 | 5,207 | 2,724 | 6,943 | 2,981 | 15,190 | 783 | 8,040 | 4,139 | 1,786 | 87,534 | 30.47% | 4 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 28,664 | 1,333 | 2,875 | 9,068 | 1,745 | 1,520 | 5,009 | 2,395 | 3,641 | 2,849 | 13,555 | 777 | 7,178 | 3,784 | 2,367 | 86,760 | 30.20% | 4 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 20,249 | 879 | 2,426 | 8,185 | 386 | 749 | 2,731 | 954 | 1,968 | 2,185 | 9,979 | 271 | 6,465 | 897 | 1,090 | 59,414 | 20.68% | 2 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 9,081 | 226 | 566 | 1,452 | 140 | 109 | 1,305 | 391 | 1,047 | 1,030 | 3,394 | 63 | 1,537 | 162 | 1,032 | 21,535 | 7.50% | 1 | |
| Agrarian Labour Action Party | PALA | 833 | 1,050 | 1,127 | 1,188 | 143 | 249 | 830 | 45 | 278 | 427 | 1,667 | 249 | 2,146 | 472 | 186 | 10,890 | 3.79% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 2,710 | 28 | 233 | 862 | 196 | 267 | 428 | 118 | 334 | 267 | 1,121 | 79 | 983 | 268 | 214 | 8,108 | 2.82% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 1,568 | 20 | 46 | 119 | 67 | 9 | 144 | 40 | 119 | 86 | 187 | 38 | 1,598 | 49 | 27 | 4,117 | 1.43% | 0 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 1,085 | 48 | 129 | 761 | 36 | 37 | 114 | 84 | 106 | 120 | 407 | 9 | 769 | 61 | 50 | 3,816 | 1.33% | 0 | |
| Coalition Change 2000 | CC2000 | 352 | 12 | 30 | 114 | 3 | 22 | 47 | 29 | 20 | 33 | 996 | 11 | 91 | 11 | 13 | 1,784 | 0.62% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 463 | 4 | 37 | 49 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 204 | 5 | 55 | 30 | 12 | 968 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| National Rescue Party | PRN | 581 | 6 | 17 | 65 | 6 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 28 | 21 | 57 | 5 | 63 | 16 | 10 | 956 | 0.33% | 0 | |
| National Patriotic Party | PPN | 273 | 7 | 21 | 83 | 6 | 18 | 54 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 53 | 3 | 85 | 21 | 18 | 698 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Independent Workers' Party | PIO | 128 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 50 | 3 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 383 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 117 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 64 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 12 | 346 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 91,208 | 5,228 | 10,215 | 29,256 | 4,456 | 4,427 | 15,977 | 6,817 | 14,559 | 10,087 | 46,924 | 2,298 | 29,082 | 9,952 | 6,823 | 287,309 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
| Blank votes | 896 | 52 | 145 | 352 | 74 | 126 | 276 | 59 | 244 | 126 | 609 | 53 | 618 | 241 | 75 | 3,946 | 1.33% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,583 | 74 | 162 | 366 | 131 | 123 | 246 | 98 | 234 | 184 | 808 | 50 | 594 | 294 | 91 | 5,038 | 1.70% | |||
| Total polled | 93,687 | 5,354 | 10,522 | 29,974 | 4,661 | 4,676 | 16,499 | 6,974 | 15,037 | 10,397 | 48,341 | 2,401 | 30,294 | 10,487 | 6,989 | 296,293 | 72.17% | |||
| Registered electors | 136,161 | 6,323 | 13,780 | 40,012 | 6,717 | 7,086 | 22,482 | 9,523 | 19,191 | 13,663 | 64,638 | 3,177 | 41,568 | 16,346 | 9,871 | 410,538 | ||||
| Turnout | 68.81% | 84.67% | 76.36% | 74.91% | 69.39% | 65.99% | 73.39% | 73.23% | 78.35% | 76.10% | 74.79% | 75.57% | 72.88% | 64.16% | 70.80% | 72.17% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [27] José Humberto Arce Salas (PAC); Mario Calderón Castillo (PUSC); Álvaro González Alfaro (PLN); Gerardo Alberto González Esquivel (PUSC); Luis Ángel Ramírez Ramírez (PLN); German Rojas Hidalgo (PUSC); Lilliana Salas Salazar (PUSC); Carlos Salazar Ramírez (PML); Guido Vega Molina (PLN); Martha Zamora Castillo (PAC); and Joyce Mary Zürcher Blen (PLN).
