| Heredia | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica | |
| Location of Heredia within Costa Rica | |
| Province | Heredia |
| Population | 479,117 (2022) [1] |
| Electorate | 355,738 (2022) |
| Area | 2,663 km2 (2024) [2] |
| Current Constituency | |
| Created | 1949 |
| Seats | List
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| Deputies [3] | |
Heredia 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 Heredia. The constituency currently elects six of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 355,738 registered electors.
Heredia currently elects six 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 | 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 | |
| 2022 | 494 | 0.21% | 0 | 24,672 | 10.64% | 1 | 5,457 | 2.35% | 0 | 60,023 | 25.89% | 2 | 26,340 | 11.36% | 1 | 1,096 | 0.47% | 0 | 1,067 | 0.46% | 0 | 32,371 | 13.96% | 1 | 4,822 | 2.08% | 0 | ||||||
| 2018 | 11,418 | 4.86% | 0 | 49,257 | 20.95% | 2 | 44,772 | 19.05% | 2 | 42,063 | 17.89% | 1 | 16,603 | 7.06% | 0 | 4,659 | 1.98% | 0 | 41,773 | 17.77% | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | 28,053 | 12.74% | 1 | 69,360 | 31.49% | 2 | 52,559 | 23.86% | 2 | 20,149 | 9.15% | 1 | 641 | 0.29% | 0 | 16,682 | 7.57% | 0 | 10,263 | 4.66% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | 9,523 | 4.77% | 0 | 38,143 | 19.10% | 2 | 73,929 | 37.02% | 2 | 14,510 | 7.27% | 0 | 950 | 0.48% | 0 | 27,766 | 13.90% | 1 | 7,953 | 3.98% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | 684 | 0.41% | 0 | 51,324 | 30.64% | 2 | 60,910 | 36.36% | 3 | 13,859 | 8.27% | 0 | 1,308 | 0.78% | 0 | 15,079 | 9.00% | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2,026 | 1.35% | 0 | 41,606 | 27.65% | 2 | 36,523 | 24.27% | 1 | 41,462 | 27.55% | 1 | 1,491 | 0.99% | 0 | 16,122 | 10.71% | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | 1,459 | 1.12% | 0 | 46,676 | 35.85% | 2 | 51,036 | 39.20% | 3 | 4,188 | 3.22% | 0 | 3,191 | 2.45% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | 61,462 | 45.93% | 3 | 54,764 | 40.93% | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 5,121 | 4.38% | 0 | 50,119 | 42.91% | 2 | 54,744 | 46.87% | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | 4,116 | 4.08% | 0 | 48,715 | 48.32% | 3 | 42,457 | 42.11% | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | 6,679 | 8.34% | 0 | 43,264 | 54.03% | 2 | 25,974 | 32.44% | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | 6,339 | 9.51% | 0 | 27,002 | 40.50% | 2 | 29,772 | 44.66% | 2 | 1,478 | 2.22% | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | 2,860 | 5.69% | 0 | 3,703 | 7.36% | 0 | 20,655 | 41.07% | 2 | 1,750 | 3.48% | 0 | 11,393 | 22.66% | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 2,093 | 5.42% | 0 | 18,625 | 48.23% | 2 | 1,558 | 4.03% | 0 | 14,384 | 37.25% | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | 15,404 | 49.02% | 2 | 14,520 | 46.21% | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | 10,247 | 36.80% | 1 | 13,240 | 47.55% | 2 | 3,521 | 12.65% | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | 3,737 | 24.68% | 1 | 6,664 | 44.01% | 1 | 2,890 | 19.08% | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953 | 8,195 | 62.59% | 2 | 827 | 6.32% | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results of the 2022 general election held on 6 February 2022: [12] [13]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 5,380 | 3,447 | 3,436 | 15,451 | 3,041 | 3,718 | 5,422 | 5,658 | 6,656 | 7,814 | 60,023 | 25.89% | 2 | |
| Social Democratic Progress Party | PPSD | 3,564 | 1,850 | 2,002 | 9,408 | 1,631 | 2,257 | 3,445 | 2,781 | 3,646 | 1,787 | 32,371 | 13.96% | 1 | |
| Progressive Liberal Party | PLP | 2,784 | 2,187 | 1,833 | 9,437 | 1,545 | 2,485 | 3,156 | 2,138 | 3,703 | 390 | 29,658 | 12.79% | 1 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 2,164 | 3,462 | 1,721 | 6,534 | 1,559 | 2,050 | 2,643 | 1,943 | 2,911 | 1,353 | 26,340 | 11.36% | 1 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 3,031 | 1,243 | 1,141 | 7,718 | 1,219 | 2,003 | 3,171 | 1,646 | 2,644 | 856 | 24,672 | 10.64% | 1 | |
| New Republic Party | PNR | 1,907 | 502 | 692 | 5,338 | 695 | 1,095 | 2,008 | 1,819 | 1,781 | 3,195 | 19,032 | 8.21% | 0 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 578 | 293 | 319 | 1,788 | 280 | 392 | 603 | 337 | 585 | 282 | 5,457 | 2.35% | 0 | |
| National Restoration Party | PRN | 1,810 | 88 | 189 | 973 | 100 | 195 | 361 | 380 | 365 | 361 | 4,822 | 2.08% | 0 | |
| United We Can | UP | 267 | 67 | 96 | 1,155 | 463 | 220 | 384 | 156 | 356 | 463 | 3,627 | 1.56% | 0 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 420 | 96 | 114 | 1,164 | 139 | 197 | 326 | 264 | 326 | 491 | 3,537 | 1.53% | 0 | |
| National Encounter Party | PEN | 443 | 20 | 59 | 1,199 | 127 | 334 | 407 | 168 | 180 | 170 | 3,107 | 1.34% | 0 | |
| A Just Costa Rica | CRJ | 249 | 87 | 253 | 1,045 | 129 | 148 | 260 | 222 | 271 | 217 | 2,881 | 1.24% | 0 | |
| Liberal Union Party | UL | 306 | 150 | 130 | 923 | 94 | 192 | 261 | 234 | 403 | 168 | 2,861 | 1.23% | 0 | |
| New Generation Party | PNG | 199 | 82 | 96 | 520 | 60 | 99 | 180 | 124 | 178 | 1,026 | 2,564 | 1.11% | 0 | |
| Social Christian Republican Party | PRSC | 227 | 61 | 312 | 458 | 75 | 79 | 147 | 351 | 135 | 124 | 1,969 | 0.85% | 0 | |
