2020 Costa Rican municipal elections

2020 Costa Rican municipal elections

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82 mayors, 505 aldermen, 480 syndics, 1888 district councillors, 8 intendants, 32 municipal district councillors and their alternates [1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Guillermo Constenla Umaña Randall Alberto Quirós Bustamante Marta Eugenia Solano Arias Party PLN PUSC PAC Mayors 42 16 5 Mayors +/– 8 2 2 Aldermen 175 95 33 Aldermen +/– 11 9 29   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Sergio Mena Díaz Dragos Dolanescu Valenciano Natalia Díaz Quintana Party PNG PRSC UP Mayors 4 2 1 Mayors +/– 1 2 New Aldermen 23 24 10 Aldermen +/– 9 4 New   Seventh party   Leader Mario Redondo Poveda Party ADC Mayors 1 Mayors +/– 1 Aldermen 9 Aldermen +/– 5

Municipal elections were held in Costa Rica on Sunday, February 2, 2020, to elect all municipal offices in the country: mayors, aldermen, syndics (district council presidents), district councilors and the intendants of eight special autonomous districts, together with their respective alternates in all cases (see local government in Costa Rica). These will be the fifth direct municipal elections since the amendment to the 1998 Municipal Code and the second to be held mid-term since the 2009 reform.

In the newly founded canton of Río Cuarto, the election of mayor and members of the City Council was held for the first time. ^[2]

As in previous elections the three main parties in number of mayors were the National Liberation Party (PLN) with 42 (losing 8 mayors including the provincial capitals of Cartago and Liberia from the previous elections in 2016), Social Christian Unity (PUSC) with 15, winning one extra mayor, and the Citizens' Action Party (PAC) with 4 (five if Montes de Oca's PAC-lead ruling coalition is counted), losing 2 from the prior reelection. ^[3] The New Generation Party won one more mayor making a total of 4, despite not having parliamentary representation, and Social Christian Republican Party (a splinter from PUSC) won one extra mayor making a total of 2. ^[3] The newly founded liberal party United We Can founded by former Libertarian deputy Natalia Diaz won the mayoralty of Oreamuno and had important support in several cantons, whilst Cartago was won by former deputy and presidential nominee Mario Redondo Poveda from Christian Democratic Alliance. ^[3] The left-wing Broad Front lost its only mayor in Barva canton against the aforementioned PRSC. ^[4]

This election also saw an increase in support of local parties. We Are Moravia won in Moravia, United Communal in Turrubares, Palmares First in Palmares, Sarchí Alliance in Sarchí, Santo Domingo Advance Movement in Santo Domingo, The Great Nicoya in Nicoya, Authentic Santacrucian in Santa Cruz, Nandayure Progresses in Nandayure, Authenthic Limonense in Limón and Recovering Values in Pococí won the mayoralties of their cantons, and the already locally dominant 21st Century Curridabat was re-elected in Curridabat. ^[4] Nine cantonal parties and one provincial party reached mayoralties for the first time. ^[5]

The two main evangelical parties, National Restoration and the New Republic Party, didn't win any mayors, which was noticed by the media and described as a political failure due to their larger totals in the previous general election. ^{[6] [7] [8]} Led by Fabricio Alvarado under the National Restoration banner, for the first time an Evangelical Christian party was one of the main voted ones in Costa Rica and went into the run-off against ruling PAC, reaching up to 800.000 votes despite losing the election. Alvarado quit National Restoration and founded New Republic party soon after but its results in the election were testimonial. ^[6]

History

66 incumbent mayors tried to get reelected, of which 24 are National Liberation Party members, ^[9] among them the current mayor of San José since 1998 and former presidential candidate Johnny Araya Monge. ^[10] The PLN made no official coalitions but made an alliance (unofficial mutual support) with the National Restoration Party in San Carlos Canton. ^[11] The PLN presented nominees in all 82 cantons being the party with the most nominees followed by Social Christian Unity Party and National Restoration Party. ^[12]

PAC sympathizers alongside the Party's president and mayor nominee in Tibás Canton.

