2014 Costa Rican general election
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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]
The ruling party before the election, the centre-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 close behind at 32 percent, and Guevara Guth trailing at 15 percent, suggesting the likelihood of a run-off vote in February.[3]
In accordance with Article 132 of the Constitution, the incumbent President, Laura Chinchilla Miranda, is ineligible to run for a second consecutive term.[4]
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
- Óscar Andrés López Arias – Partido Accesibilidad Sin Exclusión
- José Manuel Echandi Meza – Partido Avance Nacional
- Walter Muñoz Céspedes – Partido Integración Nacional
- Sergio Mena Díaz – Partido Nueva Generación
- José Miguel Corrales Bolaños – Partido Patria Nueva
- Justo Orozco Álvarez – Partido Renovación Costarricense
- Carlos Luis Avendaño Calvo – Partido Restauración Nacional
- Héctor Monestel Herrera – Partido de los Trabajadores
References
- ^ Costa Rica's 2014 election season is officially open The Tico Times, 2013-10-02.
- ^ Costa Rica: Losing Faith in Democratic Institutions? Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University, 2013-11-11.
- ^ Newest poll shows Araya and Villalta heading for a runoff election The Tico Times, 2013-12-18.
- ^ Constitución Política de la República de Costa Rica Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica. Retrieved: 2013-12-28. Template:Es