| National Force Party | PFN | 186 | 78 | 88 | 502 | 73 | 130 | 231 | 133 | 260 | 144 | 1,825 | 0.79% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Social Justice Party | JSC | 142 | 37 | 52 | 391 | 118 | 143 | 226 | 110 | 137 | 131 | 1,487 | 0.64% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 81 | 78 | 38 | 343 | 33 | 52 | 95 | 81 | 96 | 199 | 1,096 | 0.47% | 0 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 143 | 68 | 41 | 280 | 45 | 50 | 104 | 149 | 103 | 84 | 1,067 | 0.46% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Alliance | ADC | 92 | 26 | 34 | 242 | 37 | 60 | 93 | 58 | 111 | 75 | 828 | 0.36% | 0 | |
| Our People Party | PNP | 46 | 28 | 20 | 191 | 54 | 104 | 74 | 47 | 68 | 40 | 672 | 0.29% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Social Democratic Movement | PMSDC | 90 | 17 | 19 | 153 | 28 | 29 | 52 | 48 | 49 | 63 | 548 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party | PT | 54 | 25 | 23 | 150 | 39 | 35 | 55 | 50 | 63 | 41 | 535 | 0.23% | 0 | |
| United People | PU | 53 | 12 | 9 | 125 | 20 | 27 | 42 | 66 | 67 | 73 | 494 | 0.21% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Democratic Union | PUCD | 102 | 19 | 14 | 65 | 11 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 348 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 24,318 | 14,023 | 12,731 | 65,553 | 11,615 | 16,123 | 23,773 | 18,984 | 25,122 | 19,579 | 231,821 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Blank votes | 136 | 76 | 57 | 304 | 72 | 85 | 131 | 125 | 120 | 258 | 1,364 | 0.58% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 199 | 74 | 71 | 525 | 98 | 131 | 211 | 182 | 182 | 243 | 1,916 | 0.81% | |||
| Total polled | 24,653 | 14,173 | 12,859 | 66,382 | 11,785 | 16,339 | 24,115 | 19,291 | 25,424 | 20,080 | 235,101 | 66.09% | |||
| Registered electors | 35,151 | 19,738 | 18,075 | 101,774 | 17,246 | 23,488 | 38,295 | 28,615 | 36,195 | 37,161 | 355,738 | ||||
| Turnout | 70.13% | 71.81% | 71.14% | 65.22% | 68.33% | 69.56% | 62.97% | 67.42% | 70.24% | 54.04% | 66.09% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [14] Ada Gabriela Acuña Castro (PPSD); Johnatan Jesús Acuña Soto (FA); Horacio Martin Alvarado Bogantes (PUSC); Gilberto Arnoldo Campos Cruz (PLP); Kattia Rivera Soto (PLN); and Pedro Rojas Guzmán (PLN).
Results of the 2018 general election held on 4 February 2018: [15] [16]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 5,809 | 2,467 | 2,545 | 15,564 | 2,613 | 3,339 | 5,768 | 3,714 | 5,267 | 2,171 | 49,257 | 20.95% | 2 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 4,142 | 2,754 | 2,860 | 12,988 | 2,405 | 2,616 | 4,238 | 3,795 | 5,593 | 3,381 | 44,772 | 19.05% | 2 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 3,505 | 4,873 | 2,590 | 10,968 | 2,224 | 4,178 | 4,096 | 2,694 | 4,726 | 2,209 | 42,063 | 17.89% | 1 | |
| National Restoration Party | PRN | 4,310 | 1,234 | 1,515 | 11,865 | 1,390 | 2,419 | 4,514 | 3,982 | 3,736 | 6,808 | 41,773 | 17.77% | 1 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 1,822 | 756 | 915 | 4,604 | 961 | 942 | 1,853 | 1,498 | 1,733 | 1,519 | 16,603 | 7.06% | 0 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 1,410 | 630 | 524 | 3,812 | 502 | 819 | 1,412 | 676 | 1,115 | 518 | 11,418 | 4.86% | 0 | |
| Social Christian Republican Party | PRSC | 1,209 | 276 | 632 | 2,179 | 289 | 411 | 822 | 999 | 624 | 681 | 8,122 | 3.45% | 0 | |
| New Generation Party | PNG | 565 | 194 | 224 | 1,481 | 246 | 416 | 545 | 315 | 588 | 548 | 5,122 | 2.18% | 0 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 471 | 290 | 231 | 1,400 | 262 | 293 | 454 | 336 | 478 | 444 | 4,659 | 1.98% | 0 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 355 | 122 | 157 | 1,070 | 133 | 194 | 399 | 297 | 327 | 293 | 3,347 | 1.42% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 241 | 103 | 122 | 795 | 219 | 185 | 260 | 174 | 665 | 263 | 3,027 | 1.29% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Alliance | ADC | 289 | 81 | 107 | 916 | 117 | 136 | 311 | 229 | 303 | 333 | 2,822 | 1.20% | 0 | |
| Progressive Liberal Party | PLP | 89 | 115 | 70 | 313 | 45 | 97 | 111 | 46 | 119 | 45 | 1,050 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party | PT | 118 | 47 | 52 | 327 | 53 | 76 | 107 | 75 | 103 | 91 | 1,049 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 24,335 | 13,942 | 12,544 | 68,282 | 11,459 | 16,121 | 24,890 | 18,830 | 25,377 | 19,304 | 235,084 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Blank votes | 62 | 38 | 32 | 174 | 70 | 48 | 124 | 71 | 81 | 200 | 900 | 0.38% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 214 | 95 | 73 | 635 | 134 | 143 | 272 | 202 | 231 | 373 | 2,372 | 1.00% | |||
| Total polled | 24,611 | 14,075 | 12,649 | 69,091 | 11,663 | 16,312 | 25,286 | 19,103 | 25,689 | 19,877 | 238,356 | 71.61% | |||
| Registered electors | 32,786 | 18,745 | 16,683 | 96,661 | 16,081 | 21,950 | 35,395 | 26,746 | 34,421 | 33,391 | 332,859 | ||||
| Turnout | 75.07% | 75.09% | 75.82% | 71.48% | 72.53% | 74.31% | 71.44% | 71.42% | 74.63% | 59.53% | 71.61% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [17] Ana Lucía Delgado Orozco (PLN); Jorge Luis Fonseca Fonseca (PLN); Catalina Montero Gómez (PAC); Jonathan Prendas (PRN); Welmer Ramos González (PAC); and Aracelly Salas Eduarte (PUSC).
