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* [[José María Villalta Florez-Estrada]] – [[Broad Front (Costa Rica)|Broad Front]] (FA)
* [[José María Villalta Florez-Estrada]] – [[Broad Front (Costa Rica)|Broad Front]] (FA)
* [[Otto Guevara|Otto Claudio Guevara Guth]] – [[Libertarian Movement (Costa Rica)|Libertarian Movement]] (ML), candidate in 2006 and 2010
* [[Otto Guevara|Otto Claudio Guevara Guth]] – [[Libertarian Movement (Costa Rica)|Libertarian Movement]] (ML), candidate in 2006 and 2010
* Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera – [[Citizens' Action Party]] (PAC)
* [[Luis Guillermo Solís|Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera]] – [[Citizens' Action Party]] (PAC)
* Rodolfo Emilio Piza Rocafort – [[Social Christian Unity Party]] (PUSC); PUSC's original nominee [[Rodolfo Hernández Gómez]] withdrew in October 2013 and was replaced by Piza
* Rodolfo Emilio Piza Rocafort – [[Social Christian Unity Party]] (PUSC); PUSC's original nominee [[Rodolfo Hernández Gómez]] withdrew in October 2013 and was replaced by Piza
* [[Óscar López (politician)|Óscar Andrés López Arias]] – [[Accessibility without Exclusion]] (PASE)
* [[Óscar López (politician)|Óscar Andrés López Arias]] – [[Accessibility without Exclusion]] (PASE)

Revision as of 23:16, 27 January 2014

Costa Rican general election, 2014

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Nominee Johnny Araya José María Villalta Otto Guevara
Party PLN FA PML

Incumbent President

Laura Chinchilla
PLN



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.[1] Voting is compulsory in Costa Rica, nevertheless abstentionism was 35 percent in 2006 and 32 percent in 2010.[2] In accordance with Article 132 of the Constitution, the incumbent President, Laura Chinchilla Miranda, is ineligible to run for a second consecutive term.[3]

The ruling party before the election, the centre-left National Liberation Party, has put forward the Mayor of San José Johnny Araya Monge as its presidential candidate. The Libertarian Movement party has nominated former legislator Otto Guevara Guth. The leftist Broad Front has nominated José María Villalta Florez-Estrada.

Opinion polls in December 2013 showed Araya ahead with 37 percent, Villalta close behind at 32 percent, and Guevara trailing at 15 percent, suggesting the likelihood of a run-off vote in February.[4]

Presidential candidates

Opinion polls

If no candidate surmounts the 40% threshold, the two candidates who would qualify for the runoff are marked.

Date Pollster

Johnny Araya
(PLN)

Otto Guevara
(ML)

Rodolfo Piza
(R. Hernández before October 2013)
(PUSC)

L.G. Solís
(PAC)

J.M. Villalta
(FA)

Others

Aug 2013 Borge y Asociados[5] 52% 9.7% 23% 8.2% 3.5%
Aug 2013 CIEP[6] 20.2% 1.4% 12.4% 4.1% 4.5%
Sep 2013 Unimer[7] 27.5% 9.7% 10.6% 4.4% 19% 26%
Oct 2013 CIEP[8] 24% 9.9% 3% 4% 9.7% 1.3%
Nov 2013 Borge y Asociados[9] 26% 16% 4% 4% 19% 26%
Nov 2013 Cid Gallup[10] 45% 15% 8% 10% 21%
Dec 2013 Unimer[11] 19% 19% 5% 8% 22% 11%
Dec 2013 CIEP[12] 17% 10% 3% 5% 15% 1%
Dec 2013 Cid Gallup[13] 37% 15% 5% 9% 32%
Jan 2014 Cid Gallup[14] 39% 18% 5% 7% 26%
Jan 2014 Unimer[15] 20.3% 20.2% 3.6% 5.4% 22.2% 5.8%

References