2016 Costa Rican municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 2016, in order to elect the mayors of the 81 cantons[2] of the country plus a proportional number of aldermen (regidores) in each of the canton’s municipal councils, a syndic for every district and members of the District Councils and a total of 8 Intendants for districts and islands located too far away from the administrative center.
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81 mayors, 505 aldermen, 480 syndics, 1888 district councillors, 8 intendants, 32 municipal district councillors and their alternates[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For the first time in history, election of aldermen was held at the same time as the other municipal offices. Until 2010 councilors were elected at the same time as the President and deputies in the general elections but a reform in the Electoral Law made all municipal offices elected at the same time and in the middle of the presidential period. Also, because of this change in the legislation, the previous election was held for a one-time only 6 years period.[3]
Oppositional National Liberation Party earned most of the votes achieving majority in all offices including 50 mayors and 186 councilors, even though it suffer a noticeable decrease both in votes and offices obtained, including the loss of two provincial capitals; Limon city and San José city, both of them previously in hands of PLN's members that were expel from the party for ethical questionings and were nominated by local parties, among them former presidential nominee Johnny Araya.[4] Social Christian Unity Party was recorded as the real winner as it increase its number of mayors passing from 9 to 15.
Ruling Citizens' Action Party was unable to take advantage of its position as government and only achieve one more mayor than previously. In several cantons the party went in alliance with local forces and the Broad Front.
Two new parties succeed in having new mayors; New Generation Party was a particular surprise as the party was the fourth in number of mayors winning in 3 cantons even though the party does not have parliamentary representation and received very few votes in the presidential ballot. While former president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier’s new Social Christian Republican Party won Vazquez de Coronado. Leftist Broad Front took part in the elections mostly in alliance with PAC and local forces winning in Montes de Oca and Acosta in that way and in one, Barva, completely alone. Local parties 21st Century Curridabat and Escazu's Progressive Yoke also won in Curridabat and Escazu respectively.
Results
Party | Mayors[5] | Syndics and district councilmen[5] | Aldermen[5] | |
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National Liberation Party | ||||
Social Christian Unity Party | ||||
Citizens' Action Party | ||||
New Generation Party | ||||
Social Christian Republican Party | ||||
Broad Front | ||||
Accessibility without Exclusion | ||||
San José Alliance | ||||
21st Century Curridabat | ||||
Limonese Authentic Party | ||||
Escazu's Progressive Yoke | ||||
Montes de Oca People Coalition (Citizens' Action Party-Broad Front-Patriotic Alliance-New Homeland Party-Humanist Party]]) | ||||
Libertarian Movement | ||||
Christian Democratic Alliance | ||||
National Integration Party | ||||
Costa Rican Renewal Party | ||||
New Greek Majority | ||||
Live Puntarenas | ||||
Palmares Alliance | ||||
Santo Domingo's Advance Movement | ||||
La Union's Cantonal Rescue | ||||
Cartago Green Party | ||||
Guarcian Union Party | ||||
We Are Tibas Coalition (Citizens' Action Party-Broad Front-Fuenteovejuna's Civic Party of Tibas) | ||||
Siquirrian Authentic Party | ||||
Authentic Famer Coronado Party | ||||
Party of the Sun | ||||
Costa Rican Ecological Community Party | ||||
La Union's Social Alliance | ||||
Let's Renew Alajuela Party | ||||
All for Flores | ||||
Ramonese League | ||||
Belen Alliance (Citizens' Action Party-Independent Belemite Party | ||||
Montes de Oca Advance | ||||
Garabito People | ||||
United Desamparados | ||||
Ecological Garabito | ||||
Independent Parrita | ||||
Montes de Oran Autonomous Party | ||||
Cartago Renewal | ||||
United for Guatuso (Citizens' Action Party-Broad Front) | ||||
National Restoration Party | ||||
Recovering Values |
Mayoralties
San José
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Alliance for San José Party | 23,925 | 40.01 | |
National Liberation Party | 9,536 | 15.95 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 6,322 | 10.57 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 3,602 | 6.02 | |
Broad Front | 3,503 | 5.86 | |
National Integration Party | 3,399 | 5.68 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 3,191 | 5.34 | |
Libertarian Movement | 2,051 | 3.43 | |
Solidarity Party | 1,609 | 2.69 | |
New Generation Party | 1,032 | 1.73 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 786 | 1.31 | |