Escazu's Arnoldo Barahona who was elected by the local Escazu's Progressive Yoke party ran his re-election through the New Generation Party. ^[13]

The ruling Citizens' Action Party presented 55 candidates and formed three coalitions; in Aserrí together with the Social Christian Unity Party in the Aserrí of Everybody coalition supporting the Social Christian candidate; in Montes de Oca where it currently have the mayor's office the Montes de Oca People coalition was kept alongside the local Gente party, the Humanist Party and VAMOS; and Alliance for Nicoya in Nicoya where the local Nicoya Party would also participate. ^{[14] [15] [16]} Originally in the canton of San José a coalition was planned under the Chepe Coalition banner alongside the provincial VAMOS party endorsing the candidacy of the independent Fernando Cartín and nominating the two vice mayor's offices, however the Electoral Court dissolved the coalition alleging that the VAMOS party did not nominated any candidate thus Cartín still ran but as an official PAC candidate (with VAMOS still as external supporter).

The Social Christian Unity Party took part in two coalitions; the above-mentioned with the PAC in Aserrí, and one with the local All For Flores party in the canton of Flores named Unity for Flores. Although there were negotiations for coalitions between the PAC and the Social Christian Republican Party (PRSC) in Belén, PRSC and Unidos Podemos in Heredia and with PAC in Cartago, these finally did not materialize. ^[17]

The Broad Front made a coalition with the local party SJO Alternative named Juntos to participate in San José and with the Independent Belemite Party in the Belén Canton named Belemite Union.

New Republic, party of former candidate for National Restoration Party and second place in the 2018 presidential elections, Fabricio Alvarado, announced that it will not carry out coalitions with any other party, ^[18] while the Libertarian Movement, once one of the largest parties in the country but now suffering a crisis, announced that it will not participate in the local elections. ^[19]

