2018 Costa Rican general election


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Presidential election
Registered3,322,329
Turnout65.70% (first round) Decrease 2.78pp
66.45% (second round) Increase 9.95pp
 
Nominee Carlos Alvarado Fabricio Alvarado
Party PAC PREN
Running mate Epsy Campbell
Marvin Rodríguez
Ivonne Acuña
Francisco J. Prendas
Popular vote 1,322,908 860,388
Percentage 60.59% 39.41%

Alvarado-Quesada:      20-30%      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      90-100%
Alvarado-Muñoz:      20-30%      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%
Álvarez:      20-30%      30-40%      40-50%
Piza:      20-30%      30-40%      40-50%
Castro:      20-30%
Hernández:      20-30%

President before election

Luis Guillermo Solís
PAC

Elected President

Carlos Alvarado Quesada
PAC

Legislative election

All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly
29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.56% (Decrease 2.82pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PLN Antonio Álvarez Desanti 19.49 17 -1
PREN Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz 18.16 14 +13
PAC Carlos Alvarado Quesada 16.27 10 -3
PUSC Rodolfo Piza Rocafort 14.60 9 +1
PIN Juan Diego Castro Fernández 7.67 4 +4
PRSC Rodolfo Hernández Gómez 4.21 2 New
FA Edgardo Araya Sibaja 3.95 1 -8
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province

General elections were held in Costa Rica in 2018 to elect both the President and Legislative Assembly. The first round of the presidential election was held on 4 February 2018, with the two highest-ranked candidates being Christian singer and Congressman Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz from the conservative National Restoration Party and writer and former Minister Carlos Alvarado Quesada from the progressive Citizens' Action Party. They each won 24% and 21% of the votes respectively.

A second round run-off election was held on 1 April 2018 and was won by Carlos Alvarado Quesada, with a landslide victory of 60.6% of the vote.[1][2]

References

  1. Garcia, David Alire; Pretel, Enrique Andres. "Costa Rica center-left easily wins presidency in vote fought on gay rights". Reuters. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. Stanley, Katherine. "Carlos Alvarado wins Costa Rica's presidency in a landslide". The Tico Times. Retrieved 2 April 2018.


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