Note: Parties that won 0 seats are excluded from results. 

At stake in this election:

• All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) [1]*

*Note: this election is being held concurrently with the Costa Rican Presidential election.

Description of government structure [2]:

• Chief of State: President Carlos ALVARADO Quesada (since 8 May 2018)*.
• Assembly: The unicameral Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa).

*Note: The President is both the chief of state and head of government. There is also a First Vice President and Second Vice President elected on the same ballot as the president.

Description of electoral system [3]:

• The president and vice presidents are directly on the same ballot by modified majority popular vote (40% threshold) for a 4-year term.
• The Legislative Assembly has 57 seats and is directly elected in multi-seat constituencies corresponding to the country’s 7 provinces. Members serve 4-year terms.

Last Election [4]:

• The last Legislative Assembly election was held on February 4^th, 2018. 2,137,556 votes were cast. The National Liberation Party won 17 seats (19.49% of the vote), National Restoration won 14 seats (18.15% of the vote), and Citizens Action Party won 10 seats (16.27% of the vote). All other parties won less than 5% of the vote.

Main parties in this election:

• National Liberation Party (PLN)  / Partido Liberación Nacional
  • Leader: Jorge Pattoni SAENZ
  • Seats won in last election: 17 out of 57
• Citizens’ Action Party (PAC) / Partido Acción Ciudadana
  • Leader: Carlos Alvarado QUESADA
  • Seats won in last election: 9 out of 57
• Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) / Partido Unidad Social Cristiana
  • Leader: Randall QUIROS
  • Seats won in last election: 8 out of 57
• National Restoration Party (PREN) / Partido Restauración Nacional
  • Leader: Carlos Avendaño CALVO
  • Seats won in last election: 7 out of 57
• Independent politicians
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in last election: 12 out of 57

*Note: this list is comprised of parties who currently hold seats in Parliament.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 5,151,140 (July 2021 est.) [5]
• Registered Voters: 3,322,329 (2018 est.) [6]

Gender Data:

• Female Population: Not available
• Is Costa Rica a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (signed 17 July 1980) [7]
• Has Costa Rica ratified CEDAW: Yes (ratified 4 April 1986) [8]
• Gender Quota: Yes, both legislated and voluntary quotas. (Costa Rican election law requires that ‘all delegations, electoral lists and other entities’ must be composed of 50% of each gender.) [9]
• Female candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of female legislators: 26 out of 57 [10]
• Human Development Index Position: 0.810 (ranked 62) [11]
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (28%) [12]

Disability Data:

• Is Costa Rica a signatory to CRPD: Yes (signed 30 March 2007) [13]
• Has Costa Rica ratified CRPD: Yes (ratified 1 October 2008) [14]
• Population with a disability: 722,122 (2022 est.) [15]