Results

Overall

Mayor

Cantons	Population	Incumbent mayor	Party		Elected mayor	Party
San José	288,054	Johnny Araya		PASJ	Johnny Araya		PLN
Escazú	56,509	Arnoldo Valentín Barahona		YPE	Arnoldo Valentín Barahona		PNG
Desamparados	206,708	Gilberth Jiménez		PLN	Gilberth Jiménez		PLN
Puriscal	31,202	Luis Madrigal		PUSC	Iris Arroyo Herrera		PLN
Tarrazú	17,233	Ana Lorena Rovira		PUSC	Ana Lorena Rovira		PUSC
Aserrí	52,808	José Oldemar García		PLN	José Oldemar García		PLN
Mora	23,004	Gilberto Monge		PNG	Rodrigo Jiménez Cascante		PNG
Goicoechea	124,704	Ana Lucía Madrigal		PLN	Rafael Vargas Brenes		PLN
Santa Ana	48,879	Gerardo Oviedo		PLN	Gerardo Oviedo		PLN
Alajuelita	75,418	Modesto Alpízar		PNG	Modesto Alpízar		PNG
Vázquez de Coronado	59,113	Rolando Méndez		PRSC	Rolando Méndez		PRSC
Acosta	19,342	Norman Eduardo Hidalgo		PAC	Norman Eduardo Hidalgo		PAC
Tibás	76,815	Carlos Luis Cascante		PLN	Carlos Luis Cascante		PLN
Moravia	56,919	Roberto Zoch		PAC	Roberto Zoch		PSM
Montes de Oca	54,288	Marcel Soler		CGMO	Marcel Soler		CGMO
Turrubares	5,175	Giovanni Madrigal		PLN	Giovanni Madrigal		PCU
Dota	6,940	Leonardo Chacón		PLN	Leonardo Chacón		PLN
Curridabat	72,564	Alicia Borja		CSXXI	Jimmy Cruz Jiménez		CSXXI
Pérez Zeledón	134,534	Jeffry Montoya		PUSC	Jeffry Montoya		PUSC
León Cortés	13,356	Jorge Denis Mora		PLN	Jorge Denis Mora		PLN
Alajuela	285,259	Laura María Chaves		PLN	Humberto Soto Herrera		PLN
San Ramón	86,312	Nixon Gerardo Ureña		PLN	Nixon Gerardo Ureña		PLN
Grecia	85,087	Minor Molina		PLN	Francisco Murillo Quesada		PUSC
San Mateo	7,600	Jairo Emilio Guzmán		PLN	Jairo Emilio Guzmán		PLN
Atenas	27,112	Wilberth Martín Aguilar		PUSC	Wilberth Martín Aguilar		PUSC
Naranjo	45,005	Juan Luis Chaves		PUSC	Juan Luis Chaves		PUSC
Palmares	37,471	Hugo Virgilio Rodríguez		PAC	Katerine Mayela Ramírez		PPP
Poás	30,650	José Joaquín Brenes		PLN	Heibel Antonio Rodríguez		PUSC
Orotina	21,430	Margot Montero		PLN	Benjamín Rodríguez Vega		PLN
San Carlos	178,460	Alfredo Córdoba Soro		PLN	Alfredo Córdoba Soro		PLN
Zarcero	13,215	Ronald Araya Solís		PLN	Ronald Araya Solís		PLN
Sarchí	20,466	Luis Óscar Quesada		PUSC	Maikol Gerardo Porras		APS
Upala	48,910	Juan Bosco Acevedo		PLN	Aura Yamileth López		PLN
Los Chiles	28,694	Jacobo Guillén Miranda		PLN	Jacobo Guillén Miranda		PLN
Guatuso	17,507	Ilse María Gutiérrez		PLN	Ilse María Gutiérrez		PLN
Río Cuarto	15,152	-		-	José Miguel Jiménez Araya		PLN
Cartago	147,898	Rolando Alberto Rodríguez		PLN	Mario Redondo Poveda		ADC
Paraíso	57,743	Laura Rebeca Morales		PASE	Carlos Ramírez Sánchez		PLN
La Unión	99,400	Luis Carlos Villalobos		PLN	Cristian Torres Garita		PLN
Jiménez	14,669	Lisette Fernández		PLN	Lisette Fernández		PLN
Turrialba	69,616	Luis Fernando León		PAC	Luis Fernando León		PAC
