2026 Costa Rican general election

2026 Costa Rican general election

1 February 2026
Presidential election
Turnout69.08% 9.11pp
 
Nominee Laura Fernández Delgado Álvaro Ramos Chaves
Party PPSO PLN
Running mate Francisco Gamboa
Douglas Soto
Karen Segura
Xinia Chaves
Popular vote 1,191,727 825,041
Percentage 48.30% 33.44%

President before election

Rodrigo Chaves Robles
PPSD

Elected President

Laura Fernández Delgado
PPSO

Legislative election

All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly
29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.11% 11.46pp
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PPSO Laura Fernández Delgado 31 +31
PLN Álvaro Ramos Chaves 17 −2
FA Ariel Robles 7 +1
PAC–ADN Claudia Dobles 1 +1
PUSC Juan Carlos Hidalgo 1 −8
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 February 2026 to elect the president, two vice-presidents, and all 57 deputies of the Legislative Assembly.

Laura Fernández Delgado, the candidate of the ruling Sovereign People's Party (PPSO), won the presidential election with 48.30% of the votes, defeating Álvaro Ramos Chaves of the National Liberation Party (PLN) and 18 other candidates in the first round. This exceeded the threshold of 40% required to win the election in a single round. She is the second woman to be elected president of Costa Rica.

The PPSO also won a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly: 31, against the PLN's 17. The Broad Front (FA) won seven, with the two remaining seats going to the Citizen Agenda Coalition (CAC) and the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC).