2002 Costa Rican municipal elections

Municipal and local elections were held for the first time in Costa Rica on 1 December 2002. This was the first time citizens of the 81 cantons were able to directly choose their mayors as previously the municipal executive was appointed by the city council.[2] A syndic and 4 District Councilors were also elected for each canton’s district as 8 intendants for especial districts with administrative autonomy.

2002 Costa Rican municipal elections
1 December 2002
81 mayors, 463 syndics, 1854 district councillors, 8 intendants, 32 municipal district councillors and their alternates[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jorge Eduardo Sánchez Luis Guillermo Solís Ottón Solís
Party PUSC PLN PAC
Mayors 47 28 1

Then ruling Social Christian Unity Party had its best results in history on a local election gaining most of the mayors and councilors; 48 mayors and 785 syndics and councilors.[2] National Liberation Party, then main opposition force, earn the second largest number of both with 27 mayors and 676.[2] Costa Rica was still pretty much under a two-party system at the time even when in the recent general election the new force Citizens Action Party surprised with high voting for president and parliament, in this first municipal running achieve only one mayor in Montes de Oca (the party’s hometown).[2]

Results

Mayor

Vote percentage

  PUSC (36.72%)
  PLN (32.78%)
  PAC (12.84%)
  Cantonal parties (5.77%)
  ML (4.02%)
  PRC (3.02%)
  FD (1.29%)
  PIO (0.95%)
  C2000 (0.83%)
  PRESNA (0.68%)
  PIN (0.61%)
  Other (0.49%)
Party Mayors Popular vote
Number Votes %
Social Christian Unity Party 47 188,612 36,72
National Liberation Party 28 168,410 32,78
Citizens' Action Party 1 65,968 12.84
Total cantonal parties 2 30,273 5.77
Libertarian Movement 0 20,655 4.02
Costa Rican Renewal Party 1 15,497 3.02
Democratic Force 0 6,606 1.29
Independent Workers' Party 1 4,904 0.95
Coalition Change 2000 0 4,272 0.83
National Rescue Party 0 3,488 0.68
National Integration Party 0 3,119 0.61
Independent Guanacaste Party 1 1,259 0.25
Agrarian Labour Action Party 0 569 0.11
Cartago Agrarian Union Party 0 532 0.10
General Union Party 0 96 0.02
Total 81 514,260 100%
Source[3]

By province

Province PUSC % PLN % PAC % Reg. % ML % PRC % FD % PIO % C2000 % PRESNA % PIN %
 San José Province 29.90 35.12 13.57 12.50 3.66 1.05 1.36 1.46 0.82 0.25 0.31
 Alajuela 39.04 38.79 11.46 1.26 2.77 1.30 - - 1.03 2.74 1.61
 Cartago Province 37.35 31.03 14.43 7.75 1.52 - 3.06 4.58 - - 0.28
 Heredia 34.33 34.07 17.65 3.69 3.74 4.08 - 0.35 0.36 - 1.73
 Guanacaste 42.84 29.13 11.97 3.41 3.00 7.06 2.07 - 0.36 0.16 -
 Puntarenas 46.07 24.96 11.94 3.43 8.63 2.75 1.44 - 0.78 - -
 Limón 36.11 24.68 9.19 4.72 7.40 13.06 2.12 - 2.72 - -
Total 36.72 32.78 12.84 6.26 4.02 3.02 1.29 0.95 0.83 0.68 0.61
Source: TSE

Syndics and district councils
Syndics
PUSC
 
 49.24%
PLN
 
 41.47%
PAC
 
 3.02%
Regionalist
 
 3.02%
ML
 
 0.86%
PRC
 
 0.86%
PIO
 
 0.86%
C2000
 
 0.22%
PIN
 
 0.22%
PRESNA
 
 0.22%
District councillors
PUSC
 
 43.10%
PLN
 
 36.89%
PAC
 
 9.82%
Regionalist
 
 3.67%
PRC
 
 2.59%
ML
 
 1.40%
PIO
 
 0.81%
PRESNA
 
 0.59%
C2000
 
 0.38%
PIN
 
 0.32%
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Syndics District Councillors
Votes % Total +/- Total
Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) 184,90236.85228-67799
National Liberation Party (PLN) 169,66033.81192+47684
Citizens' Action Party (PAC) 63,27012.6114New182
Libertarian Movement (ML) 16,3673.264+426
Costa Rican Renewal Party (PRC) 15,6653.214+448
Democratic Force (FD) 6,5391.30008
Coalition Change 2000 (C2000) 4,7970.961New7
Independent Workers' Party (PIO) 4,4440.894New15
Alliance to Advance Party (PAPA) 4,4210.880New5
Alliance for San José Party (PASJ) 4,0370.800New3
Authentic Paraisian Party (PAPAR) 3,5860.712New6
National Integration Party (PIN) 3,1890.641+16
Escazu's Progressive Yoke (YPE) 2,6700.531-24
National Rescue Party (PRESNA) 2,3540.471+111
Party of the Sun (PdS) 1,8440.37208
Cantonal Action Independent Siquirres Party (PACSI) 1,6520.332New7
We Are All San José Party (SJST) 1,6510.330New1
21st Century Curridabat (CSXXI) 1,4120.282+14
Independent Guanacaste Party (PGI) 1,1810.242+29
Authentic Sarapiquenean Party (PASAR) 9780.192New9
Quepeña Action Party (PAQ) 9410.190New3
Change Now (CYA) 8330.170New0
Ecological Garabito Party (PEG) 8190.161New3
Authentic Cantonal Option Movement (MOCA) 6920.140New0
Curridabat Movement (MCur) 6420.130New1
Agrarian Labour Action Party (PALA) 5440.110-23
Independent Belemite Party (PIB) 5320.11001
Cartago Agrarian Union Party (PUAC) 5030.10000
Santacrucean Rebirth Party (PRS) 4900.100New0
Humanist Party of Montes de Oca (PH-MdO) 3940.08001
New Corredores Party (PUG) 2880.060New1
Limonense Conscience Party (PCL) 2560.050New0
Humanist Party of Heredia (PH-Her) 1250.02000
General Union Party (PUGEN) 620.01000
Total 500,080100.00463+161854
Invalid votes 20,8033.98
Votes cast / turnout 520,88322.64
Abstentions 1,785,51077.36
Registered voters 2,306,393
Sources[4]

See also

References
  1. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Elecciones municipales en cifras 2002-2016" (PDF). tse.go.cr. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. Georgetown. "Final Results Municipal Elections 2002". Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  3. "Declaratorias de elección 2002". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  4. "Elecciones Municipales 2020". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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