Alvarado	14,312	Juan Felipe Martínez		PLN	Juan Felipe Martínez		PLN
Oreamuno	45,473	Catalina Coghi		PLN	Erick Jiménez Valverde		UP
El Guarco	41,793	Víctor Luis Arias		PLN	Victor Luis Arias		PLN
Heredia	123,616	José Manuel Ulate		PLN	José Manuel Ulate		PLN
Barva	40,660	Claudio Manuel Segura		FA	Jorge Acuña Prado		PRSC
Santo Domingo	40,072	Randall Arturo Madrigal		PLN	Roberto González Rodríguez		MAS
Santa Bárbara	37,428	Héctor Luis Arias		PLN	Víctor Hidalgo Solís		PLN
San Rafael	45,965	Verny Gustavo Valerio		PLN	Verny Gustavo Valerio		PLN
San Isidro	20,633	Ana Lideth Hernández		PUSC	Ana Lidieth Hernández		PUSC
Belén	21,633	Horacio Martín Alvarado		PUSC	Horacio Martín Alvarado		PUSC
Flores	20,037	Gerardo Antonio Rojas		PLN	Eder José Ramírez Segura		PLN
San Pablo	27,671	Bernardo Porras		PUSC	Bernardo Porras		PUSC
Sarapiquí	57,147	Pedro Rojas		PLN	Pedro Rojas		PLN
Liberia	72,528	Julio Alexander Viales		PLN	Luis Gerardo Castañeda		PUSC
Nicoya	50,825	Marco Antonio Jiménez		PLN	Carlos Martínez Arias		LGN
Santa Cruz	64,118	María Rosa López		PLN	Jorge Arturo Alfaro Orias		PASC
Bagaces	19,536	William Guido		PLN	Eva Vásquez Vásquez		PUSC
Carrillo	41,390	Carlos Gerardo Cantillo		PLN	Carlos Gerardo Cantillo		PLN
Cañas	36,201	Luis Fernando Mendoza		PLN	Luis Fernando Mendoza		PLN
Abangares	18,039	Anabelle Matarrita		PLN	Heriberto Cubero Morera		PLN
Tilarán	19,640	Juan Pablo Barquero		PLN	Juan Pablo Barquero		PLN
Nandayure	11,121	Giovanni Jiménez		PNG	Giovanni Jiménez		PNI
La Cruz	19,181	Junnier Alberto Salazar		PUSC	Luis Alonso Alan Corea		PNG
Hojancha	7,197	Eduardo Pineda		PAC	Eduardo Pineda		PAC
Puntarenas	130,462	Randall Alexis Chavarría		PUSC	Wilber Madriz Arguedas		PLN
Esparza	28,644	Asdrúbal Calvo		PLN	Asdrúbal Calvo		PLN
Buenos Aires	45,244	José Bernardino Rojas		PLN	José Bernardino Rojas		PLN
Montes de Oro	12,950	Luis Alberto Villalobos		PAC	Luis Alberto Villalobos		PAC
Osa	29,433	Jorge Alberto Cole		PLN	Jorge Alberto Cole		PLN
Quepos	3,133	Patricia Mayela Bolaños		PUSC	Jong Kwan Kim Jin		PLN
Golfito	39,150	Elberth Barrantes		PLN	Freiner William Lara Blanco		PUSC
Coto Brus	38,453	Rafael Ángel Navarro		PUSC	Steven Alberto Barrantes		PLN
Parrita	16,115	Freddy Garro Arias		PLN	Freddy Garro Arias		PLN
Corredores	41,831	Carlos Viales Fallas		PLN	Carlos Viales Fallas		PLN
Garabito	22,767	Tobías Murillo Rodríguez		PLN	Tobías Murillo Rodríguez		PLN
Limón	98,459	Nestor Mattis Williams		PAL	Nestor Mattis Williams		PAL
Pococí	142,171	Elibeth Venegas		PLN	Manuel Hernández Rivera		PAREVA
Siquirres	56,786	Mangell McLean		PLN	Mangell McLean		PLN
Talamanca	39,838	Marvin Antonio Gómez		PUSC	Rugeli Morals Rodríguez		PUSC
Matina	37,721	Jeannette González		PLN	Walter Céspedes Salazar		PUSC
Guácimo	41,266	Gerardo Fuentes		PLN	Gerardo Fuentes		PLN

