2020 San José mayoral election explained

Election Name:2020 San José mayoral election
Country:San José, Costa Rica
Type:municipal
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2016 San José mayoral election
Previous Year:2016
Next Election:2024 San José mayoral election
Next Year:2024
Election Date:2 February 2020
Mayor
Candidate1:Johnny Araya Monge
Party1:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)
Popular Vote1:20,843
Percentage1:37.24%
Candidate2:Federico Cartín Arteaga
Party2:Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)
Popular Vote2:8,235
Percentage2:14.71%
Before Election:Johnny Araya Monge
Before Party:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)
After Election:Johnny Araya Monge
After Party:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)

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.

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, economist and urban planner and founder of Rutas Naturbanas, Federico Cartín Arteaga and San José Alliance nominee Denise Echeverría Robert. Cartín was originally part of a coalition named Chepe which was integrated 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.

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
bgcolor=Johnny Araya MongeNational Liberation Party20,84337.24
bgcolor=Federico Cartín ArteagaCitizens' Action Party8,23514.71
Denise Echeverría RobertSan José Alliance4,5378.11
bgcolor=Donald Alberto Leiva HernándezSocial Christian Unity Party4,3207,72
Diego Miranda MéndezTogether Coalition3,9156.99
bgcolor=Tatiana Bonilla CortésNew Republic Party3,2805.86
bgcolor=José Antonio Gutiérrez LeivaSocial Christian Republican Party2,3934.28
bgcolor=Douglas Quesada AltamiranoNational Restoration Party2,3464.19
bgcolor=Fuk Choi Yan LeeNational Integration Party1,4712.63
bgcolor=orchidManuel Aquiles Garro ChaconOwr Town Party1,1592.07
bgcolor=Dewin Brenes FernándezChristian Democratic Alliance9701.73
bgcolor=Guillermo Ramírez GarayUnited We Can7661.37
bgcolor=dodgerblueEdgar Rodríguez RamirezUnited Communal7421.33
bgcolor=darkblueRoberto Rafael Mesen VegaAnti-Corruption Party5350.96
bgcolor=whiteAlberto Courrau QuesadaCantonal Innovation4610.82
align=left colspan=5Source: TSE

Notes and References

  1. News: Mora . Carlos . Johnny Araya regresa al PLN . 8 February 2020 . Diario Extra . 27 April 2017.
  2. News: Granados . Greivin . TSE disuelve Coalición Chepe . 8 February 2020 . Diario Extra . 21 November 2019.