| Puntarenas | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica | |
| Location of Puntarenas within Costa Rica | |
| Province | Puntarenas |
| Population | 500,166 (2022) [1] |
| Electorate | 332,865 (2022) |
| Area | 11,299 km2 (2024) [2] |
| Current Constituency | |
| Created | 1949 |
| Seats | List
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| Deputies [3] | |
Puntarenas 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 Puntarenas. The constituency currently elects five of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 332,865 registered electors.
Puntarenas currently elects five 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 | 338 | 0.21% | 0 | 8,557 | 5.36% | 0 | 4,549 | 2.85% | 0 | 36,687 | 23.00% | 2 | 21,852 | 13.70% | 1 | 1,583 | 0.99% | 0 | 934 | 0.59% | 0 | 18,406 | 11.54% | 1 | 7,722 | 4.84% | 0 | ||||||
| 2018 | 5,129 | 3.05% | 0 | 15,586 | 9.28% | 0 | 36,257 | 21.59% | 2 | 24,071 | 14.33% | 1 | 15,519 | 9.24% | 0 | 5,743 | 3.42% | 0 | 41,795 | 24.88% | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | 23,975 | 14.79% | 1 | 20,778 | 12.82% | 1 | 46,168 | 28.48% | 2 | 24,811 | 15.31% | 1 | 1,726 | 1.06% | 0 | 14,556 | 8.98% | 0 | 6,800 | 4.20% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | 3,303 | 2.22% | 0 | 21,181 | 14.26% | 1 | 58,985 | 39.71% | 2 | 20,444 | 13.76% | 1 | 1,428 | 0.96% | 0 | 27,645 | 18.61% | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 406 | 0.33% | 0 | 22,684 | 18.60% | 1 | 54,559 | 44.73% | 2 | 14,969 | 12.27% | 1 | 345 | 0.28% | 0 | 12,216 | 10.02% | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 991 | 0.83% | 0 | 15,496 | 12.93% | 1 | 35,659 | 29.76% | 1 | 45,338 | 37.83% | 2 | 527 | 0.44% | 0 | 11,995 | 10.01% | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | 1,848 | 1.60% | 0 | 37,377 | 32.42% | 2 | 58,225 | 50.50% | 4 | 1,115 | 0.97% | 0 | 4,556 | 3.95% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | 58,519 | 45.81% | 3 | 55,733 | 43.63% | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 3,503 | 2.96% | 0 | 45,297 | 38.30% | 3 | 58,986 | 49.87% | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | 2,260 | 2.16% | 0 | 47,191 | 45.08% | 3 | 46,242 | 44.17% | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | 7,308 | 8.57% | 1 | 47,506 | 55.72% | 4 | 24,424 | 28.65% | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | 6,698 | 8.88% | 1 | 28,881 | 38.30% | 3 | 29,899 | 39.65% | 3 | 3,222 | 4.27% | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | 4,492 | 7.34% | 1 | 3,464 | 5.66% | 0 | 23,427 | 38.26% | 3 | 836 | 1.37% | 0 | 18,249 | 29.81% | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 3,056 | 6.24% | 0 | 23,194 | 47.38% | 4 | 342 | 0.70% | 0 | 19,640 | 40.12% | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | 15,852 | 44.19% | 3 | 18,101 | 50.46% | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | 12,360 | 40.11% | 2 | 13,226 | 42.92% | 3 | 3,730 | 12.10% | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | 4,386 | 26.90% | 2 | 6,394 | 39.21% | 2 | 4,058 | 24.89% | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953 | 7,810 | 59.14% | 3 | 647 | 4.90% | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results of the 2022 general election held on 6 February 2022: [12] [13]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Gara- bito | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | Quepos | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 5,012 | 3,424 | 3,127 | 3,258 | 1,800 | 2,634 | 1,205 | 2,220 | 2,008 | 10,411 | 1,588 | 36,687 | 23.00% | 2 | |
| New Republic Party | PNR | 2,221 | 4,218 | 1,728 | 2,126 | 499 | 3,006 | 1,152 | 1,739 | 1,342 | 7,122 | 1,447 | 26,600 | 16.67% | 1 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 1,219 | 1,842 | 1,585 | 2,013 | 797 | 1,476 | 753 | 1,072 | 842 | 6,624 | 3,629 | 21,852 | 13.70% | 1 | |
| Social Democratic Progress Party | PPSD | 2,961 | 1,571 | 1,308 | 1,987 | 986 | 1,403 | 866 | 1,503 | 673 | 4,147 | 1,001 | 18,406 | 11.54% | 1 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 666 | 796 | 737 | 1,144 | 336 | 793 | 359 | 406 | 195 | 2,829 | 296 | 8,557 | 5.36% | 0 | |
| National Restoration Party | PRN | 1,322 | 1,076 | 478 | 310 | 135 | 705 | 85 | 304 | 210 | 2,703 | 394 | 7,722 | 4.84% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Alliance | ADC | 460 | 355 | 4,366 | 118 | 375 | 216 | 18 | 124 | 31 | 357 | 62 | 6,482 | 4.06% | 0 | |
| Social Christian Republican Party | PRSC | 367 | 154 | 223 | 121 | 51 | 465 | 33 | 2,520 | 257 | 362 | 117 | 4,670 | 2.93% | 0 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 175 | 207 | 182 | 241 | 82 | 232 | 1,119 | 210 | 94 | 1,881 | 126 | 4,549 | 2.85% | 0 | |
| Progressive Liberal Party | PLP | 340 | 286 | 202 | 665 | 403 | 218 | 156 | 165 | 139 | 1,348 | 198 | 4,120 | 2.58% | 0 | |
| New Generation Party | PNG | 223 | 151 | 61 | 426 | 107 | 71 | 97 | 93 | 90 | 2,341 | 203 | 3,863 | 2.42% | 0 | |
| A Just Costa Rica | CRJ | 287 | 210 | 110 | 270 | 57 | 144 | 59 | 122 | 72 | 1,332 | 228 | 2,891 | 1.81% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 112 | 163 | 80 | 81 | 31 | 121 | 27 | 57 | 45 | 684 | 182 | 1,583 | 0.99% | 0 | |
| National Encounter Party | PEN | 102 | 91 | 58 | 36 | 12 | 898 | 11 | 118 | 31 | 155 | 28 | 1,540 | 0.97% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Social Justice Party | JSC | 93 | 246 | 99 | 158 | 29 | 85 | 27 | 59 | 29 | 637 | 63 | 1,525 | 0.96% | 0 | |
