Puntarenas (Legislative Assembly constituency)

Puntarenas
Puntarenas
Constituency; for the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
	Location of Puntarenas within Costa Rica
Province	Puntarenas
Population	500,166 (2022)
Electorate	332,865 (2022)
Area	11,299 km2 (2024)
Current Constituency
Created	1949
Seats	List 5 (2002–present) ; 6 (1986–2002) ; 7 (1966–1986) ; 6 (1962–1966) ; 5 (1953–1962) ; 4 (1949–1953) ;
Deputies	List Alexander Barrantes Chacón (PPSD) ; José Francisco Nicolás Alvarado (PLN) ; Sonia Rojas Méndez (PLN) ; Carlos Andrés Robles Obando (PUSC) ; David Lorenzo Segura Gamboa (PNR) ;

Puntarenas 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 Puntarenas. The constituency currently elects five of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 332,865 registered electors.