Vote percentage

  PLN (31.42%)

  PUSC (17.35%)

  Cantonal parties (10.05%)

  PAC (7.34%)

  PNR (5.46%)

  PNG (4.69%)

  PRSC (4.25%)

  PREN (3.99%)

  ADC (2.92%)

  UP (2.61%)

  PIN (2.38%)

  FA (2.09%)

  Other (5.45%)

Party		Mayors		Popular vote
		Number	Change	Votes	%
	National Liberation Party	43	7	374,990	31,42
	Social Christian Unity Party	15	1	207,075	17,35
	Total cantonal parties	9	5	119,960	10,05
	Citizens' Action Party	5	2	87,631	7,34
	New Republic Party	0	New	65,213	5,46
	New Generation Party	4	1	55,972	4,69
	Social Christian Republican Party	2	1	50,689	4,25
	National Restoration Party	0		47,617	3,99
	Christian Democratic Alliance	1	1	34,845	2,92
	United We Can	1	New	31,166	2,61
	National Integration Party	0		28,379	2,38
	Broad Front	0	1	24,974	2,09
	Our Town Party	0	New	13,430	1,13
	United Communal Party	1	New	8,604	0,72
	Recovering Values Party	1	1	7,305	0,61
	Let's Act Now Party	0	New	6,738	0,56
	Costa Rican Social Justice Party	0	New	5,769	0,48
	Authentic Limonense Party	1		5,653	0,47
	Accessibility without Exclusion	0	1	4,880	0,41
	Liberal Progressive Party	0	New	4,209	0,35
	Costa Rican Renewal Party	0		3,386	0,28
	Guancastecan Union Party	0	New	3,358	0,28
	Green Ecologist Party	0		1,432	0,12
	Costa Rican Left Party	0	New	343	0,03
Total		82	1	1,193,618	100%
Source [20]

By province

Province	PLN  %	PUSC  %	Reg. %	PAC  %	PNR  %	PNG  %	PRSC  %	PREN  %	ADC  %	UP  %	PIN  %	FA  %	PASE  %	PLP  %	PRC  %
San José Province	29.20	16.46	19.12	6.54	5.16	7.57	3.36	3.68	0.51	2.15	1.10	2.49	-	0.29	0.41
Alajuela	36.82	22.74	9.07	6.41	6.04	3.54	5.88	1.86	0.32	1.38	1.08	1.61	-	0.75	-
Cartago Province	21.46	10.22	10.74	14.59	2.26	4.45	1.99	4.99	14.59	4.41	4.06	2.63	2.75	0.85	-
Heredia	34.63	21.17	11.07	7.28	7.04	2.54	5.99	1.63	1.05	2.04	0.43	4.31	-	-	0.81
Guanacaste	30.60	16.98	21.37	6.64	3.79	3.05	2.57	4.45	-	4.16	5.41	0.75	-	-	0.24
Puntarenas	38.41	18.62	6.09	3.44	8.30	1.90	6.96	5.71	1.95	2.66	5.61	0.11	0.03	-	0.22
Limón	24.33	15.25	22.40	1.87	5.48	4.94	2.35	8.30	6.51	3.13	1.98	2.29	0.67	-	0.49
Total	31.42	17.35	14.45	7.34	5.46	4.69	4.25	3.99	2.92	2.61	2.38	2.09	0.41	0.35	0.28
Source: TSE Archived 2019-10-25 at the Wayback Machine