Results of the 1998 general election held on 1 February 1998: [28] [29]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Upala | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 33,463 | 1,632 | 2,743 | 11,661 | 2,388 | 1,902 | 6,006 | 3,098 | 3,919 | 3,283 | 15,765 | 1,087 | 8,823 | 4,755 | 4,022 | 104,547 | 40.89% | 4 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 28,390 | 2,200 | 2,132 | 10,034 | 1,517 | 1,162 | 5,010 | 2,580 | 4,973 | 3,341 | 15,806 | 785 | 7,071 | 3,867 | 1,941 | 90,809 | 35.52% | 4 | |
| Agrarian Labour Action Party | PALA | 1,495 | 544 | 3,871 | 2,235 | 184 | 664 | 958 | 24 | 891 | 611 | 2,145 | 171 | 2,566 | 455 | 141 | 16,955 | 6.63% | 1 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 4,503 | 79 | 105 | 460 | 72 | 84 | 456 | 216 | 617 | 429 | 1,052 | 40 | 4,970 | 113 | 108 | 13,304 | 5.20% | 1 | |
| Alajuelense Democratic Action Party | PADA | 1,428 | 38 | 28 | 437 | 65 | 215 | 162 | 49 | 108 | 194 | 3,483 | 8 | 358 | 25 | 16 | 6,614 | 2.59% | 0 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 1,616 | 39 | 59 | 371 | 8 | 29 | 148 | 94 | 254 | 134 | 541 | 10 | 176 | 20 | 78 | 3,577 | 1.40% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 1,069 | 29 | 31 | 612 | 18 | 8 | 551 | 38 | 101 | 72 | 263 | 33 | 577 | 20 | 105 | 3,527 | 1.38% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 2,766 | 4 | 10 | 86 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 89 | 24 | 175 | 176 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 3,425 | 1.34% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 1,816 | 30 | 53 | 316 | 16 | 13 | 158 | 75 | 138 | 149 | 256 | 10 | 222 | 47 | 30 | 3,329 | 1.30% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 1,079 | 15 | 60 | 360 | 6 | 27 | 346 | 42 | 298 | 87 | 136 | 7 | 215 | 30 | 42 | 2,750 | 1.08% | 0 | |
| Change Now | CY | 77 | 30 | 9 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 553 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1,376 | 3 | 30 | 34 | 20 | 2,223 | 0.87% | 0 | |
| United People | PU | 336 | 12 | 18 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 84 | 30 | 55 | 1 | 345 | 18 | 4 | 1,043 | 0.41% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 585 | 0 | 22 | 78 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 87 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 16 | 966 | 0.38% | 0 | |
| National Rescue Party | PRN | 174 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 10 | 204 | 7 | 232 | 7 | 56 | 16 | 2 | 805 | 0.31% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 632 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 780 | 0.31% | 0 | |
| New Democratic Party | NPD | 209 | 3 | 155 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 78 | 19 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 650 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 129 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 363 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 79,767 | 4,664 | 9,315 | 26,894 | 4,332 | 4,146 | 14,543 | 6,381 | 11,757 | 8,589 | 41,517 | 2,187 | 25,548 | 9,477 | 6,550 | 255,667 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Blank votes | 646 | 46 | 111 | 308 | 102 | 87 | 229 | 62 | 197 | 103 | 565 | 34 | 374 | 241 | 77 | 3,182 | 1.20% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,632 | 61 | 305 | 421 | 135 | 237 | 257 | 114 | 298 | 170 | 994 | 83 | 581 | 326 | 81 | 5,695 | 2.15% | |||
| Total polled | 82,045 | 4,771 | 9,731 | 27,623 | 4,569 | 4,470 | 15,029 | 6,557 | 12,252 | 8,862 | 43,076 | 2,304 | 26,503 | 10,044 | 6,708 | 264,544 | 72.83% | |||
| Registered electors | 119,154 | 5,734 | 12,513 | 35,821 | 6,263 | 6,541 | 20,260 | 8,457 | 16,659 | 11,853 | 56,664 | 2,892 | 36,460 | 14,996 | 8,971 | 363,238 | ||||
| Turnout | 68.86% | 83.21% | 77.77% | 77.11% | 72.95% | 68.34% | 74.18% | 77.53% | 73.55% | 74.77% | 76.02% | 79.67% | 72.69% | 66.98% | 74.77% | 72.83% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [29] Rigoberto Abarca Rojas (PUSC); Frantz Alberto Acosta Polonio (PLN); Rafael Humberto Arias Fallas (PLN); Juven Cambronero Castro (PLN); Célimo Guido Cruz (FD); Everardo Rodríguez Bastos (PUSC); Carlos Enrique Salas Salazar (PUSC); Jorge Eduardo Soto Chavarría (PUSC); Guido Octavio Vargas Artavia (PALA); and Carlos Alberto Villalobos Arias (PLN).
Results of the 1994 general election held on 6 February 1994: [30] [31]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Upala | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 38,271 | 2,295 | 4,256 | 13,268 | 1,993 | 1,862 | 8,145 | 3,973 | 5,721 | 4,706 | 18,478 | 1,261 | 12,318 | 4,929 | 3,062 | 124,538 | 46.36% | 5 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 36,310 | 1,549 | 5,216 | 11,723 | 1,943 | 1,345 | 6,325 | 2,848 | 5,108 | 3,505 | 15,560 | 1,001 | 10,550 | 4,723 | 3,133 | 110,839 | 41.26% | 5 | |
| Alajuelense Democratic Action Party | PADA | 2,156 | 126 | 64 | 211 | 134 | 879 | 232 | 26 | 199 | 251 | 6,777 | 11 | 451 | 72 | 41 | 11,630 | 4.33% | 0 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 3,558 | 27 | 159 | 585 | 26 | 55 | 355 | 72 | 1,409 | 263 | 604 | 41 | 1,819 | 69 | 172 | 9,214 | 3.43% | 0 | |