| National Force Party | PFN | 106 | 194 | 124 | 78 | 41 | 181 | 18 | 87 | 31 | 319 | 71 | 1,250 | 0.78% | 0 | |
| Our People Party | PNP | 40 | 342 | 38 | 71 | 31 | 131 | 43 | 37 | 22 | 474 | 15 | 1,244 | 0.78% | 0 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 92 | 108 | 81 | 128 | 54 | 93 | 43 | 58 | 46 | 303 | 74 | 1,080 | 0.68% | 0 | |
| Liberal Union Party | UL | 128 | 98 | 176 | 83 | 51 | 80 | 34 | 84 | 51 | 224 | 49 | 1,058 | 0.66% | 0 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 196 | 42 | 75 | 63 | 28 | 66 | 33 | 92 | 35 | 267 | 37 | 934 | 0.59% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Social Democratic Movement | PMSDC | 76 | 82 | 121 | 176 | 16 | 54 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 200 | 18 | 827 | 0.52% | 0 | |
| United We Can | UP | 55 | 199 | 76 | 89 | 49 | 64 | 15 | 39 | 20 | 139 | 23 | 768 | 0.48% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Democratic Union | PUCD | 54 | 40 | 271 | 25 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 88 | 48 | 621 | 0.39% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party | PT | 52 | 35 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 106 | 24 | 360 | 0.23% | 0 | |
| United People | PU | 77 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 88 | 16 | 338 | 0.21% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 16,436 | 15,973 | 15,364 | 13,702 | 6,003 | 13,229 | 6,198 | 11,223 | 6,321 | 45,141 | 9,937 | 159,527 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 299 | 260 | 292 | 100 | 73 | 232 | 73 | 166 | 111 | 429 | 137 | 2,172 | 1.32% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 255 | 268 | 281 | 163 | 74 | 256 | 78 | 195 | 84 | 637 | 105 | 2,396 | 1.46% | |||
| Total polled | 16,990 | 16,501 | 15,937 | 13,965 | 6,150 | 13,717 | 6,349 | 11,584 | 6,516 | 46,207 | 10,179 | 164,095 | 49.30% | |||
| Registered electors | 34,086 | 36,286 | 32,411 | 24,333 | 13,521 | 31,565 | 10,838 | 24,398 | 13,183 | 91,070 | 21,174 | 332,865 | ||||
| Turnout | 49.84% | 45.47% | 49.17% | 57.39% | 45.48% | 43.46% | 58.58% | 47.48% | 49.43% | 50.74% | 48.07% | 49.30% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [14] Alexander Barrantes Chacón (PPSD); José Francisco Nicolás Alvarado (PLN); Sonia Rojas Méndez (PLN); Carlos Andrés Robles Obando (PUSC); and David Lorenzo Segura Gamboa (PNR).
Results of the 2018 general election held on 4 February 2018: [15] [16]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Gara- bito | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Restoration Party | PRN | 2,776 | 3,883 | 4,569 | 3,124 | 3,733 | 1,166 | 4,222 | 1,776 | 3,264 | 2,120 | 11,162 | 41,795 | 24.88% | 2 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 2,121 | 3,664 | 5,655 | 3,519 | 3,258 | 1,567 | 2,900 | 1,011 | 2,206 | 1,948 | 8,408 | 36,257 | 21.59% | 2 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 1,591 | 2,531 | 2,214 | 1,857 | 2,142 | 1,040 | 1,677 | 944 | 1,112 | 1,051 | 7,912 | 24,071 | 14.33% | 1 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 800 | 1,037 | 1,064 | 1,120 | 1,468 | 613 | 1,600 | 966 | 819 | 411 | 5,688 | 15,586 | 9.28% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 983 | 1,400 | 1,123 | 659 | 1,235 | 684 | 1,242 | 431 | 1,098 | 481 | 6,183 | 15,519 | 9.24% | 0 | |
| Social Christian Republican Party | PRSC | 268 | 573 | 320 | 334 | 850 | 158 | 640 | 203 | 1,033 | 196 | 3,105 | 7,680 | 4.57% | 0 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 202 | 495 | 347 | 2,854 | 162 | 308 | 322 | 130 | 164 | 137 | 622 | 5,743 | 3.42% | 0 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 143 | 550 | 516 | 271 | 880 | 151 | 652 | 146 | 313 | 146 | 1,361 | 5,129 | 3.05% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 126 | 941 | 477 | 149 | 109 | 45 | 193 | 642 | 295 | 60 | 1,282 | 4,319 | 2.57% | 0 | |
| New Generation Party | PNG | 1,050 | 595 | 197 | 127 | 373 | 104 | 135 | 159 | 176 | 110 | 1,122 | 4,148 | 2.47% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Alliance | ADC | 131 | 261 | 435 | 645 | 152 | 49 | 381 | 85 | 470 | 100 | 550 | 3,259 | 1.94% | 0 | |
| Progressive Liberal Party | PLP | 44 | 161 | 91 | 1,297 | 35 | 27 | 59 | 12 | 30 | 23 | 134 | 1,913 | 1.14% | 0 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 123 | 187 | 145 | 108 | 141 | 58 | 160 | 156 | 112 | 45 | 527 | 1,762 | 1.05% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party | PT | 43 | 87 | 83 | 76 | 56 | 24 | 107 | 19 | 62 | 30 | 203 | 790 | 0.47% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 10,401 | 16,365 | 17,236 | 16,140 | 14,594 | 5,994 | 14,290 | 6,680 | 11,154 | 6,858 | 48,259 | 167,971 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 94 | 179 | 160 | 167 | 69 | 39 | 169 | 52 | 93 | 63 | 311 | 1,396 | 0.81% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 184 | 298 | 335 | 323 | 169 | 93 | 313 | 85 | 256 | 127 | 775 | 2,958 | 1.72% | |||
| Total polled | 10,679 | 16,842 | 17,731 | 16,630 | 14,832 | 6,126 | 14,772 | 6,817 | 11,503 | 7,048 | 49,345 | 172,325 | 55.47% | |||
| Registered electors | 19,595 | 31,975 | 34,163 | 29,923 | 22,598 | 11,771 | 29,563 | 10,241 | 22,210 | 12,052 | 86,571 | 310,662 | ||||
| Turnout | 54.50% | 52.67% | 51.90% | 55.58% | 65.63% | 52.04% | 49.97% | 66.57% | 51.79% | 58.48% | 57.00% | 55.47% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [17] Oscar Mauricio Cascante Cascante (PUSC); Carmen Irene Chan Mora (PRN); Franggi Nicolás Solano (PLN); Melvin Núñez Piña (PRN); and Gustavo Alonso Viales Villegas (PLN).