Results of the 2014 general election held on 2 February 2014: [18] [19]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 7,813 | 3,520 | 4,158 | 22,030 | 3,705 | 4,482 | 7,569 | 5,288 | 8,444 | 2,351 | 69,360 | 31.49% | 2 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 4,588 | 3,152 | 2,732 | 14,773 | 2,509 | 2,723 | 4,717 | 4,222 | 5,534 | 7,609 | 52,559 | 23.86% | 2 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 3,437 | 1,336 | 1,153 | 8,558 | 1,282 | 1,684 | 3,364 | 2,235 | 2,532 | 2,472 | 28,053 | 12.74% | 1 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 1,476 | 2,902 | 1,176 | 4,440 | 821 | 3,385 | 1,618 | 1,316 | 1,972 | 1,043 | 20,149 | 9.15% | 1 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 1,491 | 1,116 | 804 | 5,207 | 797 | 772 | 1,630 | 1,576 | 1,818 | 1,471 | 16,682 | 7.57% | 0 | |
| National Restoration Party | PRN | 1,117 | 261 | 453 | 3,194 | 423 | 613 | 1,047 | 949 | 1,109 | 1,097 | 10,263 | 4.66% | 0 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 973 | 271 | 380 | 2,306 | 473 | 353 | 1,019 | 866 | 1,296 | 688 | 8,625 | 3.92% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 536 | 146 | 184 | 1,603 | 213 | 296 | 470 | 388 | 579 | 776 | 5,191 | 2.36% | 0 | |
| New Homeland Party | PPN | 360 | 139 | 177 | 1,222 | 173 | 247 | 508 | 271 | 374 | 157 | 3,628 | 1.65% | 0 | |
| New Generation Party | PNG | 202 | 122 | 143 | 760 | 95 | 173 | 228 | 131 | 270 | 65 | 2,189 | 0.99% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party | PT | 106 | 51 | 54 | 505 | 71 | 54 | 145 | 85 | 118 | 173 | 1,362 | 0.62% | 0 | |
| National Advance | PAN | 179 | 32 | 36 | 342 | 29 | 81 | 274 | 98 | 135 | 70 | 1,276 | 0.58% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 69 | 33 | 23 | 198 | 21 | 30 | 75 | 54 | 78 | 60 | 641 | 0.29% | 0 | |
| New Socialist Party | NPS | 28 | 16 | 7 | 87 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 30 | 21 | 25 | 277 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 22,375 | 13,097 | 11,480 | 65,225 | 10,622 | 14,912 | 22,698 | 17,509 | 24,280 | 18,057 | 220,255 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Blank votes | 82 | 55 | 48 | 224 | 66 | 40 | 94 | 104 | 91 | 164 | 968 | 0.43% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 284 | 128 | 111 | 713 | 135 | 160 | 283 | 257 | 268 | 357 | 2,696 | 1.20% | |||
| Total polled | 22,741 | 13,280 | 11,639 | 66,162 | 10,823 | 15,112 | 23,075 | 17,870 | 24,639 | 18,578 | 223,919 | 72.96% | |||
| Registered electors | 30,088 | 17,266 | 15,087 | 90,600 | 14,503 | 20,119 | 32,186 | 24,726 | 32,559 | 29,767 | 306,901 | ||||
| Turnout | 75.58% | 76.91% | 77.15% | 73.03% | 74.63% | 75.11% | 71.69% | 72.27% | 75.67% | 62.41% | 72.96% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [20] William Alvarado Bogantes (PUSC); Marlene Madrigal Flores (PAC); Ronny Monge Salas (PLN); Henry Mora Jiménez (PAC); José Antonio Ramírez Aguilar (FA); and Lorelly Trejos Salas (PLN).
Results of the 2010 general election held on 7 February 2010: [21] [22]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 6,631 | 5,117 | 4,172 | 22,862 | 4,120 | 4,400 | 7,019 | 5,749 | 8,575 | 5,284 | 73,929 | 37.02% | 2 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 4,607 | 2,020 | 1,955 | 11,060 | 2,193 | 2,490 | 4,058 | 3,008 | 4,555 | 2,197 | 38,143 | 19.10% | 2 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 3,004 | 1,537 | 1,339 | 7,944 | 918 | 1,287 | 3,098 | 2,775 | 2,829 | 3,035 | 27,766 | 13.90% | 1 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 1,706 | 933 | 758 | 5,238 | 774 | 931 | 1,783 | 1,547 | 2,820 | 925 | 17,415 | 8.72% | 0 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 1,089 | 1,239 | 645 | 3,832 | 571 | 2,607 | 1,161 | 822 | 1,330 | 1,214 | 14,510 | 7.27% | 0 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 1,262 | 319 | 334 | 3,680 | 272 | 608 | 1,078 | 665 | 906 | 399 | 9,523 | 4.77% | 0 | |
| National Restoration Party of Heredia | PRN | 937 | 240 | 309 | 2,665 | 193 | 441 | 1,338 | 799 | 600 | 431 | 7,953 | 3.98% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 453 | 129 | 148 | 1,601 | 150 | 272 | 364 | 354 | 551 | 1,702 | 5,724 | 2.87% | 0 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | AP | 266 | 214 | 358 | 1,302 | 99 | 150 | 391 | 220 | 231 | 554 | 3,785 | 1.90% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 85 | 42 | 35 | 276 | 50 | 70 | 101 | 101 | 121 | 69 | 950 | 0.48% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 20,040 | 11,790 | 10,053 | 60,460 | 9,340 | 13,256 | 20,391 | 16,040 | 22,518 | 15,810 | 199,698 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 128 | 88 | 91 | 322 | 92 | 69 | 177 | 163 | 123 | 280 | 1,533 | 0.75% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 207 | 134 | 128 | 590 | 112 | 143 | 283 | 216 | 231 | 422 | 2,466 | 1.21% | |||
| Total polled | 20,375 | 12,012 | 10,272 | 61,372 | 9,544 | 13,468 | 20,851 | 16,419 | 22,872 | 16,512 | 203,697 | 73.13% | |||
| Registered electors | 26,982 | 15,687 | 13,404 | 84,511 | 12,800 | 17,791 | 29,077 | 22,277 | 30,208 | 25,807 | 278,544 | ||||
| Turnout | 75.51% | 76.57% | 76.63% | 72.62% | 74.56% | 75.70% | 71.71% | 73.70% | 75.72% | 63.98% | 73.13% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [23] Yolanda Acuña Castro (PAC); María de los Ángeles Alfaro Murillo (PML); Claudio Enrique Monge Pereira (PAC); Elvia Dicciana Villalobos Argüello (PLN); and Víctor Hugo Víquez Chaverri (PLN).
