2006 Costa Rican municipal elections

The 2006 Costa Rica local elections were held on December 3, 2006. In the February 2006 general elections, Costa Rica elected president, vice-presidents, deputies of the Legislative Assembly and municipal councilors in the general elections. The December 2006 elections were held to elect cantonal mayors, members of the District Councils of each of the nation’s districts and intendants of eight special autonomous districts and islands.

2006 Costa Rican municipal elections
3 December 2006
81 mayors, 469 syndics, 1844 district councillors, 8 intendants, 32 municipal district councillors and their alternates[1]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Francisco Antonio Pacheco Fernández Luis Fishman Zonzinski
Party PLN PUSC
Mayors 59 12
Mayors +/– 11 3
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Epsy Campbell Barr Otto Guevara Guth
Party PAC ML
Mayors 5 1
Mayors +/– 4 1

The ruling National Liberation Party won most of the seats and mayors with 59 as the seven provincial capitals. The main opposition party, Citizens' Action Party, was unsuccessful in keep the support it had in the presidential election. In the February 2006 elections, this party had almost tied the PLN. The Social Christian Unity Party become the second largest force at municipal level. Libertarian Movement achieved it first ever municipal government. Additionally, three local parties were successful in Curridabat, Aguirre and Siquirres.

Results
Party Syndics District Councillors Mayors
PLN 59
PUSC 12
PAC 5
21st Century Curridabat 4 8 1
Aguirre Labor Organization 2 4 1
Independent Siquirres Cantonal Action Party 1 7 1
Barvan Integration Party 2 10 0
PIN 1 18 0
Palmaran Union Party 0 9 0
Party of the Sun 0 6 0
Nationalist Democratic Alliance 0 3 0
Quepan Action Party 0 2 0
Pro-Curri Comunal Party 0 2 0
FA 0 1 0
National Rescue 0 1 0
Belemite Independent Party 0 1 0
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See also

References
  1. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Elecciones municipales en cifras 2002-2016" (PDF). tse.go.cr. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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