2022 Costa Rican general election

2022 Costa Rican general election

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Opinion polls
Presidential election
Turnout	59.97% (first round) 5.73pp 56.79% (second round) 9.66pp
Nominee Rodrigo Chaves José María Figueres Party PPSD PLN Running mate Stephan Brunner Mary Munive Álvaro Ramírez Laura Arguedas Popular vote 1,035,388 924,699 Percentage 52.82% 47.18%
First round results by canton Second round results by canton
President before election Carlos Alvarado Quesada PAC Elected President Rodrigo Chaves Robles PPSD
Legislative election
All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly 29 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PLN José María Figueres 24.82 19 +2 PPSD Rodrigo Chaves Robles 15.04 10 New PUSC Lineth Saborío Chaverri 11.41 9 0 PNR Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz 10.07 7 +7 PLP Eliécer Feinzaig Mintz 9.06 6 +6 FA José María Villalta 8.33 6 +5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by province

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 6 February 2022, to elect the president, two vice-presidents, and all 57 deputies of the Legislative Assembly. As none of the presidential nominees obtained at least 40% of the votes, a runoff was held on 3 April 2022, between the top two candidates, José María Figueres and Rodrigo Chaves Robles.^[1]

Rodrigo Chaves Robles of the Social Democratic Progress Party, a former official of the World Bank and former Minister of Finance with an anti-establishment reputation, received 53% of the vote in the run-off ballot and was declared president-elect by the Electoral Tribunal. Rival candidate and former president José Maria Figueres of the National Liberation Party received 47% of the vote and conceded defeat.