Results of the 2006 general election held on 5 February 2006: [24] [25]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 5,516 | 3,941 | 3,251 | 19,577 | 3,111 | 3,710 | 5,933 | 5,281 | 6,421 | 4,169 | 60,910 | 36.36% | 3 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 5,446 | 3,048 | 2,397 | 16,230 | 2,345 | 3,175 | 5,840 | 3,838 | 6,362 | 2,643 | 51,324 | 30.64% | 2 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 1,801 | 883 | 692 | 4,864 | 523 | 829 | 1,611 | 1,289 | 1,541 | 1,046 | 15,079 | 9.00% | 0 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 1,152 | 771 | 823 | 3,527 | 558 | 1,793 | 1,231 | 602 | 2,168 | 1,234 | 13,859 | 8.27% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 584 | 157 | 181 | 1,757 | 296 | 332 | 590 | 479 | 706 | 2,016 | 7,098 | 4.24% | 0 | |
| Union for Change Party | PUPC | 351 | 261 | 219 | 1,088 | 137 | 238 | 385 | 244 | 523 | 196 | 3,642 | 2.17% | 0 | |
| Authentic Heredian Party | PAH | 465 | 115 | 236 | 1,071 | 190 | 143 | 220 | 651 | 245 | 220 | 3,556 | 2.12% | 0 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 285 | 140 | 121 | 1,030 | 73 | 233 | 393 | 175 | 531 | 124 | 3,105 | 1.85% | 0 | |
| Homeland First Party | PPP | 260 | 133 | 127 | 922 | 101 | 117 | 272 | 284 | 249 | 215 | 2,680 | 1.60% | 0 | |
| Democratic Nationalist Alliance | ADN | 260 | 329 | 55 | 897 | 48 | 105 | 200 | 82 | 81 | 34 | 2,091 | 1.25% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 87 | 192 | 52 | 495 | 38 | 61 | 129 | 88 | 106 | 60 | 1,308 | 0.78% | 0 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 127 | 53 | 48 | 389 | 35 | 90 | 112 | 92 | 120 | 75 | 1,141 | 0.68% | 0 | |
| Patriotic Union | UP | 85 | 22 | 51 | 376 | 34 | 53 | 160 | 60 | 85 | 105 | 1,031 | 0.62% | 0 | |
| United Left | IU | 92 | 17 | 21 | 208 | 19 | 39 | 143 | 52 | 63 | 30 | 684 | 0.41% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 16,511 | 10,062 | 8,274 | 52,431 | 7,508 | 10,918 | 17,219 | 13,217 | 19,201 | 12,167 | 167,508 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 88 | 83 | 55 | 412 | 70 | 64 | 140 | 102 | 94 | 166 | 1,274 | 0.74% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 259 | 169 | 112 | 727 | 142 | 160 | 358 | 297 | 282 | 382 | 2,888 | 1.68% | |||
| Total polled | 16,858 | 10,314 | 8,441 | 53,570 | 7,720 | 11,142 | 17,717 | 13,616 | 19,577 | 12,715 | 171,670 | 69.79% | |||
| Registered electors | 23,339 | 14,022 | 11,507 | 76,637 | 11,123 | 15,173 | 25,863 | 19,360 | 26,992 | 21,977 | 245,993 | ||||
| Turnout | 72.23% | 73.56% | 73.36% | 69.90% | 69.41% | 73.43% | 68.50% | 70.33% | 72.53% | 57.86% | 69.79% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [25] Hilda González Ramírez (PLN); Francisco Molina Gamboa (PAC); José Ángel Ocampo Bolaños (PLN); Fernando Sánchez Campos (PLN); and Lesvia Villalobos Salas (PAC).
Results of the 2002 general election held on 3 February 2002: [26] [27]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 4,077 | 2,240 | 2,193 | 14,940 | 1,785 | 2,776 | 4,245 | 2,954 | 4,706 | 1,690 | 41,606 | 27.65% | 2 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 3,737 | 3,084 | 2,058 | 12,599 | 1,777 | 3,101 | 4,130 | 3,066 | 4,915 | 2,995 | 41,462 | 27.55% | 1 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 4,043 | 2,376 | 1,851 | 10,807 | 1,995 | 2,019 | 3,421 | 3,486 | 3,792 | 2,733 | 36,523 | 24.27% | 1 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 1,513 | 870 | 698 | 5,951 | 560 | 935 | 1,779 | 1,153 | 1,540 | 1,123 | 16,122 | 10.71% | 1 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 365 | 118 | 196 | 1,393 | 227 | 249 | 500 | 435 | 675 | 1,132 | 5,290 | 3.52% | 0 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 329 | 192 | 129 | 922 | 110 | 122 | 764 | 197 | 306 | 444 | 3,515 | 2.34% | 0 | |
| Coalition Change 2000 | CC2000 | 123 | 29 | 27 | 306 | 136 | 58 | 111 | 137 | 1,023 | 76 | 2,026 | 1.35% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 155 | 167 | 52 | 530 | 38 | 81 | 123 | 105 | 173 | 67 | 1,491 | 0.99% | 0 | |
| National Rescue Party | PRN | 113 | 29 | 47 | 310 | 18 | 50 | 95 | 38 | 73 | 78 | 851 | 0.57% | 0 | |
| National Patriotic Party | PPN | 55 | 26 | 14 | 198 | 23 | 47 | 78 | 37 | 56 | 87 | 621 | 0.41% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 43 | 18 | 19 | 170 | 20 | 28 | 50 | 79 | 42 | 58 | 527 | 0.35% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 30 | 12 | 8 | 67 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 32 | 28 | 239 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Independent Workers' Party | PIO | 17 | 12 | 4 | 47 | 9 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 28 | 204 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 14,600 | 9,173 | 7,296 | 48,240 | 6,708 | 9,502 | 15,339 | 11,713 | 17,367 | 10,539 | 150,477 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 126 | 85 | 73 | 328 | 91 | 66 | 186 | 175 | 133 | 323 | 1,586 | 1.03% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 159 | 93 | 83 | 569 | 102 | 124 | 270 | 202 | 220 | 334 | 2,156 | 1.40% | |||
| Total polled | 14,885 | 9,351 | 7,452 | 49,137 | 6,901 | 9,692 | 15,795 | 12,090 | 17,720 | 11,196 | 154,219 | 71.70% | |||
| Registered electors | 19,929 | 12,263 | 9,940 | 68,379 | 9,641 | 12,970 | 22,476 | 16,641 | 23,975 | 18,882 | 215,096 | ||||
| Turnout | 74.69% | 76.25% | 74.97% | 71.86% | 71.58% | 74.73% | 70.27% | 72.65% | 73.91% | 59.29% | 71.70% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [27] Quírico Jiménez Madrigal (PAC); Emilia María Rodríguez Arias (PAC); José Francisco Salas Ramos (PML); Federico Guillermo Vargas Ulloa (PUSC); and María de los Ángeles Víquez Sáenz (PLN).