| Agrarian Labour Action Party | PALA | 465 | 871 | 75 | 636 | 29 | 40 | 243 | 4 | 43 | 170 | 229 | 2 | 911 | 74 | 67 | 3,859 | 1.44% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 1,331 | 20 | 104 | 406 | 52 | 36 | 185 | 27 | 85 | 106 | 317 | 6 | 261 | 84 | 75 | 3,095 | 1.15% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 1,472 | 5 | 25 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 67 | 45 | 0 | 58 | 22 | 13 | 1,805 | 0.67% | 0 | |
| People's Vanguard Party | PVP | 773 | 14 | 51 | 126 | 16 | 22 | 53 | 20 | 65 | 46 | 205 | 6 | 177 | 67 | 15 | 1,656 | 0.62% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 492 | 5 | 17 | 86 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 12 | 38 | 43 | 200 | 2 | 100 | 26 | 12 | 1,082 | 0.40% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 605 | 4 | 23 | 53 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 53 | 3 | 66 | 24 | 11 | 943 | 0.35% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 85,433 | 4,916 | 9,990 | 27,134 | 4,214 | 4,257 | 15,620 | 6,990 | 12,718 | 9,186 | 42,468 | 2,333 | 26,711 | 10,090 | 6,601 | 268,661 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Blank votes | 910 | 47 | 132 | 310 | 73 | 94 | 282 | 55 | 195 | 112 | 533 | 43 | 572 | 233 | 74 | 3,665 | 1.32% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,644 | 76 | 132 | 480 | 153 | 240 | 268 | 147 | 230 | 177 | 1,272 | 58 | 507 | 321 | 163 | 5,868 | 2.11% | |||
| Total polled | 87,987 | 5,039 | 10,254 | 27,924 | 4,440 | 4,591 | 16,170 | 7,192 | 13,143 | 9,475 | 44,273 | 2,434 | 27,790 | 10,644 | 6,838 | 278,194 | 84.42% | |||
| Registered electors | 106,524 | 5,428 | 11,601 | 32,092 | 5,423 | 5,796 | 18,854 | 8,173 | 15,290 | 10,862 | 51,646 | 2,697 | 33,222 | 13,609 | 8,336 | 329,553 | ||||
| Turnout | 82.60% | 92.83% | 88.39% | 87.01% | 81.87% | 79.21% | 85.76% | 88.00% | 85.96% | 87.23% | 85.72% | 90.25% | 83.65% | 78.21% | 82.03% | 84.42% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [32] Gerardo Araya Paniagua (PUSC); Manuel Antonio Barrantes Rodríguez (PLN); Alejandro Chaves Ovares (PUSC); María Elsy Corrales Blanco (PUSC); Rolando González Ulloa (PLN); Juan Luis Jiménez Succar (PLN); Alexander Salas Araya (PUSC); Leonel Solís Piedra (PLN); Carmen María Valverde Acosta (PLN); and Lorena María Vásquez Badilla (PUSC).
Results of the 1990 general election held on 4 February 1990: [33] [34]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Upala | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 35,996 | 1,599 | 4,527 | 11,204 | 1,672 | 1,654 | 6,713 | 3,322 | 5,698 | 3,515 | 18,791 | 1,218 | 10,215 | 4,594 | 3,224 | 113,942 | 46.90% | 5 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 31,564 | 2,220 | 3,656 | 10,593 | 1,607 | 1,508 | 6,425 | 2,589 | 5,120 | 3,641 | 18,276 | 943 | 10,717 | 3,968 | 2,781 | 105,608 | 43.47% | 5 | |
| Alajuelense Solidarity Party | PAS | 3,954 | 16 | 189 | 216 | 19 | 36 | 395 | 45 | 322 | 153 | 229 | 20 | 1,462 | 160 | 114 | 7,330 | 3.02% | 0 | |
| Agrarian Labour Action Party | PALA | 214 | 694 | 379 | 997 | 47 | 432 | 227 | 10 | 105 | 458 | 301 | 2 | 726 | 22 | 142 | 4,756 | 1.96% | 0 | |
| United People | PU | 1,589 | 6 | 97 | 320 | 11 | 23 | 150 | 56 | 217 | 156 | 212 | 10 | 518 | 80 | 24 | 3,469 | 1.43% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 1,014 | 23 | 65 | 571 | 103 | 85 | 167 | 60 | 70 | 168 | 726 | 9 | 240 | 92 | 38 | 3,431 | 1.41% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 733 | 6 | 42 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 40 | 66 | 72 | 84 | 4 | 94 | 17 | 10 | 1,343 | 0.55% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 576 | 6 | 30 | 123 | 4 | 11 | 54 | 15 | 37 | 24 | 101 | 25 | 75 | 27 | 19 | 1,127 | 0.46% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 819 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 985 | 0.41% | 0 | |
| Party of Progress | PdP | 379 | 5 | 48 | 43 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 9 | 161 | 26 | 55 | 5 | 102 | 17 | 9 | 941 | 0.39% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 76,838 | 4,575 | 9,042 | 24,205 | 3,483 | 3,763 | 14,275 | 6,152 | 11,811 | 8,233 | 38,798 | 2,238 | 24,165 | 8,982 | 6,372 | 242,932 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Blank votes | 752 | 51 | 126 | 299 | 60 | 76 | 268 | 43 | 166 | 126 | 480 | 20 | 425 | 160 | 86 | 3,138 | 1.25% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,922 | 74 | 155 | 497 | 131 | 250 | 259 | 125 | 205 | 223 | 694 | 57 | 606 | 301 | 177 | 5,676 | 2.25% | |||
| Total polled | 79,512 | 4,700 | 9,323 | 25,001 | 3,674 | 4,089 | 14,802 | 6,320 | 12,182 | 8,582 | 39,972 | 2,315 | 25,196 | 9,443 | 6,635 | 251,746 | 84.93% | |||
| Registered electors | 94,813 | 5,062 | 10,684 | 28,565 | 4,637 | 5,083 | 17,227 | 7,242 | 13,930 | 9,721 | 46,824 | 2,594 | 29,871 | 12,315 | 7,851 | 296,419 | ||||
| Turnout | 83.86% | 92.85% | 87.26% | 87.52% | 79.23% | 80.44% | 85.92% | 87.27% | 87.45% | 88.28% | 85.37% | 89.24% | 84.35% | 76.68% | 84.51% | 84.93% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [35] Franklin Fernando Acevedo Hurtado (PUSC); Gerardo Bolaños Alpízar (PUSC); Claudio Vinicio Carvajal Orlich (PUSC); Marco Antonio González Salazar (PLN); Carlos Eduardo Monge Herrera (PUSC); Enid Sonia Rodríguez Quesada (PLN); Víctor Emilio Rojas Hidalgo (PUSC); María de los Ángeles Sancho Barquero (PLN); Flory Soto Valerio (PUSC); and Edgar Ugalde Álvarez (PLN).