Results of the 2014 general election held on 2 February 2014: [18] [19]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Gara- bito | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 2,054 | 4,572 | 4,201 | 4,760 | 4,393 | 1,825 | 3,345 | 1,992 | 2,713 | 1,704 | 14,609 | 46,168 | 28.48% | 2 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 1,870 | 2,220 | 1,854 | 2,740 | 1,870 | 892 | 1,985 | 660 | 964 | 1,726 | 8,030 | 24,811 | 15.31% | 1 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 712 | 2,079 | 2,668 | 2,375 | 2,203 | 481 | 2,606 | 1,154 | 1,655 | 242 | 7,800 | 23,975 | 14.79% | 1 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 759 | 1,638 | 3,588 | 2,404 | 1,945 | 631 | 1,392 | 1,028 | 1,341 | 359 | 5,693 | 20,778 | 12.82% | 1 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 949 | 1,367 | 878 | 505 | 1,699 | 643 | 680 | 447 | 1,253 | 1,133 | 5,002 | 14,556 | 8.98% | 0 | |
| National Restoration Party | PRN | 598 | 655 | 789 | 686 | 340 | 163 | 978 | 461 | 536 | 201 | 1,393 | 6,800 | 4.20% | 0 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 1,955 | 614 | 292 | 266 | 351 | 71 | 307 | 190 | 703 | 368 | 1,209 | 6,326 | 3.90% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 375 | 511 | 1,168 | 573 | 340 | 56 | 328 | 164 | 401 | 201 | 1,243 | 5,360 | 3.31% | 0 | |
| Viva Puntarenas | VP | 146 | 565 | 225 | 423 | 191 | 51 | 1,265 | 104 | 392 | 143 | 912 | 4,417 | 2.73% | 0 | |
| New Generation Party | PNG | 34 | 1,570 | 39 | 120 | 52 | 22 | 65 | 17 | 52 | 15 | 154 | 2,140 | 1.32% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 76 | 89 | 57 | 42 | 81 | 7 | 67 | 152 | 71 | 29 | 1,055 | 1,726 | 1.06% | 0 | |
| New Homeland Party | PPN | 51 | 121 | 93 | 100 | 151 | 30 | 123 | 59 | 242 | 36 | 456 | 1,462 | 0.90% | 0 | |
| Homeland, Equality and Democracy Party of Puntarenas | PID | 35 | 256 | 69 | 24 | 82 | 5 | 521 | 15 | 285 | 21 | 63 | 1,376 | 0.85% | 0 | |
| National Advance | PAN | 61 | 49 | 80 | 50 | 102 | 249 | 193 | 24 | 57 | 21 | 288 | 1,174 | 0.72% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party | PT | 54 | 97 | 113 | 72 | 58 | 29 | 94 | 20 | 80 | 36 | 364 | 1,017 | 0.63% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 9,729 | 16,403 | 16,114 | 15,140 | 13,858 | 5,155 | 13,949 | 6,487 | 10,745 | 6,235 | 48,271 | 162,086 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 82 | 189 | 197 | 201 | 67 | 45 | 177 | 63 | 135 | 59 | 356 | 1,571 | 0.94% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 200 | 401 | 451 | 399 | 218 | 131 | 467 | 114 | 334 | 153 | 986 | 3,854 | 2.30% | |||
| Total polled | 10,011 | 16,993 | 16,762 | 15,740 | 14,143 | 5,331 | 14,593 | 6,664 | 11,214 | 6,447 | 49,613 | 167,511 | 58.31% | |||
| Registered electors | 18,025 | 29,985 | 31,122 | 27,667 | 20,599 | 9,856 | 27,210 | 9,616 | 20,090 | 10,844 | 82,240 | 287,254 | ||||
| Turnout | 55.54% | 56.67% | 53.86% | 56.89% | 68.66% | 54.09% | 53.63% | 69.30% | 55.82% | 59.45% | 60.33% | 58.31% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [20] Laura María Garro Sánchez (PAC); Carlos Enrique Hernández Álvarez (FA); Olivier Ibo Jiménez Rojas (PLN); Karla Vanessa Prendas Matarrita (PLN); and Gerardo Vargas Rojas (PUSC).
Results of the 2010 general election held on 7 February 2010: [21] [22]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Gara- bito | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 3,568 | 6,555 | 5,250 | 4,940 | 5,239 | 2,522 | 5,479 | 2,047 | 4,395 | 2,080 | 16,910 | 58,985 | 39.71% | 2 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 1,934 | 2,379 | 2,224 | 1,928 | 2,265 | 851 | 2,338 | 1,050 | 2,187 | 2,447 | 8,042 | 27,645 | 18.61% | 1 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 1,011 | 3,298 | 2,861 | 1,997 | 1,693 | 431 | 2,093 | 1,155 | 1,354 | 320 | 4,968 | 21,181 | 14.26% | 1 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 1,198 | 894 | 926 | 3,519 | 1,957 | 768 | 1,336 | 659 | 793 | 434 | 7,960 | 20,444 | 13.76% | 1 | |
| Accessibility without Exclusion | PASE | 469 | 736 | 564 | 1,116 | 602 | 156 | 458 | 271 | 449 | 81 | 2,679 | 7,581 | 5.10% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 714 | 340 | 1,142 | 190 | 311 | 65 | 319 | 158 | 768 | 448 | 1,881 | 6,336 | 4.27% | 0 | |
| Broad Front | FA | 81 | 370 | 331 | 158 | 191 | 65 | 398 | 57 | 191 | 27 | 1,434 | 3,303 | 2.22% | 0 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | AP | 93 | 178 | 657 | 70 | 49 | 13 | 146 | 110 | 90 | 13 | 205 | 1,624 | 1.09% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 51 | 56 | 64 | 34 | 98 | 23 | 53 | 41 | 52 | 20 | 936 | 1,428 | 0.96% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 9,119 | 14,806 | 14,019 | 13,952 | 12,405 | 4,894 | 12,620 | 5,548 | 10,279 | 5,870 | 45,015 | 148,527 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 202 | 389 | 252 | 288 | 113 | 83 | 284 | 133 | 242 | 92 | 553 | 2,631 | 1.70% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 208 | 319 | 443 | 351 | 168 | 122 | 326 | 97 | 274 | 171 | 892 | 3,371 | 2.18% | |||
| Total polled | 9,529 | 15,514 | 14,714 | 14,591 | 12,686 | 5,099 | 13,230 | 5,778 | 10,795 | 6,133 | 46,460 | 154,529 | 59.57% | |||
| Registered electors | 16,283 | 26,649 | 27,134 | 25,753 | 18,283 | 8,457 | 24,375 | 8,556 | 18,252 | 9,503 | 76,163 | 259,408 | ||||
| Turnout | 58.52% | 58.22% | 54.23% | 56.66% | 69.39% | 60.29% | 54.28% | 67.53% | 59.14% | 64.54% | 61.00% | 59.57% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [23] Jorge Alberto Angulo Mora (PLN); Adonay Enríquez Guevara (PML); Jorge Alberto Gamboa Corrales (PAC); Agnés Gómez Franceschi (PLN); and Rodolfo Sotomayor Aguilar (PUSC).