Results of the 1998 general election held on 1 February 1998: [28] [29]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 4,624 | 3,968 | 2,451 | 15,294 | 2,164 | 3,112 | 4,861 | 3,692 | 6,610 | 4,260 | 51,036 | 39.20% | 3 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 4,370 | 2,891 | 2,609 | 14,666 | 2,382 | 2,832 | 4,437 | 3,981 | 4,933 | 3,575 | 46,676 | 35.85% | 2 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 1,001 | 374 | 293 | 2,976 | 366 | 572 | 1,343 | 760 | 1,078 | 511 | 9,274 | 7.12% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 421 | 194 | 190 | 1,770 | 126 | 280 | 447 | 219 | 420 | 121 | 4,188 | 3.22% | 0 | |
| National Rescue Party | PRN | 558 | 70 | 120 | 2,212 | 30 | 275 | 299 | 124 | 113 | 166 | 3,967 | 3.05% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 295 | 45 | 53 | 995 | 172 | 246 | 281 | 314 | 517 | 312 | 3,230 | 2.48% | 0 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 325 | 191 | 138 | 1,131 | 71 | 177 | 570 | 193 | 314 | 81 | 3,191 | 2.45% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 113 | 35 | 276 | 280 | 186 | 65 | 137 | 94 | 1,132 | 40 | 2,358 | 1.81% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 238 | 91 | 98 | 563 | 138 | 207 | 295 | 316 | 217 | 125 | 2,288 | 1.76% | 0 | |
| United People | PU | 270 | 51 | 35 | 370 | 34 | 59 | 286 | 182 | 86 | 86 | 1,459 | 1.12% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 105 | 31 | 27 | 390 | 22 | 58 | 116 | 53 | 60 | 31 | 893 | 0.69% | 0 | |
| New Democratic Party | NPD | 56 | 90 | 20 | 233 | 10 | 34 | 64 | 18 | 84 | 51 | 660 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 51 | 11 | 12 | 219 | 13 | 45 | 70 | 34 | 51 | 52 | 558 | 0.43% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 24 | 28 | 8 | 109 | 7 | 63 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 80 | 417 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 12,451 | 8,070 | 6,330 | 41,208 | 5,721 | 8,025 | 13,235 | 10,014 | 15,650 | 9,491 | 130,195 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 106 | 66 | 71 | 233 | 31 | 52 | 125 | 108 | 86 | 163 | 1,041 | 0.78% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 225 | 111 | 136 | 665 | 132 | 109 | 369 | 167 | 267 | 323 | 2,504 | 1.87% | |||
| Total polled | 12,782 | 8,247 | 6,537 | 42,106 | 5,884 | 8,186 | 13,729 | 10,289 | 16,003 | 9,977 | 133,740 | 71.92% | |||
| Registered electors | 17,090 | 10,874 | 8,724 | 58,751 | 8,200 | 11,136 | 19,453 | 14,425 | 21,452 | 15,860 | 185,965 | ||||
| Turnout | 74.79% | 75.84% | 74.93% | 71.67% | 71.76% | 73.51% | 70.58% | 71.33% | 74.60% | 62.91% | 71.92% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [29] Horacio Martin Alvarado Bogantes (PUSC); Manuel Antonio Bolaños Salas (PUSC); María lsabel Chamorro Santamaría (PLN); Sergio Salazar Rivera (PUSC); and Róger Vílchez Cascante (PLN).
Results of the 1994 general election held on 6 February 1994: [30] [31]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 5,529 | 3,818 | 3,311 | 18,633 | 3,099 | 3,635 | 6,182 | 5,586 | 6,874 | 4,795 | 61,462 | 45.93% | 3 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 5,009 | 3,598 | 2,980 | 16,439 | 2,361 | 3,530 | 6,001 | 4,128 | 7,087 | 3,631 | 54,764 | 40.93% | 2 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 1,411 | 566 | 487 | 3,902 | 259 | 652 | 1,268 | 690 | 962 | 323 | 10,520 | 7.86% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 173 | 50 | 56 | 632 | 101 | 102 | 150 | 104 | 884 | 65 | 2,317 | 1.73% | 0 | |
| People's Vanguard Party | PVP | 171 | 68 | 50 | 582 | 46 | 82 | 289 | 185 | 111 | 128 | 1,712 | 1.28% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 108 | 55 | 43 | 495 | 62 | 83 | 223 | 131 | 202 | 173 | 1,575 | 1.18% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 72 | 39 | 35 | 303 | 13 | 103 | 70 | 39 | 63 | 34 | 771 | 0.58% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 57 | 28 | 31 | 293 | 15 | 54 | 79 | 42 | 43 | 47 | 689 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 12,530 | 8,222 | 6,993 | 41,279 | 5,956 | 8,241 | 14,262 | 10,905 | 16,226 | 9,196 | 133,810 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 131 | 76 | 75 | 288 | 56 | 64 | 184 | 177 | 116 | 179 | 1,346 | 0.98% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 193 | 125 | 68 | 487 | 87 | 116 | 287 | 157 | 242 | 292 | 2,054 | 1.50% | |||
| Total polled | 12,854 | 8,423 | 7,136 | 42,054 | 6,099 | 8,421 | 14,733 | 11,239 | 16,584 | 9,667 | 137,210 | 84.06% | |||
| Registered electors | 14,907 | 9,768 | 8,141 | 49,971 | 7,290 | 9,809 | 17,558 | 13,132 | 19,627 | 13,016 | 163,219 | ||||
| Turnout | 86.23% | 86.23% | 87.66% | 84.16% | 83.66% | 85.85% | 83.91% | 85.58% | 84.50% | 74.27% | 84.06% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [32] Álvaro Azofeifa Astúa (PLN); Bernardo Benavides Benavides (PUSC); Víctor Julio Brenes Rojas (PLN); Orlando González Villalobos (PUSC); and Luis Antonio Martínez Ramírez (PLN).
Results of the 1990 general election held on 4 February 1990: [33] [34]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 5,162 | 3,345 | 2,800 | 15,659 | 2,608 | 3,305 | 6,444 | 4,538 | 7,557 | 3,326 | 54,744 | 46.87% | 3 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 4,545 | 3,625 | 2,619 | 15,159 | 2,360 | 3,031 | 4,888 | 4,505 | 6,051 | 3,336 | 50,119 | 42.91% | 2 | |
| United People | PU | 604 | 140 | 567 | 1,697 | 99 | 305 | 558 | 372 | 328 | 451 | 5,121 | 4.38% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 201 | 44 | 63 | 791 | 41 | 169 | 280 | 226 | 272 | 61 | 2,148 | 1.84% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 164 | 60 | 49 | 600 | 45 | 191 | 264 | 122 | 248 | 306 | 2,049 | 1.75% | 0 | |
| Party of Progress | PdP | 128 | 31 | 30 | 791 | 27 | 56 | 82 | 26 | 165 | 22 | 1,358 | 1.16% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 78 | 50 | 86 | 315 | 28 | 41 | 149 | 44 | 77 | 66 | 934 | 0.80% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 17 | 102 | 7 | 62 | 5 | 46 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 320 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 10,899 | 7,397 | 6,221 | 35,074 | 5,213 | 7,144 | 12,690 | 9,850 | 14,724 | 7,581 | 116,793 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 124 | 73 | 64 | 228 | 62 | 73 | 152 | 172 | 101 | 178 | 1,227 | 1.02% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 165 | 157 | 102 | 453 | 113 | 152 | 341 | 184 | 239 | 289 | 2,195 | 1.83% | |||
| Total polled | 11,188 | 7,627 | 6,387 | 35,755 | 5,388 | 7,369 | 13,183 | 10,206 | 15,064 | 8,048 | 120,215 | 85.13% | |||
| Registered electors | 12,810 | 8,659 | 7,268 | 41,624 | 6,387 | 8,513 | 15,651 | 11,704 | 17,712 | 10,882 | 141,210 | ||||
| Turnout | 87.34% | 88.08% | 87.88% | 85.90% | 84.36% | 86.56% | 84.23% | 87.20% | 85.05% | 73.96% | 85.13% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [35] Manuel Antonio Bolaños Salas (PUSC); Danilo Chaverri Soto (PUSC); José Joaquín Chaves Zamora (PLN); William Cordero Gamboa (PUSC); and Carlos Sequeira Lépiz (PLN).
