Heredia (Legislative Assembly constituency)

Heredia
Constituency
for the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
Location of Heredia within Costa Rica
ProvinceHeredia
Population479,117 (2022)
Electorate355,738 (2022)
Area2,663 km2 (2024)
Current Constituency
Created1949
Seats
List
  • 6 (2014–present)
  • 5 (1986–2014)
  • 4 (1978–1986)
  • 3 (1966–1978)
  • 4 (1962–1966)
  • 3 (1953–1962)
  • 5 (1949–1953)
Deputies
List
  •   Ada Gabriela Acuña Castro (PPSD)
  •   Johnatan Jesús Acuña Soto (FA)
  •   Horacio Martin Alvarado Bogantes (PUSC)
  •   Gilberto Arnoldo Campos Cruz (PLP)
  •   Kattia Rivera Soto (PLN)
  •   Pedro Rojas Guzmán (PLN)

Heredia is one of the seven multi-member constituencies of the Legislative Assembly, the national legislature of Costa Rica. The constituency was established in 1949 when the Legislative Assembly was established by the modified constitution imposed by the Figueres dictatorship. It is conterminous with the province of Heredia. The constituency currently elects six of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 355,738 registered electors.