2024 Costa Rican municipal elections explained

Election Name:2024 Costa Rican municipal elections
Country:Costa Rica
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2020 Costa Rican municipal elections
Previous Year:2020
Next Election:2028 Costa Rican municipal elections
Next Year:2028
Seats For Election:84 mayors, 518 aldermen, 491 syndics, 1936 district councillors, 7 intendants, 28 municipal district councillors and their alternates[1]
Election Date:4 February 2024
1Blank:Mayors
2Blank:Mayors +/–
3Blank:Aldermen
4Blank:Aldermen +/–
5Blank:District Councillors
6Blank:District Councillors +/–
Party1:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)
1Data1:29
2Data1: 13
Party2:Social Christian Unity Party
1Data2:20
2Data2: 4
Party3:United We Can
1Data3:9
2Data3: 8
Party4:New Generation Party (Costa Rica)
1Data4:4
2Data4:=
Party5:Progressive Liberal Party (Costa Rica)
1Data5:3
2Data5:New
Party6:Social Christian Republican Party
1Data6:2
2Data6:=
Party7:New Republic Party (Costa Rica)
1Data7:2
2Data7:New
Party8:Social Democratic Progress Party
1Data8:2
2Data8:New
Party9:Broad Front (Costa Rica)
1Data9:1
2Data9: 1

Municipal elections were held in Costa Rica on Sunday, February 4, 2024, to elect all municipal offices in the country: mayors, aldermen, syndics (district council presidents), district councilors and the intendants of seven special autonomous districts, together with their respective alternates in all cases (see local government in Costa Rica). These were the sixth direct municipal elections since the amendment to the 1998 Municipal Code and the second to be held mid-term since the 2009 reform. [2]

In the newly founded canton of Monteverde and canton of Puerto Jiménez, the election of mayor and members of the City Council were held for the first time.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones . Costarricenses elegirán más de 6000 autoridades municipales . tse.go.cr . 22 March 2019.
  2. Web site: TSE publica cronograma para elecciones municipales de 2024 . 2024-01-25 . delfino.cr . es.