Results of the 2006 general election held on 5 February 2006: [24] [25]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Gara- bito | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 3,469 | 5,352 | 6,341 | 4,685 | 3,922 | 2,163 | 4,636 | 2,012 | 3,280 | 2,809 | 15,890 | 54,559 | 44.73% | 2 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 1,094 | 2,996 | 2,281 | 2,681 | 1,886 | 491 | 2,237 | 1,082 | 1,478 | 381 | 6,077 | 22,684 | 18.60% | 1 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 1,013 | 900 | 698 | 1,081 | 2,542 | 494 | 873 | 603 | 1,341 | 750 | 4,674 | 14,969 | 12.27% | 1 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 650 | 1,067 | 750 | 1,476 | 871 | 249 | 750 | 860 | 718 | 593 | 4,232 | 12,216 | 10.02% | 1 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 330 | 534 | 1,524 | 831 | 295 | 62 | 670 | 150 | 382 | 126 | 1,706 | 6,610 | 5.42% | 0 | |
| Union for Change Party | PUPC | 149 | 136 | 115 | 93 | 284 | 54 | 290 | 72 | 46 | 20 | 1,401 | 2,660 | 2.18% | 0 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 65 | 43 | 50 | 54 | 381 | 36 | 57 | 33 | 40 | 12 | 1,205 | 1,976 | 1.62% | 0 | |
| Homeland First Party | PPP | 72 | 197 | 168 | 137 | 211 | 42 | 171 | 51 | 111 | 13 | 766 | 1,939 | 1.59% | 0 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 45 | 80 | 49 | 90 | 204 | 24 | 59 | 66 | 66 | 14 | 898 | 1,595 | 1.31% | 0 | |
| Democratic Nationalist Alliance | ADN | 48 | 161 | 471 | 155 | 15 | 5 | 175 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 114 | 1,185 | 0.97% | 0 | |
| Patriotic Union | UP | 28 | 228 | 46 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 65 | 4 | 204 | 8 | 184 | 827 | 0.68% | 0 | |
| United Left | IU | 12 | 36 | 73 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 84 | 9 | 35 | 9 | 95 | 406 | 0.33% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 17 | 33 | 39 | 37 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 120 | 345 | 0.28% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 6,992 | 11,763 | 12,605 | 11,391 | 10,660 | 3,634 | 10,092 | 4,963 | 7,760 | 4,749 | 37,362 | 121,971 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 134 | 221 | 187 | 209 | 74 | 58 | 186 | 95 | 120 | 56 | 372 | 1,712 | 1.35% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 176 | 314 | 430 | 408 | 188 | 86 | 364 | 102 | 292 | 102 | 961 | 3,423 | 2.69% | |||
| Total polled | 7,302 | 12,298 | 13,222 | 12,008 | 10,922 | 3,778 | 10,642 | 5,160 | 8,172 | 4,907 | 38,695 | 127,106 | 54.90% | |||
| Registered electors | 13,876 | 23,040 | 24,035 | 24,290 | 15,952 | 6,809 | 22,116 | 7,548 | 16,321 | 7,856 | 69,668 | 231,511 | ||||
| Turnout | 52.62% | 53.38% | 55.01% | 49.44% | 68.47% | 55.49% | 48.12% | 68.36% | 50.07% | 62.46% | 55.54% | 54.90% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [25] Olivier Ibo Jiménez Rojas (PLN); Xinia Nicolás Alvarado (PLN); Mario Alberto Núñez Arias (PML); Olivier Pérez González (PAC); and Bienvenido Venegas Porras (PUSC).
Results of the 2002 general election held on 3 February 2002: [26] [27]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Gara- bito | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 3,258 | 4,104 | 3,727 | 4,726 | 3,601 | 1,545 | 3,427 | 1,602 | 3,057 | 1,713 | 14,578 | 45,338 | 37.83% | 2 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 1,653 | 3,936 | 3,134 | 3,748 | 2,889 | 1,184 | 2,898 | 1,321 | 2,200 | 1,353 | 11,343 | 35,659 | 29.76% | 1 | |
| Citizens' Action Party | PAC | 672 | 1,911 | 1,667 | 2,289 | 1,102 | 449 | 1,700 | 418 | 1,216 | 472 | 3,600 | 15,496 | 12.93% | 1 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 395 | 1,004 | 811 | 636 | 1,392 | 380 | 878 | 798 | 647 | 367 | 4,687 | 11,995 | 10.01% | 1 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 130 | 305 | 1,725 | 324 | 131 | 24 | 580 | 26 | 777 | 233 | 827 | 5,082 | 4.24% | 0 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 76 | 97 | 97 | 157 | 123 | 73 | 112 | 25 | 115 | 29 | 1,223 | 2,127 | 1.77% | 0 | |
| Coalition Change 2000 | CC2000 | 19 | 21 | 67 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 72 | 348 | 30 | 11 | 353 | 991 | 0.83% | 0 | |
| National Patriotic Party | PPN | 13 | 21 | 72 | 36 | 542 | 10 | 44 | 4 | 41 | 14 | 147 | 944 | 0.79% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 69 | 30 | 111 | 61 | 26 | 12 | 75 | 36 | 49 | 35 | 172 | 676 | 0.56% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 18 | 29 | 53 | 52 | 86 | 9 | 41 | 52 | 55 | 9 | 123 | 527 | 0.44% | 0 | |
| National Rescue Party | PRN | 20 | 25 | 24 | 42 | 25 | 5 | 127 | 5 | 37 | 11 | 131 | 452 | 0.38% | 0 | |
| Independent Workers' Party | PIO | 21 | 20 | 89 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 83 | 13 | 37 | 362 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 11 | 30 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 39 | 193 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 6,355 | 11,533 | 11,599 | 12,167 | 9,978 | 3,710 | 10,001 | 4,645 | 8,327 | 4,267 | 37,260 | 119,842 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 128 | 285 | 318 | 327 | 128 | 81 | 258 | 93 | 211 | 82 | 549 | 2,460 | 1.95% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 171 | 358 | 487 | 310 | 171 | 86 | 390 | 106 | 353 | 150 | 996 | 3,578 | 2.84% | |||
| Total polled | 6,654 | 12,176 | 12,404 | 12,804 | 10,277 | 3,877 | 10,649 | 4,844 | 8,891 | 4,499 | 38,805 | 125,880 | 61.00% | |||
| Registered electors | 11,600 | 19,506 | 21,073 | 22,753 | 13,966 | 5,812 | 20,095 | 6,728 | 15,209 | 6,952 | 62,655 | 206,349 | ||||
| Turnout | 57.36% | 62.42% | 58.86% | 56.27% | 73.59% | 66.71% | 52.99% | 72.00% | 58.46% | 64.72% | 61.93% | 61.00% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [27] Jorge Luis Álvarez Pérez (PUSC); Carlos Ricardo Benavides Jiménez (PLN); Peter Guevara Guth (PML); Miguel Huezo Arias (PUSC); and Daisy Quesada Calderón (PAC).
