2002 Costa Rican municipal elections

Municipal and local elections were held for the first time in Costa Rica on 1 December 2002. This was the first time citizens of the 81 cantons were able to directly choose their mayors as previously the municipal executive was appointed by the city council.[2] A syndic and 4 District Councilors were also elected for each canton’s district as 8 intendants for especial districts with administrative autonomy.

2002 Costa Rican municipal elections
1 December 2002
81 mayors, 453 syndics, 1755 district councillors, 8 intendants, 32 municipal district councillors and their alternates[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jorge Eduardo Sánchez Luis Guillermo Solís Ottón Solís
Party PUSC PLN PAC
Mayors 48 27 1

Then ruling Social Christian Unity Party had its best results in history on a local election gaining most of the mayors and councilors; 48 mayors and 785 syndics and councilors.[2] National Liberation Party, then main opposition force, earn the second largest number of both with 27 mayors and 676.[2] Costa Rica was still pretty much under a two-party system at the time even when in the recent general election the new force Citizens Action Party surprised with high voting for president and parliament, in this first municipal running achieve only one mayor in Montes de Oca (the party’s hometown).[2]

Results
Party Syndics District Councilors Mayors
PUSC 229 785 48
PLN 192 676 27
PAC 14 178 1
PRC 1 4 1
21st Century Curridabat 2 4 1
Independent Worker's Party 4 15 1
Independent Guanacaste Party 2 9 1
ML 4 24 0
National Rescue 1 10 0
Authentic Sarapiquean Party 2 9 0
Party of the Sun 2 8 0
Independent Siquirres Cantonal Action Party 2 7 0
PIN 1 7 0
Escazu's Progressive Yoke 1 4 0
FD 0 8 0

See also

References
  1. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Elecciones municipales en cifras 2002-2016" (PDF). tse.go.cr. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. Georgetown. "Final Results Municipal Elections 2002". Retrieved 13 March 2016.
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