United Forces for Change Party | 523 | 0.87 | |
Workers' Party | 313 | 0.52 | |
Alliance gain from Nat. Liberation |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Escazu's Progressive Yoke | 10,674 | 62.01 | |
National Liberation Party | 1,963 | 11.40 | |
Libertarian Movement | 1,621 | 9.42 | |
Independent Escazusean Party | 880 | 5.11 | |
Broad Front | 610 | 3.54 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 506 | 2.94 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 423 | 2.46 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 203 | 1.18 | |
Accessibility without Exclusion | 176 | 1.02 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 158 | 0.91 | |
Progressive Yoke hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
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National Liberation Party | 12,113 | 32.46 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 3,948 | 10.58 | |
Costa Rican Ecological Communal Party | 3,663 | 9.82 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 3,279 | 8.79 | |
National Restoration Party | 2,633 | 7.06 | |
Broad Front | 2,425 | 6.50 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 2,255 | 6.04 | |
United Desamparados Party | 1,413 | 3.79 | |
Libertarian Movement | 1,220 | 3.27 | |
Communal Desamparadenian Progress Party | 1,000 | 2.68 | |
Accessibility without Exclusion | 935 | 2.50 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 677 | 1.81 | |
New Generation Party | 636 | 1.70 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Puriscal | |||
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Party | Votes | % | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 3,781 | 37.16 | |
National Liberation Party | 2,917 | 28.67 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 2,330 | 22.90 | |
Broad Front | 396 | 3.89 | |
Puriscalenians by Heart | 300 | 2.95 | |
New Generation Party | 236 | 2.32 | |
Libertarian Movement | 216 | 2.12 | |
Soc. Christ. Unity gain from Nat. Liberation |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Social Christian Unity Party | 1,228 | 27.23 | |
National Liberation Party | 1,160 | 25.73 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 973 | 21.58 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 627 | 13.91 | |
Broad Front | 409 | 9.07 | |
Libertarian Movement | 112 | 2.48 | |
Soc. Christ. Unity gain from Nat. Liberation |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 5,048 | 44.08 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 2,643 | 23.08 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 1,663 | 14.52 | |
Broad Front | 1,480 | 12.92 | |
New Generation Party | 474 | 4.14 | |
Libertarian Movement | 233 | 2.03 | |
Nat. Liberation gain from Citizens' Action |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
New Generation Party | 3,616 | 44.79 | |
National Liberation Party | 1,433 | 17.75 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 1,357 | 16.81 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 1,234 | 15.29 | |
Broad Front | 308 | 3.82 | |
Libertarian Movement | 125 | 1.55 | |
New Generation gain from Nat. Liberation |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 5,118 | 24.34 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 3,926 | 18.67 | |
Accessibility without Exclusion | 3,629 | 17.26 | |
Broad Front | 2,140 | 10.18 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 1,752 | 8.34 | |
Libertarian Movement | 1,647 | 7.83 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 1,118 | 5.32 | |
National Restoration Party | 1,108 | 5.27 | |
New Generation Party | 586 | 2.79 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 4,992 | 36.09 | |
Party of the Sun | 1,903 | 13.76 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 1,817 | 13.14 | |
Libertarian Movement | 1,778 | 12.85 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 1,469 | 10.62 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 883 | 6.38 | |
New Generation Party | 366 | 2.65 | |
Santa Anian Christian Alliance | 365 | 2.64 | |
Accessibility without Exclusion | 134 | 0.97 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 125 | 0.90 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
New Generation Party | 4,145 | 28.30 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 3,399 | 23.21 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 3,337 | 22.78 | |
National Liberation Party | 1,501 | 10.25 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 837 | 5.71 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 703 | 4.80 | |
Broad Front | 422 | 2.88 | |
Libertarian Movement | 303 | 2.07 | |
New Generation gain from Soc. Christ. Unity |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Social Christian Republican Party | 6,191 | 40.26 | |
Authentic Coronado Workers Party | 2,686 | 17.47 | |
National Liberation Party | 2,509 | 16.31 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 1,792 | 11.65 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 920 | 5.98 | |