Results of the 1998 general election held on 1 February 1998: [28] [29]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Gara- bito | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 3,416 | 5,394 | 5,934 | 6,132 | 4,215 | 1,626 | 5,319 | 2,450 | 4,496 | 2,271 | 16,972 | 58,225 | 50.50% | 4 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 2,191 | 3,972 | 2,227 | 4,104 | 3,341 | 1,122 | 2,673 | 1,484 | 2,927 | 2,163 | 11,173 | 37,377 | 32.42% | 2 | |
| Libertarian Movement | PML | 55 | 57 | 122 | 620 | 419 | 181 | 283 | 270 | 52 | 21 | 2,476 | 4,556 | 3.95% | 0 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 131 | 397 | 129 | 246 | 265 | 44 | 293 | 81 | 267 | 37 | 1,631 | 3,521 | 3.05% | 0 | |
| New Democratic Party | NPD | 144 | 276 | 1,074 | 194 | 51 | 5 | 741 | 6 | 236 | 25 | 76 | 2,828 | 2.45% | 0 | |
| United People | PU | 192 | 34 | 47 | 30 | 81 | 7 | 97 | 45 | 34 | 8 | 1,273 | 1,848 | 1.60% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 38 | 49 | 697 | 128 | 27 | 0 | 242 | 30 | 112 | 22 | 242 | 1,587 | 1.38% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Party | PRC | 18 | 24 | 131 | 37 | 94 | 7 | 44 | 121 | 43 | 12 | 803 | 1,334 | 1.16% | 0 | |
| National Integration Party | PIN | 27 | 45 | 36 | 60 | 471 | 18 | 39 | 32 | 44 | 17 | 326 | 1,115 | 0.97% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 14 | 43 | 81 | 356 | 54 | 3 | 17 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 169 | 802 | 0.70% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 27 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 532 | 754 | 0.65% | 0 | |
| National Rescue Party | PRN | 91 | 76 | 77 | 136 | 16 | 7 | 116 | 7 | 50 | 6 | 70 | 652 | 0.57% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 14 | 220 | 33 | 41 | 20 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 37 | 11 | 95 | 514 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 6 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 49 | 183 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 6,364 | 10,618 | 10,620 | 12,120 | 9,095 | 3,038 | 9,928 | 4,581 | 8,392 | 4,653 | 35,887 | 115,296 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Blank votes | 91 | 223 | 168 | 260 | 74 | 35 | 221 | 59 | 126 | 60 | 378 | 1,695 | 1.40% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 267 | 393 | 545 | 389 | 217 | 98 | 503 | 76 | 370 | 135 | 1,062 | 4,055 | 3.35% | |||
| Total polled | 6,722 | 11,234 | 11,333 | 12,769 | 9,386 | 3,171 | 10,652 | 4,716 | 8,888 | 4,848 | 37,327 | 121,046 | 65.28% | |||
| Registered electors | 10,475 | 17,431 | 18,822 | 21,166 | 12,070 | 4,308 | 18,538 | 6,152 | 14,391 | 6,583 | 55,502 | 185,438 | ||||
| Turnout | 64.17% | 64.45% | 60.21% | 60.33% | 77.76% | 73.61% | 57.46% | 76.66% | 61.76% | 73.64% | 67.25% | 65.28% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [29] Orlando Gerardo Báez Molina (PUSC); Ligia Mireya Castro Ulate (PUSC); Gerardo Antonio Medina Madriz (PUSC); Tobías Murillo Rodríguez (PLN); Danilo Ramírez Muñoz (PUSC); and Sonia Villalobos Barahona (PLN).
Results of the 1994 general election held on 6 February 1994: [30] [31]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Gara- bito | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 2,784 | 6,766 | 5,085 | 7,026 | 4,419 | 1,098 | 4,839 | 2,245 | 3,948 | 2,322 | 17,987 | 58,519 | 45.81% | 3 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 2,533 | 4,808 | 5,041 | 6,191 | 4,609 | 1,171 | 4,809 | 1,931 | 4,332 | 2,162 | 18,146 | 55,733 | 43.63% | 3 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 204 | 220 | 706 | 450 | 138 | 23 | 460 | 406 | 310 | 131 | 1,200 | 4,248 | 3.33% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 46 | 112 | 1,496 | 196 | 25 | 6 | 884 | 9 | 211 | 17 | 178 | 3,180 | 2.49% | 0 | |
| People's Vanguard Party | PVP | 1,021 | 113 | 145 | 115 | 48 | 15 | 278 | 22 | 101 | 69 | 682 | 2,609 | 2.04% | 0 | |
| Democratic Force | FD | 383 | 226 | 94 | 218 | 118 | 18 | 97 | 59 | 94 | 49 | 1,012 | 2,368 | 1.85% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 38 | 43 | 52 | 48 | 28 | 5 | 42 | 45 | 36 | 14 | 356 | 707 | 0.55% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 20 | 17 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 134 | 11 | 90 | 384 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 7,029 | 12,305 | 12,657 | 14,265 | 9,395 | 2,341 | 11,437 | 4,727 | 9,166 | 4,775 | 39,651 | 127,748 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Blank votes | 130 | 233 | 185 | 303 | 65 | 16 | 217 | 73 | 159 | 65 | 437 | 1,883 | 1.40% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 304 | 434 | 631 | 478 | 175 | 99 | 666 | 145 | 487 | 154 | 1,254 | 4,827 | 3.59% | |||
| Total polled | 7,463 | 12,972 | 13,473 | 15,046 | 9,635 | 2,456 | 12,320 | 4,945 | 9,812 | 4,994 | 41,342 | 134,458 | 77.19% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,550 | 17,038 | 17,933 | 20,563 | 10,977 | 2,989 | 17,511 | 5,689 | 13,430 | 6,149 | 52,371 | 174,200 | ||||
| Turnout | 78.15% | 76.14% | 75.13% | 73.17% | 87.77% | 82.17% | 70.36% | 86.92% | 73.06% | 81.22% | 78.94% | 77.19% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [32] Mario Alfredo Álvarez González (PLN); Gonzalo Fajardo Salas (PUSC); Marlene Gómez Calderón (PUSC); Claudio Morera Ávila (PLN); Roberto Enrique Obando Venegas (PLN); and Bienvenido Venegas Porras (PUSC).
Results of the 1990 general election held on 4 February 1990: [33] [34]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Gara- bito | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 3,750 | 5,466 | 5,481 | 7,166 | 3,962 | 1,101 | 5,417 | 2,205 | 4,766 | 2,656 | 17,016 | 58,986 | 49.87% | 3 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 2,378 | 5,147 | 3,272 | 6,987 | 3,218 | 763 | 3,180 | 1,752 | 3,241 | 1,502 | 13,857 | 45,297 | 38.30% | 3 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 60 | 111 | 701 | 68 | 719 | 12 | 567 | 95 | 215 | 105 | 2,786 | 5,439 | 4.60% | 0 | |
| United People | PU | 167 | 165 | 576 | 148 | 125 | 13 | 519 | 25 | 298 | 64 | 1,403 | 3,503 | 2.96% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 97 | 144 | 401 | 199 | 123 | 61 | 222 | 178 | 140 | 97 | 1,057 | 2,719 | 2.30% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 39 | 70 | 618 | 75 | 38 | 11 | 207 | 17 | 96 | 30 | 270 | 1,471 | 1.24% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 3 | 21 | 47 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 275 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 59 | 459 | 0.39% | 0 | |
| Party of Progress | PdP | 15 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 147 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 95 | 396 | 0.33% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 6,509 | 11,145 | 11,114 | 14,672 | 8,338 | 1,969 | 10,427 | 4,277 | 8,799 | 4,477 | 36,543 | 118,270 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Blank votes | 109 | 224 | 197 | 249 | 53 | 30 | 186 | 59 | 165 | 79 | 372 | 1,723 | 1.38% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 211 | 321 | 575 | 460 | 258 | 92 | 555 | 135 | 369 | 177 | 1,462 | 4,615 | 3.70% | |||
| Total polled | 6,829 | 11,690 | 11,886 | 15,381 | 8,649 | 2,091 | 11,168 | 4,471 | 9,333 | 4,733 | 38,377 | 124,608 | 76.43% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,906 | 15,539 | 16,355 | 19,913 | 9,843 | 2,567 | 16,262 | 5,270 | 13,310 | 5,982 | 49,080 | 163,027 | ||||
| Turnout | 76.68% | 75.23% | 72.68% | 77.24% | 87.87% | 81.46% | 68.68% | 84.84% | 70.12% | 79.12% | 78.19% | 76.43% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [35] Angelo Altamura Carriero (PUSC); Israel Ávila Castro (PLN); Otto Brenes León (PLN); Carlos Luis Rodríguez Hernández (PLN); Gerardo Enrique Rudín Arias (PUSC); and Noé Gerardo Vargas Castillo (PUSC).