Results of the 1986 general election held on 2 February 1986: [36] [37]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Upala | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 29,555 | 2,503 | 3,716 | 10,610 | 1,302 | 1,561 | 7,356 | 2,779 | 5,813 | 3,509 | 17,631 | 1,014 | 11,396 | 3,271 | 2,710 | 104,726 | 49.86% | 5 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 27,081 | 1,521 | 4,054 | 8,719 | 1,003 | 1,200 | 5,747 | 2,609 | 4,634 | 2,649 | 14,232 | 920 | 8,561 | 2,422 | 2,888 | 88,240 | 42.01% | 5 | |
| Alajuelense Democratic Action Party | PADA | 2,729 | 9 | 67 | 629 | 29 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 99 | 341 | 131 | 7 | 115 | 17 | 105 | 4,324 | 2.06% | 0 | |
| Alajuelense Solidarity Party | PAS | 2,457 | 6 | 31 | 68 | 60 | 122 | 19 | 15 | 31 | 44 | 111 | 11 | 53 | 556 | 20 | 3,604 | 1.72% | 0 | |
| People's Alliance Coalition | CAP | 1,251 | 7 | 74 | 240 | 11 | 17 | 72 | 48 | 163 | 44 | 178 | 4 | 511 | 71 | 11 | 2,702 | 1.29% | 0 | |
| United People | PU | 1,126 | 14 | 170 | 254 | 12 | 14 | 71 | 37 | 196 | 130 | 164 | 8 | 327 | 32 | 26 | 2,581 | 1.23% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 712 | 9 | 30 | 321 | 47 | 71 | 44 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 675 | 5 | 121 | 98 | 30 | 2,273 | 1.08% | 0 | |
| National Republican Party | PNR | 496 | 9 | 43 | 92 | 21 | 18 | 53 | 34 | 78 | 27 | 164 | 12 | 135 | 42 | 34 | 1,258 | 0.60% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 83 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 242 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 44 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 109 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 65,534 | 4,079 | 8,193 | 20,981 | 2,488 | 3,010 | 13,405 | 5,577 | 11,069 | 6,818 | 33,323 | 1,984 | 21,241 | 6,524 | 5,833 | 210,059 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Blank votes | 700 | 57 | 135 | 328 | 67 | 47 | 175 | 64 | 170 | 99 | 470 | 29 | 442 | 166 | 86 | 3,035 | 1.39% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 2,161 | 18 | 156 | 401 | 103 | 110 | 206 | 150 | 176 | 174 | 717 | 35 | 366 | 345 | 151 | 5,269 | 2.41% | |||
| Total polled | 68,395 | 4,154 | 8,484 | 21,710 | 2,658 | 3,167 | 13,786 | 5,791 | 11,415 | 7,091 | 34,510 | 2,048 | 22,049 | 7,035 | 6,070 | 218,363 | 84.74% | |||
| Registered electors | 82,293 | 4,512 | 9,662 | 24,849 | 3,361 | 4,077 | 15,775 | 6,613 | 12,664 | 8,180 | 40,860 | 2,315 | 25,871 | 9,666 | 7,001 | 257,699 | ||||
| Turnout | 83.11% | 92.07% | 87.81% | 87.37% | 79.08% | 77.68% | 87.39% | 87.57% | 90.14% | 86.69% | 84.46% | 88.47% | 85.23% | 72.78% | 86.70% | 84.74% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [38] María Eugenia Badilla Rojas (PUSC); William Gerardo Corrales Araya (PLN); Aníbal Enrique González Barrantes (PLN); Fernando Jiménez Maroto (PUSC); Víctor Manuel Lizano Barahona (PUSC); José Antonio Lobo Solera (PUSC); Fabio Molina Rojas (PLN); José Luis Ureña Ulate (PLN); José Luis Valenciano Chaves (PLN); and Federico Villalobos Villalobos (PUSC).
