2022 Costa Rican general election

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.

2022 Costa Rican general election
6 February 2022 (2022-02-06) (first round)
3 April 2022 (2022-04-03) (second round)
Opinion polls
Presidential election
 
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%
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
PartyLeader % 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.
Politics of Costa Rica
Constitution
Executive
  • President (list)
    Rodrigo Chaves Robles
  • Vice Presidents
    Stephan Brunner
    Mary Munive
Legislature
  • Legislative Assembly (History)
    President: Rodrigo Arias Sánchez
Judiciary
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship
    Minister: Rodolfo Solano
  • Diplomatic missions of / in Costa Rica
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  • Other countries

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.

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