2002_Costa_Rican_municipal_elections

2002 Costa Rican municipal elections

2002 Costa Rican municipal elections

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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.

Quick Facts 81 mayors, 463 syndics, 1854 district councillors, 8 intendants, 32 municipal district councillors and their alternates, First party ...

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

Mayors

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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%)
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By province

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Alderpeople

The elections of municipal councilors of Costa Rica in 2002 were an electoral process held in parallel with the presidential and legislative elections. In them the 495 tenure aldermen and the 495 alternates that conform the 81 Municipal Councils were chosen.

The Central Canton of San José, the most populous, named 13 aldermen. Desamparados and Alajuela named 11. Others less populated (Puntarenas, Limón, Pococí, Heredia, Cartago, La Unión, San Carlos, Goicoechea, Pérez Zeledón, etc.) named 9. Others even smaller (Tibás, Grecia, Vázquez de Coronado, Montes de Oca, Siquirres, Escazú, Turrialba, etc.) appointed 7 council members. Finally, the smallest (Turrubares, San Mateo, Santa Ana, Mora, Montes de Oro, Talamanca, etc.) named 5.

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Syndics and district councils

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Elecciones municipales en cifras 2002-2016" (PDF). tse.go.cr. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    Georgetown. "Final Results Municipal Elections 2002". Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Declaratorias de elección 2002". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 6 March 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. [4]
    "Elecciones Regidurías 2002". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Elecciones Municipales 2020". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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