Results of the 1982 general election held on 7 February 1982: [39] [40]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Upala | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 24,972 | 2,216 | 3,650 | 10,084 | 975 | 1,308 | 6,771 | 2,865 | 5,609 | 3,258 | 16,054 | 1,063 | 9,646 | 3,030 | 2,579 | 94,080 | 55.50% | 6 | |
| Unity Coalition | CU | 12,867 | 1,139 | 2,582 | 5,605 | 562 | 427 | 3,677 | 1,536 | 3,052 | 1,662 | 8,178 | 536 | 6,019 | 1,207 | 1,969 | 51,018 | 30.10% | 3 | |
| Alajuelense Democratic Action Party | PADA | 10,921 | 10 | 231 | 466 | 19 | 14 | 120 | 61 | 36 | 233 | 148 | 13 | 115 | 50 | 49 | 12,486 | 7.37% | 1 | |
| United People | PU | 2,187 | 18 | 307 | 705 | 35 | 93 | 183 | 101 | 387 | 146 | 337 | 30 | 678 | 254 | 56 | 5,517 | 3.25% | 0 | |
| National Movement | MN | 1,500 | 35 | 168 | 322 | 65 | 23 | 164 | 144 | 95 | 140 | 992 | 40 | 344 | 69 | 46 | 4,147 | 2.45% | 0 | |
| National Democratic Party | PND | 195 | 14 | 30 | 58 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 12 | 78 | 17 | 147 | 7 | 626 | 11 | 18 | 1,260 | 0.74% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 374 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 66 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 652 | 0.38% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 111 | 1 | 13 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 60 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 354 | 0.21% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 53,127 | 3,436 | 6,992 | 17,316 | 1,670 | 1,876 | 11,013 | 4,733 | 9,301 | 5,482 | 25,982 | 1,697 | 17,498 | 4,657 | 4,734 | 169,514 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Blank votes | 483 | 41 | 108 | 238 | 27 | 30 | 146 | 47 | 118 | 83 | 356 | 30 | 316 | 125 | 65 | 2,213 | 1.25% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 2,358 | 24 | 132 | 376 | 45 | 40 | 185 | 130 | 115 | 125 | 509 | 34 | 372 | 142 | 93 | 4,680 | 2.65% | |||
| Total polled | 55,968 | 3,501 | 7,232 | 17,930 | 1,742 | 1,946 | 11,344 | 4,910 | 9,534 | 5,690 | 26,847 | 1,761 | 18,186 | 4,924 | 4,892 | 176,407 | 81.33% | |||
| Registered electors | 70,114 | 3,883 | 8,577 | 21,364 | 2,438 | 2,915 | 13,418 | 5,617 | 10,816 | 6,862 | 33,955 | 2,084 | 21,813 | 7,244 | 5,816 | 216,916 | ||||
| Turnout | 79.82% | 90.16% | 84.32% | 83.93% | 71.45% | 66.76% | 84.54% | 87.41% | 88.15% | 82.92% | 79.07% | 84.50% | 83.37% | 67.97% | 84.11% | 81.33% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [41] Víctor Hugo Alfaro Alfaro (PLN); José Fabio Araya Vargas (PLN); José Javier Bolaños Quesada (PLN); Miguel Ángel Guillén Elizondo (PLN); Marvin Herrera Araya (CU); Rodrigo Mora Alfaro (PLN); Alfonso José Muñoz Vargas (CU); Ricardo Rodríguez Solórzano (CU); Edgar Ugalde Álvarez (PLN); and Óscar Valverde Rodríguez (PADA).
Results of the 1978 general election held on 5 February 1978: [42] [43]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Upala | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| Unity Coalition | CU | 21,388 | 1,306 | 3,254 | 6,230 | 695 | 586 | 4,864 | 1,932 | 3,477 | 2,201 | 10,496 | 745 | 6,717 | 1,431 | 2,376 | 67,698 | 46.17% | 5 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 16,577 | 1,706 | 2,515 | 7,033 | 550 | 794 | 4,293 | 1,854 | 3,621 | 2,236 | 10,841 | 748 | 6,592 | 1,811 | 1,664 | 62,835 | 42.85% | 5 | |
| National Unification Party | PUN | 4,256 | 21 | 130 | 294 | 12 | 10 | 90 | 63 | 117 | 104 | 244 | 22 | 688 | 167 | 33 | 6,251 | 4.26% | 0 | |
| United People | PU | 2,784 | 36 | 308 | 924 | 8 | 47 | 159 | 142 | 556 | 107 | 358 | 19 | 659 | 37 | 73 | 6,217 | 4.24% | 0 | |
| Republican Union Party | PUR | 432 | 7 | 48 | 67 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 21 | 57 | 89 | 101 | 12 | 121 | 44 | 8 | 1,056 | 0.72% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 328 | 7 | 33 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 60 | 6 | 160 | 23 | 13 | 798 | 0.54% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 203 | 4 | 20 | 55 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 23 | 30 | 77 | 7 | 48 | 18 | 14 | 565 | 0.39% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 204 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 58 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 466 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Concord Party | PCC | 175 | 4 | 6 | 148 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 440 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| National Labour Party | PLN | 103 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 57 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 314 | 0.21% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 46,450 | 3,102 | 6,343 | 14,880 | 1,288 | 1,465 | 9,567 | 4,099 | 7,916 | 4,815 | 22,315 | 1,565 | 15,060 | 3,577 | 4,198 | 146,640 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Blank votes | 583 | 65 | 129 | 252 | 44 | 21 | 174 | 45 | 156 | 83 | 368 | 32 | 354 | 93 | 68 | 2,467 | 1.62% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,409 | 29 | 103 | 338 | 35 | 26 | 170 | 137 | 171 | 87 | 444 | 44 | 370 | 134 | 83 | 3,580 | 2.34% | |||
| Total polled | 48,442 | 3,196 | 6,575 | 15,470 | 1,367 | 1,512 | 9,911 | 4,281 | 8,243 | 4,985 | 23,127 | 1,641 | 15,784 | 3,804 | 4,349 | 152,687 | 84.74% | |||
| Registered electors | 57,996 | 3,484 | 7,543 | 17,978 | 1,823 | 1,987 | 11,356 | 4,902 | 8,970 | 5,748 | 27,816 | 1,882 | 18,585 | 5,158 | 4,960 | 180,188 | ||||
| Turnout | 83.53% | 91.73% | 87.17% | 86.05% | 74.99% | 76.09% | 87.28% | 87.33% | 91.90% | 86.73% | 83.14% | 87.19% | 84.93% | 73.75% | 87.68% | 84.74% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [44] Edgar Arroyo Cordero (PLN); Gerardo Bolaños Alpízar (CU); Arnulfo Carmona Benavides (CU); Leticia Chacón Jinesta (CU); Ramón Corrales Blanco (CU); Álvaro Jenkins Morales (PLN); Óscar Rodríguez Johanson (PLN); Hubert Rojas Araya (CU); Carlos Ugalde Álvarez (PLN); and Alicia Vega Rojas (PLN).