Results of the 1986 general election held on 2 February 1986: [36] [37]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Gara- bito | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 2,429 | 4,945 | 3,261 | 6,449 | 3,559 | 712 | 3,425 | 2,075 | 3,765 | 1,678 | 14,893 | 47,191 | 45.08% | 3 | |
| Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | 2,693 | 3,781 | 3,218 | 5,252 | 3,706 | 698 | 4,150 | 1,753 | 3,710 | 1,981 | 15,300 | 46,242 | 44.17% | 3 | |
| People's Alliance Coalition | CAP | 263 | 224 | 783 | 204 | 117 | 12 | 373 | 28 | 332 | 55 | 869 | 3,260 | 3.11% | 0 | |
| United People | PU | 100 | 80 | 238 | 56 | 84 | 9 | 359 | 32 | 238 | 38 | 1,026 | 2,260 | 2.16% | 0 | |
| National Democratic Party | PND | 17 | 33 | 1,216 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 509 | 14 | 121 | 17 | 77 | 2,054 | 1.96% | 0 | |
| National Christian Alliance | ANC | 169 | 57 | 187 | 107 | 74 | 6 | 118 | 35 | 108 | 327 | 562 | 1,750 | 1.67% | 0 | |
| National Republican Party | PNR | 60 | 88 | 616 | 98 | 53 | 22 | 199 | 28 | 105 | 54 | 241 | 1,564 | 1.49% | 0 | |
| General Union Party | PUGEN | 10 | 41 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 192 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 30 | 359 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 5,741 | 9,249 | 9,546 | 12,214 | 7,610 | 1,468 | 9,325 | 3,968 | 8,405 | 4,156 | 32,998 | 104,680 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Blank votes | 108 | 151 | 184 | 241 | 60 | 12 | 167 | 67 | 165 | 66 | 368 | 1,589 | 1.44% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 202 | 281 | 700 | 415 | 187 | 85 | 514 | 96 | 403 | 245 | 1,211 | 4,339 | 3.92% | |||
| Total polled | 6,051 | 9,681 | 10,430 | 12,870 | 7,857 | 1,565 | 10,006 | 4,131 | 8,973 | 4,467 | 34,577 | 110,608 | 75.96% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,878 | 13,183 | 14,496 | 16,780 | 8,931 | 1,875 | 14,755 | 4,829 | 13,187 | 5,655 | 44,040 | 145,609 | ||||
| Turnout | 76.81% | 73.44% | 71.95% | 76.70% | 87.97% | 83.47% | 67.81% | 85.55% | 68.04% | 78.99% | 78.51% | 75.96% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [38] Alfonso Estevanovich González (PLN); Carlos Luis Monge Sanabria (PLN); Omar Obando Suárez (PUSC); José Joaquín Solís Rodríguez (PLN); Rodolfo Enrique Sotomayor Guevara (PUSC); and Erlin Valderramos Bermúdez (PUSC).
Results of the 1982 general election held on 7 February 1982: [39] [40]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Gara- bito | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 2,720 | 3,824 | 4,061 | 5,399 | 3,460 | 637 | 3,535 | 1,847 | 3,867 | 2,210 | 15,946 | 47,506 | 55.72% | 4 | |
| Unity Coalition | CU | 1,974 | 1,739 | 1,704 | 2,280 | 2,366 | 332 | 2,073 | 1,046 | 1,909 | 1,176 | 7,825 | 24,424 | 28.65% | 2 | |
| United People | PU | 372 | 392 | 1,527 | 355 | 168 | 20 | 1,184 | 137 | 1,479 | 108 | 1,566 | 7,308 | 8.57% | 1 | |
| National Movement | MN | 73 | 334 | 330 | 211 | 69 | 51 | 381 | 118 | 233 | 47 | 840 | 2,687 | 3.15% | 0 | |
| National Democratic Party | PND | 27 | 47 | 522 | 54 | 181 | 7 | 227 | 30 | 58 | 8 | 574 | 1,735 | 2.04% | 0 | |
| Authentic Puntarenense Party | PAP | 28 | 33 | 57 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 44 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 706 | 1,036 | 1.22% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 20 | 23 | 44 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 7 | 49 | 17 | 68 | 310 | 0.36% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 12 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 9 | 92 | 247 | 0.29% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 5,226 | 6,420 | 8,269 | 8,378 | 6,300 | 1,062 | 7,501 | 3,225 | 7,661 | 3,594 | 27,617 | 85,253 | 100.00% | 7 | ||
| Blank votes | 80 | 140 | 127 | 169 | 51 | 17 | 125 | 45 | 160 | 69 | 334 | 1,317 | 1.47% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 187 | 222 | 415 | 277 | 125 | 31 | 384 | 74 | 328 | 148 | 894 | 3,085 | 3.44% | |||
| Total polled | 5,493 | 6,782 | 8,811 | 8,824 | 6,476 | 1,110 | 8,010 | 3,344 | 8,149 | 3,811 | 28,845 | 89,655 | 72.08% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,419 | 10,098 | 12,897 | 13,193 | 7,623 | 1,401 | 12,440 | 4,143 | 12,043 | 5,098 | 38,032 | 124,387 | ||||
| Turnout | 74.04% | 67.16% | 68.32% | 66.88% | 84.95% | 79.23% | 64.39% | 80.71% | 67.67% | 74.75% | 75.84% | 72.08% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [41] Carlos María Chajud Calvo (PLN); Arnoldo Ferreto (PU); Edgar Antonio Guardiola Mendoza (PLN); Claudio Guevara Barahona (CU); Tobías Murillo Rodríguez (PLN); Guillermo Salas Monge (PLN); and Jimmy Zúñiga Noguera (CU).
