2020 San José mayoral election

Mayoral and municipal elections were held in San Jose, Costa Rica, on 2 February 2020 and were the method by which the citizens of the canton of San José elected the mayor, deputy mayors, syndics, aldermen and district councilors of the capital municipality.

2020 San José mayoral election
2 February 2020
 
Candidate Johnny Araya Monge Federico Cartín Arteaga
Party PLN PAC
Popular vote 20,843 8,235
Percentage 37.24% 14.71%
Mayor before election

Johnny Araya Monge
PLN

 Elected Mayor

Johnny Araya Monge
PLN

Incumbent Johnny Araya returns to his original party, National Liberation Party, after a two-year suspension from the Ethics' Tribunal due to his resignation as presindential nominee in the 2014 Costa Rican general election, reason for which Araya was candidate from the local San José Alliance party winning previous 2016 San José mayoral election, but returning to PLN soon after.[1] Other important candidates were PAC's nominee and urban developer Federico Cartín Arteaga and San José Alliance nominee Denise Echeverría Robert. Cartín was originally part of a coalition made by PAC and the provincial party VAMOS, however the Electoral Court disbanded the coalition as VAMOS failed to nominate any of its members, a requeriment to be a coalition, but VAMOS kept its support of the candidacy.[2] Cartín managed to return PAC as the second most voted party in San José, after losing the position in the previous election for the first time since 2006.

Results
Candidate Party Votes %
Johnny Araya MongeNational Liberation Party20.84337,24
Federico Cartín ArteagaCitizens' Action Party8.23514,71
Denise Echeverría RobertSan José Alliance4.5378,11
Donald Alberto Leiva HernándezSocial Christian Unity Party4,3207,72
Diego Miranda MéndezTogether Coalition3,9156,99
Tatiana Bonilla CortésNew Republic Party3,2805,86
José Antonio Gutiérrez LeivaSocial Christian Republican Party2,3934,28
Douglas Quesada AltamiranoNational Restoration Party2,3464,19
Fuk Choi Yan LeeNational Integration Party1,4712,63
Manuel Aquiles Garro ChaconOwr Town Party1,1592,07
Dewin Brenes FernándezChristian Democratic Alliance9701,73
Guillermo Ramírez GarayUnited We Can7661,37
Edgar Rodríguez RamirezUnited Communal7421,33
Roberto Rafael Mesen VegaAnti-Corruption Party5350,96
Alberto Courrau QuesadaCantonal Innovation4610,82
Source: TSE

References
  1. Mora, Carlos (27 April 2017). "Johnny Araya regresa al PLN". Diario Extra. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. Granados, Greivin (21 November 2019). "TSE disuelve Coalición Chepe". Diario Extra. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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