Results of the 1974 general election held on 3 February 1974: [45] [46]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Gua- tuso | Los Chiles | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Upala | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 14,432 | 1,481 | 2,186 | 5,381 | 366 | 494 | 3,582 | 1,536 | 2,937 | 1,794 | 8,648 | 673 | 6,008 | 1,236 | 1,141 | 51,895 | 44.32% | 5 | |
| National Unification Party | PUN | 7,200 | 629 | 1,613 | 3,448 | 312 | 293 | 2,713 | 681 | 1,739 | 416 | 4,368 | 402 | 4,007 | 583 | 977 | 29,381 | 25.09% | 3 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 5,602 | 239 | 273 | 1,489 | 46 | 25 | 617 | 840 | 377 | 1,030 | 2,124 | 141 | 573 | 143 | 467 | 13,986 | 11.95% | 1 | |
| Democratic Renewal Party | PRD | 3,490 | 178 | 774 | 920 | 50 | 11 | 582 | 299 | 896 | 298 | 1,268 | 103 | 1,164 | 104 | 626 | 10,763 | 9.19% | 1 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 2,544 | 11 | 81 | 261 | 1 | 3 | 111 | 30 | 88 | 76 | 127 | 17 | 70 | 20 | 27 | 3,467 | 2.96% | 0 | |
| National Republican Party | PRN | 1,272 | 34 | 243 | 240 | 18 | 9 | 111 | 104 | 149 | 128 | 242 | 17 | 482 | 57 | 46 | 3,152 | 2.69% | 0 | |
| Socialist Action Party | PASO | 896 | 14 | 242 | 377 | 8 | 3 | 70 | 65 | 52 | 40 | 152 | 11 | 284 | 19 | 20 | 2,253 | 1.92% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 485 | 16 | 21 | 146 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 15 | 53 | 24 | 66 | 8 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 955 | 0.82% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Socialist Party | PSC | 372 | 6 | 66 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 192 | 20 | 38 | 1 | 87 | 4 | 6 | 881 | 0.75% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 101 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 66 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 350 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 36,394 | 2,611 | 5,508 | 12,348 | 809 | 848 | 7,873 | 3,609 | 6,489 | 3,851 | 17,099 | 1,376 | 12,737 | 2,199 | 3,332 | 117,083 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Blank votes | 597 | 74 | 161 | 279 | 48 | 16 | 196 | 73 | 137 | 134 | 411 | 49 | 297 | 90 | 92 | 2,654 | 2.16% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,117 | 45 | 137 | 307 | 45 | 19 | 172 | 127 | 124 | 95 | 400 | 36 | 303 | 82 | 112 | 3,121 | 2.54% | |||
| Total polled | 38,108 | 2,730 | 5,806 | 12,934 | 902 | 883 | 8,241 | 3,809 | 6,750 | 4,080 | 17,910 | 1,461 | 13,337 | 2,371 | 3,536 | 122,858 | 82.12% | |||
| Registered electors | 46,814 | 3,083 | 6,853 | 15,534 | 1,342 | 1,185 | 9,966 | 4,404 | 7,592 | 5,020 | 22,459 | 1,687 | 15,857 | 3,569 | 4,240 | 149,605 | ||||
| Turnout | 81.40% | 88.55% | 84.72% | 83.26% | 67.21% | 74.51% | 82.69% | 86.49% | 88.91% | 81.27% | 79.75% | 86.60% | 84.11% | 66.43% | 83.40% | 82.12% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [47] Carlos Manuel Álvarez Murillo (PLN); Deseado Barboza Ruiz (PUN); Juan de Dios Fernández Rothe (PNI); Arturo Hidalgo Rojas (PLN); Juan Elías Lara Herrera (PRD); Roberto Losilla Gamboa (PLN); Rafael Ángel Rojas Jiménez (PLN); Luis Alberto Salas Corrales (PUN); Guillermo Sandoval Aguilar (PLN); and Álvaro Suárez Bolaños (PUN).
Results of the 1970 general election held on 1 February 1970: [48] [49]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 13,731 | 1,423 | 2,491 | 6,658 | 3,512 | 1,591 | 3,037 | 1,943 | 7,724 | 679 | 5,640 | 1,529 | 49,958 | 52.31% | 6 | |
| National Unification Party | PUN | 11,618 | 791 | 1,727 | 4,919 | 2,679 | 1,404 | 1,956 | 1,323 | 5,793 | 515 | 2,748 | 1,280 | 36,753 | 38.49% | 4 | |
| National Front Party | PFN | 575 | 32 | 111 | 718 | 106 | 44 | 235 | 26 | 269 | 20 | 1,527 | 32 | 3,695 | 3.87% | 0 | |
| Socialist Action Party | PASO | 1,200 | 8 | 229 | 337 | 62 | 28 | 65 | 21 | 82 | 10 | 244 | 14 | 2,300 | 2.41% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 494 | 10 | 29 | 77 | 115 | 9 | 146 | 13 | 36 | 5 | 380 | 12 | 1,326 | 1.39% | 0 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 565 | 12 | 348 | 53 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 136 | 5 | 50 | 7 | 1,251 | 1.31% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Movement | MRC | 85 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 214 | 0.22% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 28,268 | 2,276 | 4,944 | 12,790 | 6,510 | 3,086 | 5,474 | 3,348 | 14,066 | 1,235 | 10,623 | 2,877 | 95,497 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Blank votes | 525 | 40 | 138 | 373 | 167 | 42 | 135 | 89 | 302 | 38 | 279 | 78 | 2,206 | 2.18% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,199 | 37 | 149 | 462 | 209 | 105 | 116 | 95 | 402 | 36 | 492 | 85 | 3,387 | 3.35% | |||
| Total polled | 29,992 | 2,353 | 5,231 | 13,625 | 6,886 | 3,233 | 5,725 | 3,532 | 14,770 | 1,309 | 11,394 | 3,040 | 101,090 | 86.00% | |||
| Registered electors | 35,188 | 2,551 | 5,848 | 16,267 | 7,886 | 3,696 | 6,294 | 4,134 | 17,330 | 1,526 | 13,373 | 3,459 | 117,552 | ||||
| Turnout | 85.23% | 92.24% | 89.45% | 83.76% | 87.32% | 87.47% | 90.96% | 85.44% | 85.23% | 85.78% | 85.20% | 87.89% | 86.00% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [50] Álvaro Aguilar Peralta (PUN); Claudio César Araya Rodríguez (PLN); José Fabio Araya Vargas (PLN); Edgar Arroyo Cordero (PLN); Óscar Chavarría Pol (PUN); Gonzalo Gómez Cordero (PLN); Gonzalo Monge Herrera (PUN); Francisco Morales Hernández (PLN); Fulvio Rodríguez Sagot (PUN); and Carlos Ugalde Álvarez (PLN).