Results of the 1978 general election held on 5 February 1978: [42] [43]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Corre- dores | Coto Brus | Esparza | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| Unity Coalition | CU | 1,780 | 2,676 | 2,362 | 2,811 | 2,612 | 2,655 | 1,244 | 2,809 | 1,645 | 9,305 | 29,899 | 39.65% | 3 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 1,681 | 2,084 | 2,050 | 2,479 | 2,440 | 1,968 | 1,200 | 2,897 | 1,667 | 10,415 | 28,881 | 38.30% | 3 | |
| United People | PU | 555 | 294 | 1,512 | 217 | 187 | 920 | 145 | 1,392 | 166 | 1,310 | 6,698 | 8.88% | 1 | |
| National Unification Party | PUN | 765 | 156 | 184 | 202 | 53 | 673 | 118 | 206 | 139 | 726 | 3,222 | 4.27% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Peoples' Front | FPC | 77 | 34 | 715 | 91 | 47 | 338 | 30 | 141 | 41 | 771 | 2,285 | 3.03% | 0 | |
| Authentic Puntarenense Party | PAP | 13 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 78 | 17 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 1,510 | 1,729 | 2.29% | 0 | |
| Republican Union Party | PUR | 115 | 31 | 63 | 166 | 24 | 84 | 22 | 65 | 33 | 280 | 883 | 1.17% | 0 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 25 | 270 | 42 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 14 | 327 | 791 | 1.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 50 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 30 | 35 | 26 | 48 | 24 | 395 | 708 | 0.94% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 17 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 149 | 305 | 0.40% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 5,078 | 5,621 | 7,002 | 6,065 | 5,512 | 6,721 | 2,813 | 7,649 | 3,752 | 25,188 | 75,401 | 100.00% | 7 | ||
| Blank votes | 114 | 162 | 177 | 197 | 92 | 158 | 87 | 190 | 102 | 432 | 1,711 | 2.12% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 282 | 282 | 463 | 276 | 173 | 377 | 121 | 405 | 192 | 1,180 | 3,751 | 4.64% | |||
| Total polled | 5,474 | 6,065 | 7,642 | 6,538 | 5,777 | 7,256 | 3,021 | 8,244 | 4,046 | 26,800 | 80,863 | 75.78% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,032 | 8,440 | 10,489 | 9,105 | 6,639 | 10,447 | 3,606 | 11,283 | 5,147 | 34,515 | 106,703 | ||||
| Turnout | 77.84% | 71.86% | 72.86% | 71.81% | 87.02% | 69.46% | 83.78% | 73.07% | 78.61% | 77.65% | 75.78% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [44] Armando Arrieta Angulo (PLN); Mario Espinoza Sánchez (PLN); Eliécer Solís Ureña (CU); Guillermo Ulloa Varela (CU); Rodrigo Ureña Quirós (PU); Tobías Vargas Rojas (PLN); and Herbert Wolf Fournier (CU).
Results of the 1974 general election held on 3 February 1974: [45] [46]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Coto Brus | Esparza | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Parrita | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 1,342 | 2,008 | 2,397 | 2,006 | 2,427 | 972 | 1,758 | 1,383 | 9,134 | 23,427 | 38.26% | 3 | |
| National Unification Party | PUN | 1,353 | 1,254 | 1,523 | 1,733 | 3,192 | 618 | 1,801 | 1,220 | 5,555 | 18,249 | 29.81% | 2 | |
| National Independent Party | PNI | 406 | 393 | 242 | 287 | 821 | 400 | 825 | 254 | 2,862 | 6,490 | 10.60% | 1 | |
| Socialist Action Party | PASO | 251 | 102 | 232 | 69 | 1,787 | 108 | 1,003 | 161 | 779 | 4,492 | 7.34% | 1 | |
| National Republican Party | PRN | 240 | 61 | 91 | 143 | 594 | 81 | 271 | 84 | 1,899 | 3,464 | 5.66% | 0 | |
| Democratic Renewal Party | PRD | 185 | 132 | 270 | 184 | 246 | 186 | 151 | 120 | 992 | 2,466 | 4.03% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 359 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 78 | 27 | 33 | 57 | 209 | 836 | 1.37% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 30 | 21 | 18 | 74 | 236 | 9 | 63 | 14 | 217 | 682 | 1.11% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Peoples' Front | FPC | 23 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 173 | 24 | 37 | 17 | 153 | 482 | 0.79% | 0 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 25 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 40 | 9 | 40 | 14 | 153 | 346 | 0.57% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Socialist Party | PSC | 12 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 37 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 161 | 292 | 0.48% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,226 | 4,053 | 4,873 | 4,553 | 9,631 | 2,441 | 6,004 | 3,331 | 22,114 | 61,226 | 100.00% | 7 | ||
| Blank votes | 126 | 136 | 143 | 92 | 265 | 80 | 201 | 98 | 462 | 1,603 | 2.45% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 245 | 143 | 147 | 129 | 505 | 80 | 341 | 156 | 813 | 2,559 | 3.91% | |||
| Total polled | 4,597 | 4,332 | 5,163 | 4,774 | 10,401 | 2,601 | 6,546 | 3,585 | 23,389 | 65,388 | 73.89% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,086 | 6,290 | 7,364 | 5,533 | 15,300 | 3,263 | 9,505 | 4,690 | 30,465 | 88,496 | ||||
| Turnout | 75.53% | 68.87% | 70.11% | 86.28% | 67.98% | 79.71% | 68.87% | 76.44% | 76.77% | 73.89% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [47] Álvaro José Chen Lao (PNI); Fernando Cuadra Martínez (PLN); Arnoldo Ferreto (PASO); Santiago Herrera Granados (PUN); Emiliano Odio Madrigal (PUN); Carlos Luis Rodríguez Hernández (PLN); and Carlos Manuel Vicente Castro (PLN).
Results of the 1970 general election held on 1 February 1970: [48] [49]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Coto Brus | Esparza | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 2,937 | 1,835 | 2,079 | 1,865 | 2,769 | 1,089 | 1,945 | 8,675 | 23,194 | 47.38% | 4 | |
| National Unification Party | PUN | 2,375 | 869 | 1,140 | 1,699 | 3,615 | 947 | 1,848 | 7,147 | 19,640 | 40.12% | 3 | |
| Socialist Action Party | PASO | 354 | 40 | 123 | 70 | 909 | 97 | 514 | 949 | 3,056 | 6.24% | 0 | |
| National Front Party | PFN | 399 | 40 | 34 | 35 | 237 | 21 | 105 | 693 | 1,564 | 3.19% | 0 | |
| Costa Rican Renewal Movement | MRC | 29 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 81 | 10 | 18 | 366 | 544 | 1.11% | 0 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 14 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 48 | 7 | 27 | 272 | 404 | 0.83% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 23 | 10 | 44 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 184 | 342 | 0.70% | 0 | |
| Puntarenense Renewal Party | PRP | 28 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 56 | 3 | 25 | 76 | 208 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 6,159 | 2,809 | 3,451 | 3,743 | 7,750 | 2,184 | 4,494 | 18,362 | 48,952 | 100.00% | 7 | ||
| Blank votes | 216 | 70 | 113 | 60 | 205 | 59 | 198 | 385 | 1,306 | 2.47% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 390 | 123 | 133 | 125 | 594 | 79 | 366 | 850 | 2,660 | 5.03% | |||
| Total polled | 6,765 | 3,002 | 3,697 | 3,928 | 8,549 | 2,322 | 5,058 | 19,597 | 52,918 | 76.82% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,735 | 4,128 | 4,906 | 4,393 | 12,041 | 2,773 | 7,325 | 24,584 | 68,885 | ||||
| Turnout | 77.45% | 72.72% | 75.36% | 89.41% | 71.00% | 83.74% | 69.05% | 79.71% | 76.82% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [50] Daniel Barrantes Campos (PLN); Edgar Chaverri Solano (PUN); Pedro Gaspar Zúñiga (PLN); Mireya Guevara Fallas (PLN); Gonzalo Lizano Ramírez (PUN); Rafael París Steffens (PLN); and Gonzalo Segares García (PUN).