Broad Front | 807 | 5.24 | |
Democratic Party | 286 | 1.86 | |
Libertarian Movement | 216 | 1.40 | |
Republican gain from Nat. Liberation |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Citizens' Action Party | 2,674 | 41.86 | |
National Liberation Party | 1,852 | 28.99 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 1,812 | 28.37 | |
Citizens' Action gain from Nat. Liberation |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 4,747 | 35.77 | |
We're Tibás Coalition | 2,510 | 18.91 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 2,261 | 17.04 | |
Libertarian Movement | 1,472 | 11.09 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 792 | 5.97 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 783 | 5.90 | |
New Generation Party | 469 | 3.53 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Citizens' Action Party | 4,302 | 34.62 | |
National Liberation Party | 2,509 | 25.17 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 2,170 | 17.47 | |
New Generation Party | 1,004 | 8.08 | |
Broad Front | 714 | 5.75 | |
Libertarian Movement | 551 | 4.43 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 340 | 2.74 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 219 | 1.76 | |
Citizens' Action gain from Nat. Liberation |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Montes de Oca's People Coalition | 3,707 | 28.83 | |
National Liberation Party | 2,365 | 18.39 | |
National Restoration Party | 2,170 | 16.88 | |
Montes de Oca Advance Party | 1,953 | 15.19 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 1,768 | 13.75 | |
Libertarian Movement | 462 | 3.59 | |
New Generation Party | 433 | 3.37 | |
Coalition gain from Costa Rican Renewal |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 1,199 | 42.32 | |
New Generation Party | 1,176 | 41.51 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 377 | 13.31 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 65 | 2.29 | |
Libertarian Movement | 16 | 0.56 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 2,173 | 74.86 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 289 | 9.96 | |
Broad Front | 203 | 6.99 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 185 | 6.37 | |
New Generation Party | 46 | 1.58 | |
Libertarian Movement | 7 | 0.24 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Social Christian Unity Party | 13,065 | 32.88 | |
National Liberation Party | 11,914 | 29.98 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 4,348 | 10.94 | |
National Restoration Party | 2,251 | 5.66 | |
New Generation Party | 2,177 | 5.48 | |
Generalean Justice Party | 2,128 | 5.35 | |
Broad Front | 1,539 | 3.87 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 1,476 | 3.71 | |
Libertarian Movement | 644 | 1.62 | |
Soc. Christ. Unity gain from Nat. Liberation |
León Cortés | |||
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Party | Votes | % | |
National Liberation Party | 2,854 | 75.74 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 822 | 21.82 | |
Libertarian Movement | 92 | 2.44 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
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21st Century Curridabat | 7,713 | 50.63 | |
National Liberation Party | 3,040 | 19.96 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 1,299 | 8.53 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 1,042 | 6.84 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 579 | 3.80 | |
Broad Front | 537 | 3.53 | |
National Restoration Party | 420 | 2.76 | |
Libertarian Movement | 186 | 1.22 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 162 | 1.06 | |
New Generation Party | 130 | 0.85 | |
Accessibility without Exclusion | 85 | 0.56 | |
Workers' Party | 41 | 0.27 | |
21st Century Curr. hold |
Alajuela
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 33,006 | 59.42 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 7,443 | 13.40 | |
Let's Renovate Alajuela Party | 5,351 | 9.63 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 3,039 | 5.47 | |
Broad Front | 1,696 | 3.05 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 1,405 | 2.53 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 1,293 | 2.33 | |
Libertarian Movement | 1,016 | 1.83 | |
National Restoration Party | 550 | 0.99 | |
New Generation Party | 466 | 0.84 | |
Workers' Party | 285 | 0.51 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 8,943 | 40.87 | |
New Generation Party | 3,304 | 15.10 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 3,023 | 13.82 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 1,712 | 7.82 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 1,697 | 7.76 | |
Ramonense League | 1,675 | 7.66 | |
Broad Front | 1,067 | 4.88 | |
Libertarian Movement | 235 | 1.07 | |
National Restoration Party | 224 | 1.02 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 6,876 | 32.74 | |
New Greek Majority | 4,985 | 23.74 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 2,474 | 11.78 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 2,226 | 10.60 | |