Results of the 1966 general election held on 6 February 1966: [51] [52]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 9,989 | 1,104 | 2,026 | 4,978 | 3,025 | 1,212 | 2,301 | 1,463 | 5,221 | 582 | 4,935 | 1,130 | 37,966 | 49.22% | 5 | |
| National Unification Party | PUN | 9,599 | 731 | 2,118 | 4,560 | 2,503 | 1,403 | 1,974 | 1,175 | 4,847 | 453 | 3,996 | 1,023 | 34,382 | 44.57% | 5 | |
| Revolutionary Civic Union | UCR | 545 | 43 | 94 | 224 | 211 | 75 | 254 | 99 | 378 | 23 | 316 | 132 | 2,394 | 3.10% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 1,828 | 10 | 41 | 109 | 44 | 20 | 75 | 25 | 61 | 15 | 144 | 21 | 2,393 | 3.10% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 21,961 | 1,888 | 4,279 | 9,871 | 5,783 | 2,710 | 4,604 | 2,762 | 10,507 | 1,073 | 9,391 | 2,306 | 77,135 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Blank votes | 405 | 53 | 117 | 226 | 143 | 48 | 125 | 86 | 243 | 41 | 176 | 60 | 1,723 | 2.05% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 2,016 | 68 | 186 | 505 | 332 | 191 | 227 | 220 | 691 | 70 | 365 | 164 | 5,035 | 6.00% | |||
| Total polled | 24,382 | 2,009 | 4,582 | 10,602 | 6,258 | 2,949 | 4,956 | 3,068 | 11,441 | 1,184 | 9,932 | 2,530 | 83,893 | 85.11% | |||
| Registered electors | 28,711 | 2,221 | 5,224 | 12,886 | 7,181 | 3,439 | 5,509 | 3,487 | 13,963 | 1,423 | 11,600 | 2,925 | 98,569 | ||||
| Turnout | 84.92% | 90.45% | 87.71% | 82.28% | 87.15% | 85.75% | 89.96% | 87.98% | 81.94% | 83.20% | 85.62% | 86.50% | 85.11% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [53] Antonio Arroyo Alfaro (PLN); Freddy Arroyo Ramírez (PLN); José Antonio Bolaños Rojas (PUN); Arnulfo Carmona Benavides (PLN); Roberto Chacón Murillo (PUN); Germán Gago Pérez (PLN); Lindbergh Quesada Álvarez (PUN); Ricardo Román Román (PUN); José Rafael Vega Rojas (PLN); and Trino Zamora Jiménez (PUN).
Results of the 1962 general election held on 4 February 1962: [54] [55]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 8,341 | 980 | 1,730 | 4,388 | 2,853 | 1,399 | 2,100 | 1,390 | 4,680 | 741 | 5,138 | 1,170 | 34,910 | 50.29% | 6 | |
| Republican Party | PR | 6,384 | 377 | 1,021 | 2,203 | 1,536 | 769 | 1,103 | 652 | 2,239 | 249 | 2,262 | 643 | 19,438 | 28.00% | 3 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 3,945 | 276 | 1,006 | 1,174 | 1,002 | 410 | 937 | 438 | 1,457 | 157 | 843 | 151 | 11,796 | 16.99% | 2 | |
| Alajuelan Party | PA | 738 | 15 | 53 | 289 | 78 | 63 | 50 | 76 | 138 | 22 | 109 | 67 | 1,698 | 2.45% | 0 | |
| Popular Democratic Action | PADP | 1,147 | 4 | 40 | 143 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 63 | 2 | 97 | 7 | 1,576 | 2.27% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 20,555 | 1,652 | 3,850 | 8,197 | 5,495 | 2,666 | 4,206 | 2,562 | 8,577 | 1,171 | 8,449 | 2,038 | 69,418 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
| Blank votes | 441 | 45 | 137 | 207 | 156 | 38 | 100 | 76 | 226 | 24 | 151 | 64 | 1,665 | 2.30% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 494 | 29 | 67 | 142 | 85 | 48 | 61 | 47 | 127 | 16 | 169 | 56 | 1,341 | 1.85% | |||
| Total polled | 21,490 | 1,726 | 4,054 | 8,546 | 5,736 | 2,752 | 4,367 | 2,685 | 8,930 | 1,211 | 8,769 | 2,158 | 72,424 | 84.06% | |||
| Registered electors | 25,577 | 1,965 | 4,823 | 10,370 | 6,710 | 3,329 | 4,807 | 3,086 | 10,960 | 1,494 | 10,506 | 2,528 | 86,155 | ||||
| Turnout | 84.02% | 87.84% | 84.06% | 82.41% | 85.48% | 82.67% | 90.85% | 87.01% | 81.48% | 81.06% | 83.47% | 85.36% | 84.06% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [56] Nataniel Arias Murillo (PLN); Carmen Barboza Ruiz (PR); Armando Bolaños Bolaños (PLN); Alejandro Galva Jiménez (PR); Carlos Manuel Guardia Esquivel (PR); Nautilio Monge Álvarez (PLN); Cornelio Orlich Bolmarcich (PLN); Sergio Quirós Maroto (PLN); Francisco Ruiz Fernández (PUN); José Valenciano Madrigal (PLN); and Fernando Valverde Vega (PUN).
