2014 Costa Rican general election

Costa Rica will hold parliamentary and presidential elections on Sunday, 2 February 2014 to elect a new president, two vice presidents, and 57 Legislative Assembly lawmakers. Voting is compulsory in Costa Rica.

The ruling party before the election, the center-left Liberación Nacional, has put forward the Mayor of San José Johnny Araya Monge as its presidential candidate. The Movimiento Libertario party has nominated former legislator Otto Guevara Guth. The Amplio Frente party has nominated José María Villalta Florez-Estrada.

Opinion polls in December 2013 showed Araya Monge ahead with 37 percent, Villalta Florez-Estrada at 32 percent, and Guevara Guth at 15 percent, suggesting the likelihood of a runoff vote in February.

The incumbent President, Laura Chinchilla Miranda, is ineligible to run for a second consecutive term.

Presidential candidates

• Johnny Francisco Araya Monge – Partido Liberación Nacional, Mayor of San José
• José María Villalta Florez-Estrada – Partido Amplio Frente
• Otto Claudio Guevara Guth – Partido Movimiento Libertario, candidate in 2006 and 2010
• Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera – Partido Acción Ciudadana
• Rodolfo Emilio Piza Rocafort – Partido Unidad Social Cristiana