2006 Costa Rican municipal elections

The 2006 Costa Rica local elections were held on December 3, 2006. In the February 2006 general elections, Costa Rica elected president, vice-presidents, deputies of the Legislative Assembly and municipal councilors in the general elections. The December 2006 elections were held to elect cantonal mayors, members of the District Councils of each of the nation’s districts and intendants of eight special autonomous districts and islands.

2006 Costa Rican municipal elections

3 December 2006
81 mayors, 469 syndics, 1844 district councillors, 8 intendants, 32 municipal district councillors and their alternates[1]
Leader Francisco Antonio Pacheco Fernández Luis Fishman Zonzinski Party PLN PUSC Mayors 59 12 Mayors +/– 11 3   Leader Epsy Campbell Barr Otto Guevara Guth Party PAC ML Mayors 5 1 Mayors +/– 4 1

The ruling National Liberation Party won most of the seats and mayors with 59 as the seven provincial capitals. The main opposition party, Citizens' Action Party, was unsuccessful in keep the support it had in the presidential election. In the February 2006 elections, this party had almost tied the PLN. The Social Christian Unity Party become the second largest force at municipal level. Libertarian Movement achieved it first ever municipal government. Additionally, three local parties were successful in Curridabat, Aguirre and Siquirres.

Results

Mayor

List of elected mayors by canton
Cantons	Population	Incumbent mayor	Party		Elected mayor	Party
San José	309,672	Johnny Araya		PLN	Johnny Araya		PLN
Escazú	52,372	Marco Antonio Segura		PLN	Marco Antonio Segura		PLN
Desamparados	193,478	Carlos Alberto Padilla		PLN	Maureen Fallas		PLN
Puriscal	29,407	Carlos Araya		PUSC	Jorge Luis Chaves		PLN
Tarrazú	14,160	José Rodolfo Naranjo		PUSC	Iván Saurez		PLN
Aserrí	57,892	Mario Morales		PLN	Mario Morales		PLN
Mora	21,666	Alcides Ovidio Araya		PLN	Gilberto Monge		PLN
Goicoechea	117,532	Carlos Luis Murillo		PUSC	Óscar Enrique Figueroa		PLN
Santa Ana	48,879	Rónald Octavio Traña		PUSC	Gerardo Oviedo		PLN
Alajuelita	70,297	Víctor Hugo Echavarría		PUSC	Tomás Poblador		PLN
Vázquez de Coronado	55,585	Rolando Méndez		PUSC	Leonardo Herrera		PLN
Acosta	18,661	Rónald Ricardo Durán		PLN	Rónald Ricardo Durán		PLN
Tibás	72,074	Percy Kenneth Rodríguez		PUSC	Jorge Antonio Salas		PAC
Moravia	50,419	Alejandro Hidalgo		PLN	Edgar Vargas		PAC
Montes de Oca	50,433	Sonia María Montero		PAC	Fernando Trejos		UpC
Turrubares	4,877	Roberto González		PUSC	Rafael Vindas		PUSC
Dota	6,519	Mario Enrique Umaña		PLN	José Valverde		PLN
Curridabat	60,889	Luz de los Ángeles Retana		CSXXI	Edgar Eduardo Mora		CSXXI
Pérez Zeledón	122,187	Rosibel Ramos		PUSC	Rosibel Ramos		PUSC
León Cortés	11,696	Sergio Picado		PUSC	Leonardo Quesada		PLN
Alajuela	222,853	Fabio Molina		PLN	Joyce Mary Zurcher		PLN
San Ramón	67,975	Osvaldo Vargas		PUSC	Raúl Antonio Gómez		PLN
Grecia	65,119	Freddy Barrantes		PUSC	Giovanny Arguedas		PLN
San Mateo	5,343	Erwen Yanán Masís		PUSC	Erwen Yanán Masís		PUSC
Atenas	22,479	Wilberth Martín Aguilar		PUSC	Wilberth Martín Aguilar		PUSC
Naranjo	37,602	Mario Bolívar Solís		PLN	Eugenio Padilla		PLN
Palmares	29,766	Mario Alberto Rojas		PUSC	Luis Carlos Castillo		PLN
Poás	24,764	Carlos Eduardo Soto		PUSC	José Joaquín Brenes		PLN
Orotina	15,705	José Joaquín Peraza		PUSC	Emilio Jesús Rodríguez		PLN