Results of the 1958 general election held on 2 February 1958: [57] [58]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 4,431 | 609 | 1,150 | 2,738 | 1,993 | 687 | 1,260 | 812 | 1,795 | 401 | 3,408 | 493 | 19,777 | 50.33% | 4 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 2,536 | 151 | 1,017 | 1,460 | 669 | 571 | 658 | 370 | 649 | 192 | 1,129 | 117 | 9,519 | 24.22% | 2 | |
| National Republican Party | PRN | 2,666 | 199 | 284 | 911 | 463 | 276 | 475 | 152 | 575 | 48 | 478 | 174 | 6,701 | 17.05% | 2 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 697 | 83 | 239 | 179 | 179 | 64 | 130 | 71 | 282 | 78 | 286 | 59 | 2,347 | 5.97% | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Civic Union | UCR | 196 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 199 | 4 | 26 | 39 | 620 | 1.58% | 0 | |
| Democratic Opposition Movement | MDO | 53 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 171 | 0.44% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 43 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 163 | 0.41% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 10,622 | 1,058 | 2,744 | 5,359 | 3,366 | 1,626 | 2,573 | 1,436 | 3,531 | 725 | 5,361 | 897 | 39,298 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
| Blank votes | 343 | 55 | 102 | 182 | 141 | 59 | 103 | 68 | 187 | 26 | 92 | 32 | 1,390 | 3.17% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,086 | 62 | 165 | 402 | 260 | 146 | 161 | 112 | 331 | 50 | 290 | 71 | 3,136 | 7.16% | |||
| Total polled | 12,051 | 1,175 | 3,011 | 5,943 | 3,767 | 1,831 | 2,837 | 1,616 | 4,049 | 801 | 5,743 | 1,000 | 43,824 | 68.25% | |||
| Registered electors | 18,136 | 1,695 | 4,176 | 8,069 | 5,307 | 2,734 | 3,640 | 2,342 | 6,998 | 1,167 | 8,251 | 1,697 | 64,212 | ||||
| Turnout | 66.45% | 69.32% | 72.10% | 73.65% | 70.98% | 66.97% | 77.94% | 69.00% | 57.86% | 68.64% | 69.60% | 58.93% | 68.25% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [59] Porfirio Álvarez González (PLN); Otto Eduardo Kopper Vega (PUN); Alberto Lizano Hernández (PRN); Roberto Losilla Gamboa (PLN); Félix Arcadio Montero Chacón (PLN); Alejandro Morera (PRN); Otilio Ulate Blanco (PUN); and José Rafael Vega Rojas (PLN).
Results of the 1953 general election held on 26 July 1953: [60] [61]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala- juela | Alfaro Ruiz | Atenas | Grecia | Naranjo | Orotina | Pal- mares | Poás | San Carlos | San Mateo | San Ramón | Valverde Vega | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 6,774 | 744 | 1,569 | 2,732 | 2,244 | 856 | 1,193 | 962 | 1,811 | 460 | 2,766 | 659 | 22,770 | 67.81% | 6 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 3,216 | 297 | 482 | 1,212 | 536 | 580 | 409 | 205 | 776 | 160 | 778 | 230 | 8,881 | 26.45% | 2 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 469 | 60 | 254 | 151 | 99 | 45 | 115 | 80 | 113 | 33 | 492 | 16 | 1,927 | 5.74% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 10,459 | 1,101 | 2,305 | 4,095 | 2,879 | 1,481 | 1,717 | 1,247 | 2,700 | 653 | 4,036 | 905 | 33,578 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
| Blank votes | 498 | 86 | 127 | 202 | 175 | 84 | 191 | 83 | 202 | 57 | 216 | 44 | 1,965 | 5.17% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 814 | 53 | 110 | 312 | 192 | 114 | 112 | 71 | 151 | 57 | 389 | 92 | 2,467 | 6.49% | |||
| Total polled | 11,771 | 1,240 | 2,542 | 4,609 | 3,246 | 1,679 | 2,020 | 1,401 | 3,053 | 767 | 4,641 | 1,041 | 38,010 | 68.69% | |||
| Registered electors | 16,109 | 1,763 | 3,668 | 6,874 | 4,510 | 2,394 | 2,755 | 2,035 | 5,226 | 1,155 | 7,272 | 1,574 | 55,335 | ||||
| Turnout | 73.07% | 70.33% | 69.30% | 67.05% | 71.97% | 70.13% | 73.32% | 68.85% | 58.42% | 66.41% | 63.82% | 66.14% | 68.69% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [62] Alfredo Alfaro Sotela (PD); Öscar Chavarría Poll (PD); Edgar Mora García (PLN); Estela Quesada (PLN); Fabio Quesada Hernández (PLN); Roberto Quirós Sasso (PLN); Luis Ramírez Villalobos (PLN); and Enrique Vega Maroto (PLN).
The following candidates were elected at the 1949 general election held on 4 October 1949: [63] Nautilio Acosta Piepper (PUN); Ramón Arroyo Blanco (PUN); Víctor Chavaría Solano (PC); Lisandro Corrales Blanco (PUN); Omar Quesada Alvarado (PSD); Marcial Rodríguez Conejo (PUN); Álvaro Rojas Espinoza (PUN); Mariano Sanz Soto (PUN); Luis Carlos Suárez Matamoros (PUN); and Francisco Urbina González (PDCA).