4 February 2018 (first round) 1 April 2018 (2018-04-01) (second round)
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Presidential election
Turnout
65.70% (first round) 66.45% (second round)
Nominee
Carlos Alvarado
Fabricio Alvarado
Party
PAC
PREN
Running mate
Epsy Campbell Marvin Rodríguez
Ivonne Acuña Francisco J. Prendas
Popular vote
1,322,908
860,388
Percentage
60.59%
39.41%
First round results by canton
Second round results by canton
President before election
Luis Guillermo Solís
PAC
Elected President
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
PAC
Legislative election
All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly 29 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
PLN
Antonio Álvarez Desanti
19.49
17
−1
PREN
Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz
18.16
14
+13
PAC
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
16.27
10
−3
PUSC
Rodolfo Piza Rocafort
14.60
9
+1
PIN
Juan Diego Castro Fernández
7.67
4
+4
PRSC
Rodolfo Hernández Gómez
4.21
2
New
FA
Edgardo Araya Sibaja
3.95
1
−8
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General elections were held in Costa Rica in 2018 to elect both the President and Legislative Assembly. The first round of the presidential election was held on 4 February 2018, with the two highest-ranked candidates being Christian singer and Congressman Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz from the conservative National Restoration Party and writer and former Minister Carlos Alvarado Quesada from the progressive Citizens' Action Party, gaining 24% and 21% of the votes respectively. As no candidate received more than 40% of the first round vote, a second round run-off election was held on 1 April 2018 and was won by Carlos Alvarado Quesada, with a landslide victory of 60.6% of the vote.[1][2]
The previously dominant National Liberation Party suffered its worst results to date, ending third in the presidential run for the first time in its history with its candidate former Legislative Assembly President Antonio Álvarez Desanti winning only 18%. Other notable candidates were lawyer and entrepreneur Rodolfo Piza from the center-right Social Christian Unity Party with 16% and right-wing populist Juan Diego Castro with 9%.
In the 57-seat Legislative Assembly, the National Liberation Party won 17 seats, the National Restoration Party won 14 seats (although their parliamentary group later split in half due to factionalism), the Citizens' Action Party won 10 seats, the Social Christian Unity Party won 9 seats, the National Integration Party won 4 seats, the Social Christian Republican Party (an offshoot of PUSC) won 2 seats and left-wing Broad Front won 1 seat.
^Garcia, David Alire; Pretel, Enrique Andres. "Costa Rica center-left easily wins presidency in vote fought on gay rights". Reuters. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^Stanley, Katherine. "Carlos Alvarado wins Costa Rica's presidency in a landslide". The Tico Times. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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