Results of the 1986 general election held on 2 February 1986: [36] [37]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 4,246 | 3,033 | 2,812 | 15,064 | 2,171 | 2,871 | 5,312 | 4,273 | 6,113 | 2,820 | 48,715 | 48.32% | 3 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 4,130 | 2,880 | 2,331 | 12,305 | 2,089 | 2,429 | 4,631 | 3,337 | 6,183 | 2,142 | 42,457 | 42.11% | 2 | |
| United People | PU | 403 | 196 | 124 | 1,396 | 100 | 210 | 557 | 129 | 335 | 666 | 4,116 | 4.08% | 0 | |
| People's Alliance Coalition | CAP | 226 | 65 | 105 | 811 | 54 | 162 | 289 | 538 | 176 | 132 | 2,558 | 2.54% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 163 | 123 | 46 | 728 | 30 | 124 | 266 | 120 | 189 | 295 | 2,084 | 2.07% | 0 | |
| National Republican Party | PNR | 84 | 43 | 25 | 225 | 28 | 98 | 75 | 48 | 80 | 56 | 762 | 0.76% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 5 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 122 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 9,257 | 6,345 | 5,446 | 30,588 | 4,479 | 5,902 | 11,138 | 8,450 | 13,092 | 6,117 | 100,814 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 83 | 76 | 40 | 176 | 64 | 54 | 157 | 133 | 113 | 127 | 1,023 | 0.99% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 170 | 93 | 70 | 393 | 77 | 106 | 229 | 208 | 185 | 283 | 1,814 | 1.75% | |||
| Total polled | 9,510 | 6,514 | 5,556 | 31,157 | 4,620 | 6,062 | 11,524 | 8,791 | 13,390 | 6,527 | 103,651 | 84.87% | |||
| Registered electors | 10,952 | 7,380 | 6,355 | 35,984 | 5,525 | 7,065 | 13,739 | 10,159 | 15,821 | 9,143 | 122,123 | ||||
| Turnout | 86.83% | 88.27% | 87.43% | 86.59% | 83.62% | 85.80% | 83.88% | 86.53% | 84.63% | 71.39% | 84.87% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [38] Rodrigo Araya Umaña (PUSC); Edgar Allan Benavides Vílchez (PLN); Hilda González Ramírez (PLN); Rodrigo Arias Sánchez (PLN); and Olga Zamora Fonseca (PUSC).
Results of the 1982 general election held on 7 February 1982: [39] [40]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 3,887 | 2,786 | 2,534 | 12,885 | 2,026 | 2,559 | 4,734 | 3,732 | 5,446 | 2,675 | 43,264 | 54.03% | 2 | |
| Unity Coalition | CU | 2,558 | 2,034 | 1,492 | 8,040 | 1,290 | 1,493 | 2,785 | 1,817 | 3,621 | 844 | 25,974 | 32.44% | 2 | |
| United People | PU | 679 | 236 | 231 | 2,410 | 106 | 318 | 901 | 519 | 575 | 704 | 6,679 | 8.34% | 0 | |
| National Movement | MN | 154 | 117 | 216 | 1,159 | 52 | 88 | 183 | 181 | 620 | 70 | 2,840 | 3.55% | 0 | |
| National Democratic Party | PND | 65 | 50 | 26 | 429 | 6 | 37 | 89 | 36 | 97 | 10 | 845 | 1.06% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 21 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 9 | 32 | 129 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 330 | 0.41% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 4 | 13 | 3 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 138 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 7,368 | 5,245 | 4,509 | 25,013 | 3,495 | 4,532 | 8,841 | 6,308 | 10,402 | 4,357 | 80,070 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
| Blank votes | 83 | 60 | 40 | 163 | 43 | 30 | 102 | 90 | 96 | 99 | 806 | 0.98% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 114 | 85 | 41 | 307 | 64 | 70 | 234 | 127 | 145 | 168 | 1,355 | 1.65% | |||
| Total polled | 7,565 | 5,390 | 4,590 | 25,483 | 3,602 | 4,632 | 9,177 | 6,525 | 10,643 | 4,624 | 82,231 | 81.10% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,019 | 6,305 | 5,408 | 30,613 | 4,570 | 5,658 | 11,510 | 7,957 | 13,327 | 7,032 | 101,399 | ||||
| Turnout | 83.88% | 85.49% | 84.87% | 83.24% | 78.82% | 81.87% | 79.73% | 82.00% | 79.86% | 65.76% | 81.10% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [41] Danilo Chaverri Soto (CU); Gerardo Vega Hernández (PLN); Jorge Eduardo Villalobos Barquero (CU); and Edgar Víquez Víquez (PLN).
