{"iso":"CR","name":"Costa Rica","flag":"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf7","vote":"Legislative Assembly \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2026-02-01","source":"2026 election result, official count","credit":"Legislative Assembly results as published by the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones, official count","shares":{"PPSO":45.2,"PLN":23.2,"FA":12.3,"PUSC":4.5,"CAC":4.1,"PNR":2.5},"polls":[],"parties":{"PPSO":{"name":"Pueblo Soberano","color":"#01A4B5","name_en":"Sovereign People's Party"},"PLN":{"name":"Partido Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional","color":"#008024","name_en":"National Liberation Party"},"FA":{"name":"Frente Amplio","color":"#F8E000","name_en":"Broad Front"},"PUSC":{"name":"Partido Unidad Social Cristiana","color":"#0454A3","name_en":"Social Christian Unity Party"},"CAC":{"name":"Coalici\u00f3n Agenda Ciudadana","color":"#FFD700","name_en":"Citizen Agenda Coalition"},"PNR":{"name":"Partido Nueva Rep\u00fablica","color":"#87CEFA","name_en":"New Republic Party"}},"seats":{"PPSO":29,"PLN":15,"FA":8,"PUSC":2,"CAC":2,"PNR":1},"seat_meta":{"total":57,"majority":29,"method":"dhondt","threshold":0.0,"chamber":"Legislative Assembly","note":"Real system is closed provincial party lists in 7 districts allocated by Hare quota plus largest remainder (no national threshold); approximated as one national largest-remainder/D'Hondt pool, smoothing small-province distortions.","largest":"PPSO"},"primer":{"system":"Unitary presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Laura Fern\u00e1ndez, who is also head of government","legislature":"Legislative Assembly, 57 seats, elected for four-year terms, with no immediate re-election for deputies","electoral_system":"Closed provincial party lists allocated proportionally \u00b7 a presidential candidate wins outright with 40 percent of the vote.","government_now":"Laura Fern\u00e1ndez of the Sovereign People's Party won the February 2026 election in a single round, and her party holds a 31-seat majority, the first for one party since 1990.","context":"Fern\u00e1ndez is the second woman elected president of Costa Rica. The long-established National Liberation Party leads the opposition with 17 seats.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders, the Assembly and elections \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"PPSO":["Pueblo Soberano","Sovereign People's Party","Governing party of President Laura Fern\u00e1ndez and the vehicle of outgoing president Rodrigo Chaves's populist, anti-establishment movement; won a rare single-party Assembly majority in 2026, the first since 1990."],"PLN":["Partido Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional","National Liberation Party","Costa Rica's historic social-democratic establishment party; centrist and long dominant, now the main opposition with 17 seats."],"FA":["Frente Amplio","Broad Front","Left-wing progressive party; the main force of the Costa Rican left and a mid-sized opposition bloc."],"PUSC":["Partido Unidad Social Cristiana","Social Christian Unity Party","Centre-right Christian-democratic party; once one of the two big establishment parties, now reduced to a single seat."],"CAC":["Coalici\u00f3n Agenda Ciudadana","Citizen Agenda Coalition","Small centrist reform coalition; holds a single seat."],"PNR":["Partido Nueva Rep\u00fablica","New Republic Party","Socially conservative, evangelical-rooted right-wing party founded by Fabricio Alvarado; won no seats in 2026."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Legislative Assembly","as_of":"2026 election","total":57,"seats":{"PPSO":31,"PLN":17,"FA":7,"PUSC":1,"CAC":1,"PNR":0}},"region_winners":{"San Jos\u00e9":"PPSO","Alajuela":"PPSO","Cartago":"PPSO","Heredia":"PPSO","Guanacaste":"PPSO","Puntarenas":"PPSO","Lim\u00f3n":"PPSO"},"region_meta":{"election":"2026 Legislative Assembly election (1 February 2026), deputy (diputado) vote","source":"Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE), official count, deputy vote by province","note":"Each of the 7 provinces is shaded by the party with the most deputy (diputado) votes on 1 February 2026. The governing Sovereign People's Party (PPSO) finished first in every province, from 52 percent in Alajuela to 39 percent in San Jos\u00e9, on its way to a 31-seat absolute majority, with the National Liberation Party (PLN) second throughout."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2030-02","title":"Costa Rican general election","chamber":"Legislative Assembly","type":"expected"}}