ELECCIONES 2022 EN COSTA RICA: RESULTADO SORPRESIVO QUE NO ALTERA LAS FRÁGILES CONDICIONES PARA GOBERNAR.

Alfaro-Redondo, Ronald

After an eight-year term in which the Partido de Acción Ciudadana was in command of the Executive, the 2022 presidential elections in Costa Rica yielded a surprising result with the victory of Rodrigo Chaves and the Partido Progreso Social Democrático. These elections prolonged a period of reconfiguration of the party system that goes back to the beginning of this century. Despite the singularity of these elections, the foundations of governance did not change: they were free, transparent, and orderly elections, the results of which maintained the multiparty conformation of Congress and reduced legislative support for the new administration. The electoral contest occurred in a scenario of reduced electoral participation, high volatility, and high uncertainty.

COSTA Rica; PRESIDENTIAL elections; ELECTIONS; POLITICAL affiliation; VOTER turnout; PARTICIPATION; CONTESTS

Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 1, p169

0797-9789

Academic Journal

10.26851/RUCP.32.1.8