Results of the 1966 general election held on 6 February 1966: [51] [52]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Esparza | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Unification Party | PUN | 2,451 | 679 | 1,563 | 3,988 | 937 | 1,705 | 6,778 | 18,101 | 50.46% | 4 | |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 1,955 | 1,092 | 1,417 | 3,054 | 853 | 928 | 6,553 | 15,852 | 44.19% | 3 | |
| Revolutionary Civic Union | UCR | 66 | 15 | 71 | 277 | 85 | 72 | 870 | 1,456 | 4.06% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 56 | 22 | 9 | 131 | 8 | 163 | 73 | 462 | 1.29% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,528 | 1,808 | 3,060 | 7,450 | 1,883 | 2,868 | 14,274 | 35,871 | 100.00% | 7 | ||
| Blank votes | 143 | 63 | 38 | 194 | 61 | 90 | 300 | 889 | 2.23% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 386 | 111 | 170 | 723 | 155 | 306 | 1,257 | 3,108 | 7.80% | |||
| Total polled | 5,057 | 1,982 | 3,268 | 8,367 | 2,099 | 3,264 | 15,831 | 39,868 | 71.94% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,234 | 2,985 | 3,735 | 12,549 | 2,744 | 5,303 | 20,871 | 55,421 | ||||
| Turnout | 69.91% | 66.40% | 87.50% | 66.67% | 76.49% | 61.55% | 75.85% | 71.94% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [53] Erasmo Alfonso Ames Alfau (PUN); Salvador Aráuz Bonilla (PUN); Alberto Delgado Bonilla (PUN); Guillermo Figueroa Chinchilla (PUN); Rafael López Garrido (PLN); Carlos Luis Rodríguez Hernández (PLN); and Carlos Manuel Vicente Castro (PLN).
Results of the 1962 general election held on 4 February 1962: [54] [55]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Esparza | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 1,398 | 612 | 1,329 | 1,722 | 837 | 864 | 6,464 | 13,226 | 42.92% | 3 | |
| Republican Party | PR | 1,952 | 112 | 1,048 | 2,455 | 397 | 1,755 | 4,641 | 12,360 | 40.11% | 2 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 144 | 245 | 314 | 607 | 408 | 309 | 1,703 | 3,730 | 12.10% | 1 | |
| Popular Democratic Action | PADP | 134 | 6 | 36 | 403 | 33 | 241 | 645 | 1,498 | 4.86% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 3,628 | 975 | 2,727 | 5,187 | 1,675 | 3,169 | 13,453 | 30,814 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Blank votes | 130 | 45 | 46 | 179 | 46 | 109 | 195 | 750 | 2.33% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 131 | 26 | 29 | 167 | 26 | 82 | 179 | 640 | 1.99% | |||
| Total polled | 3,889 | 1,046 | 2,802 | 5,533 | 1,747 | 3,360 | 13,827 | 32,204 | 66.47% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,400 | 1,772 | 3,396 | 9,174 | 2,400 | 5,870 | 19,435 | 48,447 | ||||
| Turnout | 60.77% | 59.03% | 82.51% | 60.31% | 72.79% | 57.24% | 71.14% | 66.47% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [56] Rodrigo Aráuz Bonilla (PR); Hernán Chaverri Ulloa (PLN); Giro Guerra Baldares (PUN); Malaquías Jiménez Solano (PLN); Rafael París Steffens (PLN); and Octavio Ramírez Garita (PR).
Results of the 1958 general election held on 2 February 1958: [57] [58]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Esparza | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 789 | 243 | 684 | 753 | 572 | 609 | 2,744 | 6,394 | 39.21% | 2 | |
| National Republican Party | PRN | 709 | 22 | 520 | 831 | 101 | 659 | 1,544 | 4,386 | 26.90% | 2 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 326 | 104 | 251 | 613 | 295 | 711 | 1,758 | 4,058 | 24.89% | 1 | |
| Independent Party | PI | 142 | 94 | 63 | 97 | 59 | 45 | 556 | 1,056 | 6.48% | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Civic Union | UCR | 15 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 110 | 192 | 1.18% | 0 | |
| Democratic Opposition Movement | MDO | 20 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 43 | 112 | 0.69% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 21 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 37 | 108 | 0.66% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,022 | 477 | 1,550 | 2,346 | 1,036 | 2,083 | 6,792 | 16,306 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 73 | 14 | 55 | 92 | 40 | 82 | 155 | 511 | 2.77% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 273 | 11 | 146 | 279 | 81 | 297 | 522 | 1,609 | 8.73% | |||
| Total polled | 2,368 | 502 | 1,751 | 2,717 | 1,157 | 2,462 | 7,469 | 18,426 | 50.09% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,570 | 1,269 | 2,679 | 5,969 | 1,914 | 5,341 | 14,044 | 36,786 | ||||
| Turnout | 42.51% | 39.56% | 65.36% | 45.52% | 60.45% | 46.10% | 53.18% | 50.09% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [59] Marcial Aguiluz Orellana (PLN); Carlos Manuel Brenes Méndez (PRN); Francisco Calderón Guardia (PRN); Rafael López Garrido (PLN); and Gonzalo Segares García (PUN).
Results of the 1953 general election held on 26 July 1953: [60] [61]
| Party | Votes per canton | Total votes | % | Seats | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguirre | Buenos Aires | Esparza | Golfito | Montes de Oro | Osa | Punta- renas | ||||||
| National Liberation Party | PLN | 1,281 | 327 | 781 | 770 | 426 | 703 | 3,522 | 7,810 | 59.14% | 3 | |
| Democratic Party | PD | 1,077 | 56 | 502 | 495 | 143 | 553 | 1,924 | 4,750 | 35.97% | 2 | |
| National Union Party | PUN | 49 | 7 | 41 | 137 | 166 | 70 | 177 | 647 | 4.90% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,407 | 390 | 1,324 | 1,402 | 735 | 1,326 | 5,623 | 13,207 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Blank votes | 89 | 19 | 47 | 99 | 53 | 97 | 240 | 644 | 4.28% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 262 | 20 | 126 | 121 | 64 | 120 | 470 | 1,183 | 7.87% | |||
| Total polled | 2,758 | 429 | 1,497 | 1,622 | 852 | 1,543 | 6,333 | 15,034 | 49.80% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,474 | 1,033 | 2,410 | 3,784 | 1,632 | 3,913 | 11,944 | 30,190 | ||||
| Turnout | 50.38% | 41.53% | 62.12% | 42.86% | 52.21% | 39.43% | 53.02% | 49.80% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: [62] Manuel Campos Jiménez (PD); Malaquías Jiménez Solano (PD); Rafael Ortiz Róger (PLN); Rafael París Steffens (PLN); and Carlos Manuel Vicente Castro (PLN).
The following candidates were elected at the 1949 general election held on 4 October 1949: [63] Raúl Jiménez Guido (PUN); Julio Obando Segura (PUN); and Amado Recio Pérez (PUN).