Municipal councils, syndics, district councils

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Alderpeople			Popular vote			Syndics		District Councillors
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/-		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/-	Total	+/-
	National Liberation Party (PLN)	351,367	29,23	-1.59	171	-17		349,611	29.08	-1.84	260	-33	855	-617
	Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC)	201,290	16,74	-1.37	99	-4		204,382	17.00	-1.19	95	+18	375	-123
	Citizens' Action Party (PAC)	81,781	6,80	-4.81	34	-29		81,570	6.79	-4.98	18	-19	111	-358
	New Republic Party (PNR)	70,560	5,87	New	17	New		61,320	5.10	New	1	New	32	New
	Social Christian Republican Party (PRSC)	54,767	4,56	-1.75	23	-1		52,598	4.38	-2.05	10	-1	66	-90
	New Generation Party (PNG)	53,752	4,47	+0.59	24	-10		54,542	4.53	+0.74	14	+2	76	+17
	National Restoration Party (PREN)	52,954	4,40	+3.15	10	+7		51,262	4.26	+3.34	3	+3	23	+23
	United We Can Party (UP)	36,660	3,05	New	11	New		37,815	3.15	New	5	New	36	New
	Christian Democratic Alliance (ADC)	33,227	2,76	+1.64	8	+4		32,865	2.73	+1.62	13	+13	34	+5
	Broad Front (FA)	30,407	2,53	-2.83	9	-10		26,232	2.18	-3.19	1	-2	18	-52
	National Integration Party (PIN)	29,113	2,42	+1.28	9	+4		25,368	2.11	+1.00	7	+3	40	+25
	Our Town Party (PNP)	14,844	1,23	New	3	New		15,135	1.26	New	1	New	16	New
	United Communal Party (PCU)	8,837	0,74	New	5	New		9,630	0.58	New	6	New	28	New
	Let's Act Now (Actuemos Ya) (PAY)	8,062	0,67	New	3	New		8,248	0.69	New	1	New	6	New
	Accessibility without Exclusion Party (PASE)	6,803	0,57	-1.34	2	-6		5,538	0.46	-1.42	2	0	8	-14
	We Are Moravia Party (PSM)	6,213	0,52	New	4	New		6,263	0.52	New	3	New	7	New
	Progreser Party (PP)	6,116	0,51	New	2	New		6,319	0.53	New	0	New	8	New
	Costa Rican Social Justice Party (PJSCR)	6,103	0,51	New	3	New		5,987	0.50	New	4	New	8	New
	Recovering Values Party (PAREVA)	5,792	0,48	+0.31	1	0		6,205	0.52	+0.35	3	+3	9	+9
	Authentic Limonense Party (PAL)	5,780	0,48	-0.59	2	-3		5,745	0.48	-0.63	1	-3	4	-4
	Alajuelan Awakening Party (PDA)	5,712	0,48	New	1	New		6,137	0.51	New	0	New	3	-
	Escazu's Progressive Yoke (YPE)	5,668	0,47	-0.38	3	-1		5,652	0.47	-0.37	0	-3	4	-3
	Authentic Santacrucene Party (PASC)	5,125	0,43	New	2	New		5,137	0.43	New	2	New	9	New
	Liberal Progressive Party (PLP)	4,964	0,41	New	2	New		3,736	0.31	New	1	New	8	New
	21st Century Curridabat (CSXXI)	4,889	0,41	-0.23	3	0		5,050	0.42	-0.22	4	0	7	-3
	The Great Nicoya Party (PLGN)	4,811	0,40	New	2	New		5,137	0.43	New	2	New	4	New
	Alliance for San José Party (PASJ)	4,760	0,40	-1.33	1	-3		4,877	0.41	-1.31	0	-10	2	-19
	Union of Entrepreneur Puntarenenseans Party (UPE)	4,437	0,37	New	1	New		4,527	0.38	New	1	New	9	New
	Costa Rican Renewal Party (PRC)	4,136	0,34	-2.65	2	-8		5,046	0.42	-2.58	0	-7	2	-5
	People of Montes de Oca Coalition (PAC-VAM-Gente-Humanist) (CGMO)	4,118	0,34	-0.01	2	0		4,122	0.34	-0.02	3	-1	7	+2
	Santo Domingo Advancement Movement (MAS)	4,077	0,34	+0.07	2	+1		4,349	0.36	+0.07	6	+4	15	+7
	New Greek Majority Party (PNMG)	3,999	0,33	-0.13	1	–2		4,056	0.33	-0.13	2	0	7	–3
	Together Coalition (FA-SJO Alternative Party) (Juntos)	3,934	0,33	New	1	New		3,794	0.32	New	0	New	1	New
	Palmares First Party (PPP)	3,644	0,30	New	2	New		1,097	0.09	New	1	New	2	New
	Guanacastecan Union Party (PUG)	3,590	0,30	New	2	New		3,695	0.31	New	0	New	3	New
	Party of the Sun (PdS)	3,396	0,28	+0.08	2	+1		3,161	0.26	+0.05	1	+1	6	+1
	Authenthc Labourer of Coronado Party (PALABRA)	2,941	0,24	-0.02	1	-1		3,045	0.25	-0.02	1	+1	4	-1
	Ramonense League Party (PALIRA)	2,598	0,22	+0.07	1	0		-	-	-	0	0	0	-2
	United for Development Party (PUEDE)	2,523	0,21	New	1	New		2,724	0.23	New	2	New	6	New
	Turrialba First Party (PATUPRI)	2,515	0,21	New	1	New		2,788	0.23	New	1	New	10	New
	Terra Escazú (TE)	2,378	0,20	New	1	New		2,377	0.20	New	0	New	2	New
	Belemite Union Coalition (FA-Belemite Party) (CUB)	2,320	0,19	New	2	New		2,384	0.20	New	0	New	2	New
	Costa Rican Communal Ecological Party (PECCR)	2,285	0,19	-0.14	1	0		2,296	0.19	-0.16	0	0	0	-5
	Feel Heredia Party (PSH)	2,247	0,19	New	1	New		2,301	0.19	New	0	New	1	New
	All for Goicoechea Party (PTxG)	2,234	0,19	New	2	New		2,342	0.19	New	0	New	3	New
	Cantonal Rescue La Unión Party (PRCLU)	2,096	0,17	-0.11	1	0		2,180	0.18	-0.10	0	0	3	-4
	Unity for Flores Coalition (PUSC-All for Flores Party) (CUxF)	2,008	0,17	New	2	New		2,094	0.17	New	0	New	3	New
	Cantonal of Carrillo Party (PCdC)	1,954	0,16	New	1	New		2,011	0.17	New	0	New	3	New
