General election in Costa Rica 2018

The 2018 general election in Costa Rica took place on February 4, 2018.

procedure

In the general election, 57 MPs were elected for the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica . The election was based on proportional representation .

The parliamentary elections were won by a majority of parties left of the political center such as Partido Acción Ciudadana and Partido Liberación Nacional . In the presidential election held at the same time , no candidate received an absolute majority; there was a runoff between Carlos Alvarado Quesada (PAC) and Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz (PRN), which Alvarado Quesada won on April 1, 2018.

Political party		be right	%	Seats	+/-

	Partido Liberación Nacional	416,638	19.49	17th	-1
	Partido Restauración Nacional	388.086	18.15	14th	+13
	Partido Acción Ciudadana	347,703	16.26	10	-3
	Partido Unidad Socialcristiana	312,637	14.63	9	+1
	Partido Integración Nacional	163.933	7.67	4th	+4
	Partido Republicano Socialcristiano	89,969	4.21	2	New
	Front Amplio	84,437	3.95	1	-8th
	Alianza Demócrata Cristiana	52,325	2.45	0	-1
	Movimiento Libertario	49,659	2.32	0	-4
	Partido Accesibilidad Sin Exclusión	48,256	2.26	0	-1
	Partido Nueva Generación	45,896	2.15	0	0
	Partido Renovación Costarricense	41,806	1.96	0	-2
	Partido Auténtico Limonense	13,661	0.64	0	0
	Partido Liberal Progresista	12,537	0.59	0	New
	Partido de los Trabajadores	11,615	0.54	0	0
	Actuemos Ya	9,898	0.46	0	New
	Vamos	8,283	0.39	0	New
	For the Unidas para el Cambio	8,237	0.39	0	New
	Todos	8,062	0.38	0	New
	Unión Guanacasteca	7,994	0.37	0	New
	Partido Comunal Unido	6,270	0.29	0	New
	Partido de los Transportistas	4,868	0.23	0	0
	Partido Recuperando Valores	4,840	0.23	0	New
	Patria Igualdad y Democracia	1,881	0.09	0	0
	New Partido Socialista	790	0.04	0	0
Invalid		40,540	-	-	-
All in all		2,178,096	100	57	0
Registered voters		3,322,329	-	-	-
Source: TSE