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Legislative Assembly

Asamblea Legislativa de la Republica de Costa Rica
Legislative Assembly ; Asamblea Legislativa de la Republica de Costa Rica
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Eduardo Newton Cruickshank Smith (PRN)
Vice president	Jorge Luis Fonseca Fonseca (PLN)
Secretary	María Vita Monge Granados (PUSC)
Structure
Seats	57
Political groups	Government (36) PLN (17); PAC (10); PRN (7); Independent (1); PRSC (1); Opposition (21) PUSC (9); BNR (6); PIN (2); FA (1); PNG (1); Independent (2);
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation; Hare quota; Closed list
Last election	February 4, 2018
Next election	February 6, 2022
Meeting place
	San Jose, Costa Rica
Website
	http://www.asamblea.go.cr/

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The Legislative Assembly (Template:Lang-es) forms the unicameral legislative branch of the Costa Rican government. The national congress building is located in the capital city, San José, specifically in El Carmen District in San José Canton.

The Legislative Assembly is composed of 57 deputies (diputados), who are elected by direct, universal, popular vote on a closed party list proportional representation basis, by province, for four-year terms. A 1949 constitutional amendment prevents deputies from serving for two successive terms, though a deputy may run for an Assembly seat again after sitting out a term. Currently a proposal to switch to a Mixed-member proportional representation based on the German system is under discussion .^[1]

Composition

Seat allocation
Province	Number of seats	Population
San José	19	1,404,242
Alajuela	11	885,571
Cartago	7	490,303
Heredia	6	433,677
Puntarenas	5	410,929
Limón	5	386,862
Guanacaste	4	354,154

Directorate

Following the 2018 legislative election, the President of the Legislative Assembly was elected in the person of Carolina Herrera Hidalgo, a Citizens' Action Party's member with the support of most of the plenary except for the then unified National Restoration Party's group. The Directory's Secretary went to the National Liberation Party's deputy Luis Fernando Chacon and the Vice Presidency went to Social Christian deputy Inés Solís.

Parties in Legislative Assembly, 2018-2022

Political Parties in, 2018-2022
Party Name (English)		Party Name (Spanish)	Abbrev.	Seats	Percentage of Assembly	Party Flag
style="background:Template:National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	National Liberation Party	Partido Liberación Nacional	PLN	17	29.82%
style="background:Template:Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Citizens' Action Party	Partido Acción Ciudadana	PAC	10	17.54%
style="background:Template:Social Christian Unity Party/meta/color\|	Social Christian Unity Party	Partido Unidad Social Cristiana	PUSC	9	15.79%
style="background:Template:National Restoration Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	National Restoration Party	Partido Restauración Nacional	PREN	7	12.28%
	New Republic Bloc (formerly PREN)	Bloque Nueva República	NR	6	12.28%
style="background:Template:National Integration Party (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	National Integration Party	Partido Integración Nacional	PIN	2	3.51%
style="background:Template:Social Christian Republican Party/meta/color\|	Social Christian Republican Party	Partido Republicano Social Cristiano	PRSC	1	1.51%
style="background:Template:Broad Front (Costa Rica)/meta/color\|	Broad Front	Frente Amplio	FA	1	1.75%
	New Generation Party (formerly PIN)	Partido Nueva Generación	PNG	1	1.75%
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color\|	Independent Politician	Diputado Independiente	Ind	3	7.02%

1	10	17	9	1	2	7	6	1	3
FA	PAC	PLN	PUSC	PR	PIN	PRN	PNR	PNG	Ind

Premises

The Assembly meets in the Edificio Central ("Central Building") located in the city centre of San José. Work began on this building in 1937, with the plan of having it serve as the new presidential palace. Since much of the building materials were imported from Germany and Czechoslovakia, however, the onset of the Second World War put a halt to the project. Work did not recommence until 1957, but by 1958 the legislature was installed and operating in its new premises.

History

The foundations of the Legislative Assembly date back to the establishment of various courts and congresses in New Spain.^[2] The modern assembly was created in the aftermath of the Costa Rican Civil War that deposed Teodoro Picado Michalski in 1948. José Figueres Ferrer headed a ruling junta that oversaw the election of a Constituent Assembly. Between 1948 and 1949, this Constituent Assembly created the Constitution of Costa Rica which lays forth the rules governing the assembly today.^[3]

During each four-year legislative session, various political parties have occupied majority, minority, and coalition caucuses in the assembly.

Central American Parliament

Costa Rica is the only Spanish-speaking Central American country not to return deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament.

Notes

^ Originally elected under National Restoration list
^ Originally elected under National Integration list

References

^ Carmona, Fiorella (29 March 2019). "Congreso se acerca al cambio en sistema de elección de diputados". Revista Pulso. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
^ Clotilde Obregón Quesada Clotilde (2007). Las Constituciones de Costa Rica. Tomo I. San José, Costa Rica: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica. ISBN 978-9968-936-91-0.
^ Dieter Nohlen (2005-04-14). Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1: North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6.

External links

Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica

[1] Originally elected under National Restoration list

[2] Originally elected under National Integration list

[3] Carmona, Fiorella (29 March 2019). "Congreso se acerca al cambio en sistema de elección de diputados". Revista Pulso. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

[cloti-a-4] Clotilde Obregón Quesada Clotilde (2007). Las Constituciones de Costa Rica. Tomo I. San José, Costa Rica: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica. ISBN 978-9968-936-91-0.

[DN-5] Dieter Nohlen (2005-04-14). Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1: North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6.

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