| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Flag: | Bandera Partido Republicano Social Cristiano Costa Rica.svg |
| Social Christian Republican Party | |
| Native Name: | Partido Republicano Social Cristiano |
| President: | Otto Roberto Vargas |
| Secretary General: | Rodolfo Sotomayor Aguilar |
| Leader1 Title: | Presidential candidate |
| Leader1 Name: | Rodolfo Hernández Gómez |
| Foundation: | 28 June 2014 |
| Ideology: | Christian democracy Conservatism Social conservatism Calderonism |
| Position: | Centre-right |
| International: | Union of Latin American Parties[1] |
| Split: | Social Christian Unity Party |
| Seats1 Title: | Legislative Assembly |
| Seats2 Title: | Mayors |
| Seats3 Title: | Alderpeople |
| Seats4 Title: | Syndics |
| Seats5 Title: | District councillors |
| Seats6 Title: | Intendants |
The Social Christian Republican Party is a Costa Rican political party founded in 2014 by former president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier and his group of supporters as a splinter from the historical Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC).[2] The party also uses the colors and a similar name of Calderón's father's party, the National Republican Party.[3]
The Party was created soon after the Calderonistas left PUSC due to unusually harsh clashes among the Calderonista and Liberal factions inside the party during the general election of 2014. Both factions have been historically rivals but generally work together after the primaries, but after the 2013 presidential primary in which the Calderonista candidate Dr. Rodolfo Hernández won, internal fighting between Hernández and the Liberal-led National Committee caused Hernández's resignation.
Hernández and Calderón founded the PRSC a few months after the election, and its first election was in the 2016 municipal elections, with the party electing one mayor, one intendant and several aldermen and syndics. Its candidate for the 2018 Costa Rican general election, is Hernández.[4]
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Position | Result | Votes | % | Position | Result | ||
| 2018 | Rodolfo Hernández | 106,444 | 4.94% | 6th | colspan="4" | ||||
| 2022 | 12,224 | 0.58% | 12th | ||||||
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Rodolfo Hernández | 89,969 | 4.21% | New | 6th | ||
| 2022 | 31,227 | 1.50% | 2 | 11th |