2010 San José mayoral election

2010 San José mayoral election

5 December 2010

Candidate Johnny Araya Monge Gloria Valerín Rodríguez Party PLN PAC Popular vote 25,206 6,610 Percentage 61% 16%

In green districts won by Araya

Mayor before election Johnny Araya Monge PLN Elected Mayor Johnny Araya Monge PLN

The San Jose municipal elections of 2010 were held on Sunday December 5 to elect the mayor, deputy mayors, syndics and district councilors[1] of the central canton of San José, capital of Costa Rica. Due to legal reform unifying the municipal elections with those of aldermen, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal decreed that for a single time the authorities elected in these elections would hold office for six years, so the next elections would be in 2016.

The mayor in office Johnny Araya Monge of the National Liberation Party was the winner with more than 60% of the votes. Deputy Gloria Valerín Rodríguez, then member of the Citizens' Action Party (at the time the main opposition), was also a candidate.[2] Deputy and former presidential candidate Óscar López Arias of the Accessibility Without Exclusion Party,[3] as well as Mario Alfaro of the Libertarian Movement and Luis Polinaris of the National Integration Party were candidates.[4][5]

Results

San José mayoral election, 5 December 2010.[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberation Party	Johnny Araya Monge	25,206	61	2
	Citizens' Action Party	Gloria Valerín Rodríguez	6,610	16	1
	Accessibility without Exclusion	Óscar Andrés López Arias	6,277	15	New
	National Integration Party	Luis Polinaris	1626	3	2
	Libertarian Movement	Mario Alfaro García	1154	2	1

References

1. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Declaratoria de Síndicos y Concejales de Distrito" (PDF).
2. Fuster, Mariella (14 July 2010). "Exdiputada Gloria Valerín aspira a Alcaldía de San José". La Nación. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
3. Nuñez, Maria Jose (21 July 2010). "Oscar López, candidato a alcalde: Presupuesto se ha dedicado a "maquillar" San José". Semanario Universidad. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
4. "Candidatos a Alcaldía de San José debatirán esta noche en la UCR". UCR.
5. "¿Qué dijeron los candidatos y candidata a la Alcaldía de San José?". ANEP. Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
6. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Declaratoria de Resultados, Alcaldes de la Provincia de San José" (PDF).