San Carlos	127,140	Alfredo Córdoba		PLN	Alfredo Córdoba		PLN
Alfaro Ruiz	10,845	Manuel Enrique Durán		PUSC	Marco Vinicio Rodríguez		PLN
Valverde Vega	16,239	Víctor Manuel Rojas		PUSC	Víctor Manuel Rojas		PUSC
Upala	37,679	Juan Bosco Acevedo		PLN	Juan Bosco Acevedo		PLN
Los Chiles	19,732	Santiago Millón		PLN	Santiago Millón		PLN
Guatuso	13,045	Carlos Luis Corrales		PUSC	Fidel Condega		PLN
Cartago	132,057	Harold Humberto Góngora		PUSC	Rolando Alberto Rodríguez		PLN
Paraíso	52,393	Marvin Solano		PAPAR	Marvin Solano		ML
La Unión	80,279	Guillermo Arturo Zúñiga		PIO	Julio Antonio Rojas		PLN
Jiménez	14,046	Jorge Humberto Solano		PLN	Jorge Humberto Solano		PLN
Turrialba	68,510	Marvin Gerardo Orocú		PUSC	Luis Alfonso Pérez		PLN
Alvarado	12,290	Ángel Raquel López		PLN	Ángel Raquel López		PLN
Oreamuno	39,032	Gerardo Walter Granados		PUSC	Marco Vinicio Redondo		PAC
El Guarco	33,788	Luis Rafael Flores		PUSC	William Adolfo Cerdas		PLN
Heredia	103,894	Javier Carvajal		PUSC	José Manuel Ulate		PLN
Barva	32,440	Omar Enrique Trigueros		PUSC	Mercedes Hernández		PLN
Santo Domingo	34,748	Erika Lizette Linares		PLN	Raúl Isidro Bolaños		PLN
Santa Bárbara	29,181	Luis Paulino Rodríguez		PUSC	Rolando Hidalgo		PLN
San Rafael	37,293	Jorge Isaac Herrera		PLN	Alberto Vargas		PAC
San Isidro	16,056	Elvia Dicciana Villalobos		PLN	Elvia Dicciana Villalobos		PLN
Belén	19,834	Víctor Manuel Víquez		PLN	Horacio Alvarado		PUSC
Flores	15,038	Marvin Murillo		PUSC	Jenny Alfaro		PAC
San Pablo	20,813	Aracelly Salas		PUSC	Aracelly Salas		PUSC
Sarapiquí	57,147	Pedro Rojas		PLN	Pedro Rojas		PLN
Liberia	46,703	Ricardo Adolfo Samper		PLN	Carlos Luis Marín		PLN
Nicoya	42,189	Bernardo Vargas		PLN	Lorenzo Rosales		PLN
Santa Cruz	40,821	Pastor Gómez		PUSC	Jorge Enrique Chavarría		PLN
Bagaces	15,972	Guillermo Aragón		PUSC	Luis Ángel Rojas		PLN
Carrillo	27,306	José María Guevara		PUSC	Carlos Gerardo Cantillo		PLN
Cañas	24,076	Gilberto Jerez		PLN	Katia María Solórzano		PLN
Abangares	16,276	Víctor Julio Cabezas		PUSC	Jorge Calvo		PLN
Tilarán	17,871	Jovel Arias		PUSC	Jovel Arias		PUSC
Nandayure	9,985	Luis Gerardo Rodríguez		PGI	Luis Gerardo Rodríguez		PUN
La Cruz	16,505	Junnier Alberto Salazar		PUSC	Carlos Matías Gonzaga		PLN
Hojancha	6,534	Juan Rafael Marín		PLN	Juan Rafael Marín		PLN
Puntarenas	102,504	Omar Obando		PUSC	Agne Gómez		PLN
Esparza	23,963	Dagoberto Venegas		PUSC	Dagoberto Venegas		PUSC
Buenos Aires	40,139	Giovanni Fallas		PUSC	Primo Feliciano Álvarez		PLN
Montes de Oro	11,159	Álvaro Jiménez		PLN	Álvaro Jiménez		PLN
Osa	25,861	José Gabriel Villachica		PUSC	Jorge Alberto Cole		PLN
Aguirre	20,188	Alex Max Contreras		PUSC	Óscar Octavio Monge		OLA
Golfito	33,823	Mauricio Alvarado		PUSC	Jimmy José Cubillo		PLN
Coto Brus	40,082	Gerardo Wilson Chaves		PUSC	Rafael Ángel Navarro		PUSC
Parrita	12,112	Ramón Fernando Rodríguez		PUSC	Gerardo Roger Acuña		PLN
Corredores	37,274	Augusto César Moya		PUSC	Gerardo Ramírez		PLN
Garabito	10,378	Luis Fernando Villalobos		PUSC	Marvin Elizondo		PLN
Limón	89,933	Róger Mainor Rivera		PUSC	Eduardo Barboza		PLN
Pococí	103,121	Manuel Hernández		PUSC	Enrique Alfaro		PLN
Siquirres	52,409	Miguel Gerardo Quirós		PUSC	Edgar Cambronero		PACSI
Talamanca	25,857	Rugeli Morales		PUSC	Rugeli Morales		PUSC
Matina	33,096	Rodrigo Gómez		PRC	Lorenzo Colphan		PLN
Guácimo	34,879	Gerardo Fuentes		PLN	Gerardo Fuentes		PLN