Results of the 1978 general election held on 5 February 1978: [42] [43]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| Unity Coalition | CU | 2,885 | 2,080 | 1,596 | 9,021 | 1,282 | 1,653 | 3,258 | 2,161 | 4,384 | 1,452 | 29,772 | 44.66% | 2 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 2,319 | 2,018 | 1,863 | 8,196 | 1,297 | 1,386 | 2,825 | 2,465 | 3,292 | 1,341 | 27,002 | 40.50% | 2 | |
| United People | PU | 638 | 241 | 221 | 2,291 | 81 | 301 | 737 | 461 | 611 | 757 | 6,339 | 9.51% | 0 | |
| National Unification Party | PUN | 71 | 55 | 17 | 703 | 40 | 74 | 102 | 79 | 293 | 44 | 1,478 | 2.22% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Concord Party | PCC | 30 | 16 | 8 | 237 | 17 | 21 | 56 | 95 | 19 | 14 | 513 | 0.77% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 31 | 18 | 30 | 135 | 13 | 22 | 170 | 18 | 40 | 20 | 497 | 0.75% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 14 | 20 | 8 | 67 | 17 | 46 | 30 | 20 | 202 | 27 | 451 | 0.68% | 0 | |
| Republican Union Party | PUR | 24 | 12 | 12 | 125 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 21 | 60 | 21 | 341 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 18 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 149 | 0.22% | 0 | |
| National Labour Party | PLN | 12 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 127 | 0.19% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 6,042 | 4,473 | 3,765 | 20,858 | 2,769 | 3,539 | 7,255 | 5,343 | 8,929 | 3,696 | 66,669 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
| Blank votes | 81 | 76 | 39 | 190 | 59 | 46 | 171 | 107 | 127 | 97 | 993 | 1.44% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 115 | 90 | 40 | 340 | 62 | 90 | 226 | 134 | 161 | 167 | 1,425 | 2.06% | |||
| Total polled | 6,238 | 4,639 | 3,844 | 21,388 | 2,890 | 3,675 | 7,652 | 5,584 | 9,217 | 3,960 | 69,087 | 84.23% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,135 | 5,322 | 4,392 | 24,869 | 3,529 | 4,329 | 9,210 | 6,611 | 11,055 | 5,568 | 82,020 | ||||
| Turnout | 87.43% | 87.17% | 87.52% | 86.00% | 81.89% | 84.89% | 83.08% | 84.47% | 83.37% | 71.12% | 84.23% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [44] Óscar Arias (PLN); Hernán Azofeifa Víquez (PLN); Yolanda Calderón Sandí (CU); and Carlos Manuel Pereira Garro (CU).
Results of the 1974 general election held on 3 February 1974: [45] [46]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | Sara- piquí | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 1,878 | 1,510 | 1,181 | 6,415 | 1,077 | 1,054 | 2,340 | 1,605 | 2,721 | 874 | 20,655 | 41.07% | 2 | |
| National Unification Party | PUN | 936 | 698 | 707 | 3,007 | 541 | 584 | 1,145 | 1,033 | 2,259 | 483 | 11,393 | 22.66% | 1 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 519 | 435 | 254 | 1,265 | 185 | 138 | 644 | 343 | 655 | 509 | 4,947 | 9.84% | 0 | |
| Democratic Renewal Party | PRD | 481 | 295 | 206 | 1,549 | 65 | 148 | 322 | 128 | 503 | 47 | 3,744 | 7.45% | 0 | |
| National Republican Party | PRN | 273 | 193 | 125 | 1,849 | 147 | 226 | 253 | 277 | 257 | 103 | 3,703 | 7.36% | 0 | |
| Socialist Action Party | PASO | 364 | 39 | 92 | 1,079 | 42 | 68 | 320 | 273 | 172 | 411 | 2,860 | 5.69% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 124 | 77 | 99 | 692 | 44 | 36 | 170 | 199 | 224 | 85 | 1,750 | 3.48% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 76 | 22 | 33 | 315 | 13 | 39 | 118 | 34 | 107 | 22 | 779 | 1.55% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Socialist Party | PSC | 17 | 59 | 10 | 148 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 35 | 5 | 329 | 0.65% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 17 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 128 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,685 | 3,336 | 2,714 | 16,353 | 2,124 | 2,302 | 5,362 | 3,919 | 6,947 | 2,546 | 50,288 | 100.00% | 3 | ||
| Blank votes | 106 | 79 | 65 | 191 | 54 | 29 | 149 | 98 | 133 | 68 | 972 | 1.85% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 110 | 85 | 51 | 347 | 62 | 83 | 148 | 123 | 150 | 131 | 1,290 | 2.45% | |||
| Total polled | 4,901 | 3,500 | 2,830 | 16,891 | 2,240 | 2,414 | 5,659 | 4,140 | 7,230 | 2,745 | 52,550 | 81.57% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,843 | 4,160 | 3,414 | 19,972 | 2,945 | 2,939 | 6,959 | 5,189 | 8,743 | 4,257 | 64,421 | ||||
| Turnout | 83.88% | 84.13% | 82.89% | 84.57% | 76.06% | 82.14% | 81.32% | 79.78% | 82.69% | 64.48% | 81.57% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [47] Jorge Luis Arce Sáenz (PUN); Manuel Antonio González Flores (PLN); and Edwin León Villalobos (PLN).
Results of the 1970 general election held on 1 February 1970: [48] [49]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 1,830 | 1,371 | 1,053 | 6,382 | 1,077 | 755 | 2,053 | 1,581 | 2,523 | 18,625 | 48.23% | 2 | |
| National Unification Party | PUN | 1,563 | 989 | 917 | 5,117 | 480 | 588 | 1,286 | 1,124 | 2,320 | 14,384 | 37.25% | 1 | |
| Socialist Action Party | PASO | 233 | 22 | 76 | 1,050 | 20 | 80 | 187 | 239 | 186 | 2,093 | 5.42% | 0 | |
| National Front Party | PFN | 80 | 145 | 161 | 752 | 110 | 70 | 149 | 95 | 103 | 1,665 | 4.31% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 94 | 77 | 50 | 886 | 49 | 32 | 105 | 37 | 228 | 1,558 | 4.03% | 0 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 13 | 25 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 151 | 0.39% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Movement | MRC | 29 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 140 | 0.36% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 3,842 | 2,635 | 2,270 | 14,303 | 1,739 | 1,532 | 3,801 | 3,101 | 5,393 | 38,616 | 100.00% | 3 | ||
| Blank votes | 91 | 55 | 62 | 235 | 63 | 38 | 124 | 98 | 108 | 874 | 2.15% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 110 | 87 | 72 | 379 | 75 | 61 | 123 | 113 | 129 | 1,149 | 2.83% | |||
| Total polled | 4,043 | 2,777 | 2,404 | 14,917 | 1,877 | 1,631 | 4,048 | 3,312 | 5,630 | 40,639 | 86.64% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,552 | 3,091 | 2,730 | 17,176 | 2,258 | 1,942 | 4,665 | 3,909 | 6,584 | 46,907 | ||||
| Turnout | 88.82% | 89.84% | 88.06% | 86.85% | 83.13% | 83.99% | 86.77% | 84.73% | 85.51% | 86.64% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [50] Óscar Campos Orozco (PLN); Óscar Román Hernández Pacheco (PLN); and Rodrigo Hernández Vargas (PUN).