	Ateniense Union Party (PUA)	1,918	0,16	+0.16	1	+1		2,091	0.17	+0.17	1	+1	10	+10
	Social Alliance for La Unión Party (ASLU)	1,894	0,16	-0.10	1	0		1,975	0.16	-0.11	0	-1	1	-3
	Alliance For Nicoya Coalition (PAC-FA-Nicoya Party) (CAN)	1,888	0,16	New	1	New		1,956	0.16	New	0	New	3	New
	Greek Union Party (PUGRI)	1,840	0,15	New	1	New		1,991	0.17	New	0	New	1	New
	Authentic Nicoyan Party (PAN)	1,829	0,15	New	1	New		-	-	-	-	New	-	New
	Alliance for Sarchí Party (PAxS)	1,743	0,14	New	2	New		1,761	0.15	New	3	New	3	New
	We Are Sarchí Party (PSS)	1,704	0,14	New	2	New		1,714	0.14	New	1	New	7	New
	Guarqueño Union Party (PUGUA)	1,697	0,14	-0.08	1	0		1,810	0.15	-0.07	0	0	2	-4
	Nandayure Progresses Party (PANAPRO)	1,651	0,14	New	2	New		1,655	0.14	New	4	New	9	New
	Green Ecologist Party (PVE)	1,605	0,13	-0.31	0	-1		1,342	0.11	-0.31	0	-1	0	-5
	Alliance for Palmares Party (PAxP)	1,599	0,13	-0.11	1	0		2,206	0.18	-0.07	0	-3	8	0
	Aserrí of Everyone Coalition (PUSC-PAC) (CAdT)	1,536	0,13	New	1	New		1,698	0.14	New	1	New	5	New
	Garabito People Party (PPG)	1,360	0,11	+0.05	1	0		1,436	0.12	+0.06	0	0	3	+2
	Domingenean Union Party (PUD)	1,296	0,11	New	1	New		1,386	0.12	New	0	New	3	New
	United for Escazú Party (PUxE)	1,293	0,11	New	0	New		1,289	0.11	New	0	New	0	New
	Social Justice Party (PJS)	1,259	0,10	New	1	New		1,309	0.11	New	0	New	1	New
	Montes de Oca Advance Party (PAMO)	1,067	0,09	-0.10	1	0	1,058	0.09	-0.10	0	0	0	-2
	Guanacaste First Party (PGP)	976	0,08	New	0	New	1,599	0.13	New	1	New	0	New
	Authentic Siquirrenean Party (PASIQ)	902	0,08	-0.14	0	-2	943	0.08	-0.15	0	-1	0	-5
	Puriscal Under Way Party (PPEM)	790	0,07	New	0	New	865	0.07	New	0	New	2	New
	Talamancan Development Party (PDT)	784	0,07	New	0	New	878	0.07	New	0	New	0	New
	Avante Pococí Party (AVANTE)	723	0,06	New	0	New	634	0.05	New	0	New	0	New
	Costa Rican Anti-Corruption Party (PACO)	714	0,06	New	0	New	560	0.05	New	0	New	0	New
	Cantonal Innovation Party (PIC)	582	0,05	New	0	New	501	0.04	New	0	New	0	New
	Isidrenean Advance Party (PAI)	531	0,04	New	0	New	-	-	-	-	New	-	New
	United Barva Party (PBU)	500	0,04	-0.02	0	0	518	0.04	-0.01	-	0	-	0
	Sarchisean Force Party (PFS)	496	0,04	New	0	New	460	0.04	New	0	New	0	New
	Unique Abangarean Party (PUAB)	491	0,04	+0.04	0	0	607	0.05	+0.05	0	0	0	0
	Goicoechea in Action Party (PGEA)	470	0,04	+0.04	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	-	0
	Naranjenean Action Party (PANAR)	466	0,04	New	0	New	406	0.03	New	0	New	0	New
	Autonomous Oromontan Party (PAO)	460	0,04	-0.01	0	0	497	0.04	+0.01	0	0	0	-1
	I Am The Change Party (PYSEC)	440	0,04	New	0	-	352	0.03	New	0	New	0	New
	Quepos Alliance Accord Party (PAAQ)	403	0,03	-0.01	0	0	401	0.03	-0.01	0	0	0	0
	Costa Rican Left Party (PIZCR)	378	0,03	New	0	New	275	0.02	-	0	New	0	New
	Cantonal Action Independent Siquirres Party (PACSI)	374	0,03	-0.01	0	0	423	0.03	-0.01	0	0	0	0
	Parritenean Restoration Party (PREPA)	331	0,03	-0.01	0	0	341	0.03	-0.01	0	0	0	0
	The Force of La Unión Party (PFLU)	201	0,02	New	0	New	183	0.02	-	0	New	0	New
	Tarrazú First Party (PTP)	190	0,02	+0.02	0	0	193	0.02	+0.02	0	0	0	0
Total		-	100.00		508	+5		1,202,168	100.00		486	+5	1944	+20
Invalid votes		-	-	-	-	-	-
Votes cast / turnout		-	-	-	-	-	-
Abstentions		-	-	-	-	-	-
Registered voters		3,438,555
Sources [21]

Popular vote
PLN			29.23%
PUSC			16.74%
Local parties			15.85%
PAC			6.80%
PNR			5.87%
PRSC			4.56%
PNG			4.47%
PREN			4.40%
UP			3.05%
ADC			2.76%
FA			2.53%
PIN			2.42%
PASE			0.57%
PLP			0.41%
PRC			0.34%

Seats PLN   33.66% PUSC   19.49% Local parties   17.13% PAC   6.69% PNG   4.72% PRSC   4.53% PNR   3.35% UP   2.17% PREN   1.97% FA   1.77% PIN   1.77% ADC   1.57% PASE   0.39% PLP   0.39% PRC   0.39%

Gallery

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  PLN stand
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  PUSC stand
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  United We Can stand
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  PAC stand
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  Owr Town Stand
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  PREN stand
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  New Republic stand
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  PAC sympahizers
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  Teletica reporter interviewing voter

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