Vote percentage

  PLN (45.87%)

  PUSC (17.68%)

  PAC (14.64%)

  ML (5.63%)

  Cantonal parties (5.29%)

  PUN (2.66%)

  UpC (2.50%)

  PRC (1.63%)

  PIN (1.41%)

  Other (2.69%)

Party		Mayors		Popular vote
		Number	Change	Votes	%
	National Liberation Party	59	31	277,589	45.87
	Social Christian Unity Party	11	36	107,007	17.68
	Citizens' Action Party	5	4	88,630	14.64
	Libertarian Movement	1	1	34,073	5.63
	Total cantonal parties	3	1	31,408	5.19
	National Union Party	1	New	16,101	2.66
	Union for Change Party	1	New	15,107	2.50
	Costa Rican Renewal Party	0	1	9,883	1.63
	National Integration Party	0		8,516	1.41
	Independent Guanacaste Party	0	1	6,925	1.14
	Green Ecologist Party	0	New	3,265	0.54
	Democratic Force	0		2,827	0.47
	National Rescue Party	0		1,609	0.27
	Democratic Nationalist Alliance	0	New	1,132	0.19
	Broad Front	0	New	502	0.08
	Homeland First Party	0	New	297	0.05
	People's Vanguard Party	0	New	245	0.04
	Agrarian Labour Action Party	0		79	0.01
Total		81		602,755	100%
Source[2]

By province

Province	PLN %	PUSC %	PAC %	ML %	Reg. %	PUN %	UpC %	PRC %	PIN %	FD %	PRESNA %	ADN %	PPP %	PVP %
San José Province	45.59	16.64	16.60	2.95	9.62	1.75	2.26	0.32	4.27	-	-	-	-	-
Alajuela	55.41	11.17	17.77	4.60	5.32	1.49	3.65	0.59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cartago Province	44.06	18.04	12.47	11.32	6.32	5.60	2.19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Heredia	43.76	20.88	21.49	2.23	4.54	0.75	3.82	1.93	0.46	-	-	-	-	0.14
Guanacaste	43.19	14.69	9.54	2.98	11.41	8.41	4.03	0.71	-	2.41	0.76	1.87	-	-
Puntarenas	43.30	27.03	8.76	6.19	3.70	1.50	-	8.45	0.63	-	-	-	0.44	-
Limón	34.93	24.46	9.07	16.50	4.06	1.53	0.87	2.83	0.30	2.77	2.34	-	-	0.34
Total	45.87	17.68	14.64	5.63	6.95	2.66	2.50	1.64	1.41	0.47	0.27	0.19	0.05	0.04
Source: TSE

Municipal councils, syndics, district councils

Syndics
PLN			72.65%
PUSC			14.10%
PAC			4.70%
Regionalist			3.42%
ML			1.92%
PUN			1.92%
UpC			0.64%
PIN			0.43%
PRC			0.21%

District councillors
PLN			50.11%
PUSC			19.19%
PAC			14.66%
Regionalist			6.29%
ML			3.78%
PUN			2.24%
UpC			1.71%
PIN			1.01%
PRC			1.01%