Libertarian Movement | 2,159 | 10.28 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 840 | 4.00 | |
Broad Front | 748 | 3.56 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 693 | 3.30 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 1,697 | 64.06 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 399 | 15.06 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 195 | 7.36 | |
Broad Front | 178 | 6.72 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 101 | 3.81 | |
Libertarian Movement | 79 | 2.98 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Social Christian Unity Party | 2,770 | 29.34 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 2,521 | 26.71 | |
National Liberation Party | 2,434 | 25.78 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 1,121 | 11.88 | |
Broad Front | 370 | 3.92 | |
Libertarian Movement | 224 | 2.37 | |
Soc. Christ. Unity hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Social Christian Unity Party | 3,017 | 23.73 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 2,589 | 20.36 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 2,071 | 16.29 | |
National Liberation Party | 1,772 | 13.94 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 1,345 | 10.58 | |
Broad Front | 697 | 5.48 | |
National Integration Party | 657 | 5.17 | |
Libertarian Movement | 568 | 4.47 | |
Soc. Christ. Unity gain from Nat. Liberation |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Citizens' Action Party | 3,211 | 25.88 | |
National Liberation Party | 3,116 | 25.12 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 3,017 | 23.73 | |
Alliance for Palmares | 2,349 | 18.94 | |
New Generation Party | 633 | 5.10 | |
Libertarian Movement | 348 | 2.81 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 303 | 2.44 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 294 | 2.37 | |
Broad Front | 276 | 2.22 | |
Accessibility without Exclusion | 85 | 0.56 | |
Citizens' Action gain from Nat. Liberation |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 2,177 | 24.72 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 2,118 | 24.05 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 1,407 | 15.98 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 1,299 | 14.75 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 809 | 9.19 | |
Broad Front | 554 | 6.29 | |
National Restoration Party | 319 | 3.62 | |
New Generation Party | 122 | 1.39 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 3,550 | 55.85 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 2,422 | 38.11 | |
National Restoration Party | 204 | 3.21 | |
New Generation Party | 67 | 1.05 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 60 | 0.94 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 54 | 0.84 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 18,320 | 43.82 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 10,928 | 26.14 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 2,118 | 12.23 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 2,820 | 6.74 | |
New Generation Party | 2,342 | 5.60 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 1,092 | 2.61 | |
San Carlos Alliance | 702 | 1.68 | |
Broad Front | 492 | 1.18 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 2,559 | 54.52 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 1,756 | 37.41 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 335 | 7.14 | |
Libertarian Movement | 44 | 0.94 | |
Nat. Liberation gain from Soc. Christ. Unity |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Social Christian Unity Party | 2,703 | 40.57 | |
New Generation Party | 1,856 | 27.86 | |
National Liberation Party | 1,717 | 25.77 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 386 | 5.79 | |
Soc. Christ. Unity gain from Lib. Movement |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 5,184 | 47.95 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 2,865 | 26.50 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 2,435 | 22.53 | |
Broad Front | 228 | 2.11 | |
Libertarian Movement | 98 | 0.91 | |
Nat. Liberation hold |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 1,715 | 36.27 | |
Broad Front | 828 | 17.51 | |
Citizens' Action Party | 762 | 16.11 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 608 | 12.86 | |
Workers' Party | 256 | 5.41 | |
Costa Rican Renewal Party | 232 | 4.91 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 225 | 4.76 | |
Libertarian Movement | 103 | 2.71 | |
Nat. Liberation gain from Citizens' Action |
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberation Party | 1,325 | 28.75 | |
Social Christian Republican Party | 957 | 20.76 | |
Social Christian Unity Party | 801 | 17.37 | |
New Generation Party | 607 | 13.17 | |
Libertarian Movement | 461 | 10.00 | |
United for Guatuso Coalition | 458 | 9.94 | |
Nat. Liberation gain from Citizens' Action |
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