Results of the 1966 general election held on 6 February 1966: [51] [52]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 1,377 | 1,085 | 1,096 | 5,422 | 913 | 585 | 1,307 | 1,449 | 2,170 | 15,404 | 49.02% | 2 | |
| National Unification Party | PUN | 1,553 | 971 | 861 | 5,187 | 617 | 582 | 1,300 | 1,111 | 2,338 | 14,520 | 46.21% | 1 | |
| Revolutionary Civic Union | UCR | 78 | 70 | 63 | 284 | 21 | 29 | 124 | 47 | 157 | 873 | 2.78% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 32 | 17 | 15 | 364 | 14 | 19 | 58 | 69 | 39 | 627 | 2.00% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 3,040 | 2,143 | 2,035 | 11,257 | 1,565 | 1,215 | 2,789 | 2,676 | 4,704 | 31,424 | 100.00% | 3 | ||
| Blank votes | 72 | 56 | 36 | 154 | 31 | 20 | 98 | 73 | 108 | 648 | 1.92% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 174 | 106 | 75 | 628 | 85 | 104 | 183 | 105 | 180 | 1,640 | 4.86% | |||
| Total polled | 3,286 | 2,305 | 2,146 | 12,039 | 1,681 | 1,339 | 3,070 | 2,854 | 4,992 | 33,712 | 85.76% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,762 | 2,577 | 2,404 | 14,057 | 2,023 | 1,599 | 3,628 | 3,404 | 5,856 | 39,310 | ||||
| Turnout | 87.35% | 89.45% | 89.27% | 85.64% | 83.09% | 83.74% | 84.62% | 83.84% | 85.25% | 85.76% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [53] Enrique Azofeifa Víquez (PLN); Fernando Gutiérrez Benavides (PLN); and Alfredo Vargas Fernández (PUN).
Results of the 1962 general election held on 4 February 1962: [54] [55]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Pablo | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 1,229 | 973 | 817 | 4,680 | 893 | 449 | 1,233 | 1,183 | 1,783 | 13,240 | 47.55% | 2 | |
| Republican Party | PR | 1,006 | 776 | 579 | 3,735 | 418 | 486 | 981 | 755 | 1,511 | 10,247 | 36.80% | 1 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 332 | 192 | 308 | 1,332 | 103 | 114 | 245 | 283 | 612 | 3,521 | 12.65% | 1 | |
| Popular Democratic Action | PADP | 90 | 7 | 15 | 465 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 165 | 37 | 835 | 3.00% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,657 | 1,948 | 1,719 | 10,212 | 1,422 | 1,059 | 2,497 | 2,386 | 3,943 | 27,843 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
| Blank votes | 97 | 64 | 55 | 204 | 63 | 40 | 108 | 74 | 69 | 774 | 2.67% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 36 | 36 | 11 | 112 | 15 | 27 | 25 | 34 | 36 | 332 | 1.15% | |||
| Total polled | 2,790 | 2,048 | 1,785 | 10,528 | 1,500 | 1,126 | 2,630 | 2,494 | 4,048 | 28,949 | 85.68% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,237 | 2,300 | 2,051 | 12,207 | 1,869 | 1,347 | 3,126 | 2,956 | 4,696 | 33,789 | ||||
| Turnout | 86.19% | 89.04% | 87.03% | 86.25% | 80.26% | 83.59% | 84.13% | 84.37% | 86.20% | 85.68% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [56] Dubilio Argüello Villalobos (PLN); Rafael Benavides Robles (PLN); Víctor Emilio Herrera Alfaro (PR); and Eduardo Víquez Ramírez (PUN).
Results of the 1958 general election held on 2 February 1958: [57] [58]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 524 | 583 | 426 | 2,318 | 480 | 659 | 696 | 978 | 6,664 | 44.01% | 1 | |
| National Republican Party | PRN | 361 | 440 | 228 | 1,513 | 73 | 294 | 292 | 536 | 3,737 | 24.68% | 1 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 326 | 110 | 285 | 1,142 | 165 | 199 | 217 | 446 | 2,890 | 19.08% | 1 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 191 | 59 | 104 | 681 | 33 | 105 | 70 | 193 | 1,436 | 9.48% | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Civic Union | UCR | 24 | 19 | 14 | 97 | 18 | 13 | 24 | 19 | 228 | 1.51% | 0 | |
| Democratic Opposition Movement | MDO | 22 | 7 | 6 | 67 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 131 | 0.87% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 0.38% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,456 | 1,222 | 1,069 | 5,841 | 775 | 1,281 | 1,310 | 2,189 | 15,143 | 100.00% | 3 | ||
| Blank votes | 82 | 59 | 41 | 119 | 23 | 81 | 73 | 60 | 538 | 3.22% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 131 | 78 | 64 | 378 | 67 | 87 | 101 | 120 | 1,026 | 6.14% | |||
| Total polled | 1,669 | 1,359 | 1,174 | 6,338 | 865 | 1,449 | 1,484 | 2,369 | 16,707 | 70.07% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,274 | 1,749 | 1,585 | 9,148 | 1,399 | 2,260 | 2,193 | 3,234 | 23,842 | ||||
| Turnout | 73.39% | 77.70% | 74.07% | 69.28% | 61.83% | 64.12% | 67.67% | 73.25% | 70.07% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [59] Hernán Arguedas Katchenguis (PRN); Manuel Dobles Sánchez (PUN); and Eduardo Trejos Dittel (PLN).
Results of the 1953 general election held on 26 July 1953: [60] [61]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barva | Belén | Flores | Here- dia | San Isidro | San Rafael | Santa Bárbara | Santo Domingo | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 746 | 769 | 543 | 3,083 | 418 | 709 | 790 | 1,137 | 8,195 | 62.59% | 2 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 441 | 460 | 244 | 1,501 | 169 | 302 | 329 | 626 | 4,072 | 31.10% | 1 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 59 | 33 | 92 | 359 | 22 | 97 | 75 | 90 | 827 | 6.32% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,246 | 1,262 | 879 | 4,943 | 609 | 1,108 | 1,194 | 1,853 | 13,094 | 100.00% | 3 | ||
| Blank votes | 104 | 61 | 61 | 242 | 58 | 119 | 72 | 94 | 811 | 5.51% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 94 | 51 | 51 | 322 | 48 | 81 | 64 | 98 | 809 | 5.50% | |||
| Total polled | 1,444 | 1,374 | 991 | 5,507 | 715 | 1,308 | 1,330 | 2,045 | 14,714 | 74.85% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,888 | 1,677 | 1,317 | 7,427 | 1,027 | 1,867 | 1,746 | 2,708 | 19,657 | ||||
| Turnout | 76.48% | 81.93% | 75.25% | 74.15% | 69.62% | 70.06% | 76.17% | 75.52% | 74.85% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [62] Dubilio Argüello Villalobos (PLN); Uladislao Gámez Solano (PLN); and Alfredo Vargas Fernández (PD).
The following candidates were elected at the 1949 general election held on 4 October 1949: [63] José Francisco Benavides Robles (PUN); Carlos Elizondo Cerdas (PUN); Manuel Felipe Ramírez Fonseca (PUN); Samuel Sáenz Flores (PSD); and Fernando Vargas Fernández (PUN).