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Syndics		District Councillors
		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/-	Total	+/-
	National Liberation Party (PLN)	268,944	45.17	+11.36	340	+148	940	+256
	Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC)	106,488	17.89	-18.96	66	-162	360	-439
	Citizens' Action Party (PAC)	95,427	16.03	+3.42	22	+8	275	+93
	Libertarian Movement (ML)	33,069	5.55	+2.29	9	+5	71	+45
	Union for Change Party (UpC)	13,684	2.30	New	3	New	32	New
	National Union Party (PUN)	12,325	2.07	New	9	New	42	New
	Costa Rican Renewal Party (PRC)	9,516	1.60	-1.61	1	-3	19	-29
	National Integration Party (PIN)	7,863	1.32	+0.68	2	+1	19	+13
	Independent Guanacaste Party (PGI)	6,912	1.16	+0.92	1	-1	21	+12
	Ramonense Solidarity Party (PSRa)	3,903	0.66	New	3	New	17	New
	Escazu's Progressive Yoke (YPE)	3,629	0.61	+0.08	1	0	5	+1
	21st Century Curridabat (CSXXI)	3,322	0.56	+0.28	4	+2	8	+4
	Green Ecologist Party (PVE)	3,275	0.55	New	0	New	5	New
	Palmarenean Union Party (PUPal)	2,286	0.38	New	0	New	9	New
	Party of the Sun (PdS)	2,059	0.35	-0.02	0	-2	6	-2
	Democratic Force (FD)	1,988	0.33	-0.97	0	0	1	-7
	Goicoechea in Action Party (PGEA)	1,936	0.33	New	0	New	4	New
	Cantonal Action Independent Siquirres Party (PACSI)	1,914	0.32	-0.01	1	-1	7	0
	Barbarenean Integration Party (PINBAR)	1,801	0.30	New	2	New	10	New
	The Bridge and Paths of Mora (PYCM)	1,539	0.26	New	1	New	6	New
	Alliance for San José Party (PASJ)	1,490	0.25	-0.55	0	0	0	-3
	Aguirre Labour Organization Party (OLA)	1,381	0.23	New	2	New	4	New
	Communal Pro-Curri Party (PCPC)	1,032	0.17	New	0	New	2	New
	Broad Front (FA)	855	0.14	New	0	New	1	New
	Belemite Independent Party (PIB)	724	0.12	+0.01	0	0	1	0
	New Alajuelita Party (PANUAL)	717	0.12	New	0	New	1	New
	Quepeña Action Party (PAQ)	676	0.11	-0.08	0	0	2	-1
	Authentic Turrialban Cartago Party (PATC)	597	0.10	New	0	New	0	New
	Desamparadenean Communal Force Party (FCD)	549	0.09	New	0	New	0	New
	Authentic Santaneño Party (PAUSA)	544	0.09	New	0	New	1	New
	Authentic Labourer of Coronado Party (PALABRA)	543	0.09	New	0	New	0	New
	Humanist Party of Montes de Oca (PH-MdO)	539	0.09	+0.01	0	0	0	-1
	Party of the People and for the People (PPPP)	521	0.09	New	0	New	0	New
	National Rescue Party (PRESNA)	517	0.09	-0.38	0	-1	1	-10
	Provincial Integration Three Party (PIP-3)	511	0.09	New	1	New	3	New
	Authentic Pilaric Party (PAUPI)	459	0.08	New	0	New	1	New
	Democratic Nationalist Alliance (ADN)	417	0.07	New	0	New	2	New
	Autonomous Oromontan Party (PAO)	417	0.07	New	0	New	0	New
	Homeland First Party (PPP)	268	0.05	New	0	New	0	New
	Poaseña Union Party (PUNPO)	241	0.04	New	0	New	0	New
	People's Vanguard Party (PVP)	198	0.03	New	0	New	0	New
	Progressive Moravia Party (PMP)	169	0.03	New	0	New	0	New
	Agrarian Labour Action Party (PALA)	101	0.02	-0.09	0	New	0	-3
Total		592,927	100.00		468	+5	1876	+22
Invalid votes		17,452	2.85	-1.09
Votes cast / turnout		610,379	23.61	+0.97
Abstentions		1,983,117	76.39
Registered voters		2,593,496
Sources[3]

See also

• Local government in Costa Rica
• List of mayors in Costa Rica

References

1. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Elecciones municipales en cifras 2002-2016" (PDF). tse.go.cr. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
2. "Declaratorias de elección 2006". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
3. "Elecciones Municipales 2020". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 6 January 2020.