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.

Electoral system Puntarenas currently elects five of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. Seats are allocated using the largest remainder method using the Hare quota (cociente). Only parties that receive at least 50% of the Hare quota (subcociente) compete for remainder seats. Any seats remaining unfilled after allocation using the quotient system are distributed amongst parties that surpassed the subcociente, is descending order of their total votes in the constituency. The latter process is repeated until all the seats in the constituency are filled.

Election results Summary

Election United PeoplePU / IU / CC2000 /PASO Broad FrontFA Citizens' ActionPAC National RepublicanPRN / PR / PRI / PC National LiberationPLN / PSD Social Christian UnityPUSC / CU / PDC National UnificationPUN / PUN National IntegrationPIN Libertarian MovementPML Social DemocraticProgressPPSD National RestorationPRN colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats2022 338 0.21% 0 8,557 5.36% 0 4,549 2.85% 0 36,687 23.00% 2 21,852 13.70% 1 1,583 0.99% 0 934 0.59% 0 18,406 11.54% 1 7,722 4.84% 02018 5,129 3.05% 0 15,586 9.28% 0 36,257 21.59% 2 24,071 14.33% 1 15,519 9.24% 0 5,743 3.42% 0 41,795 24.88% 22014 23,975 14.79% 1 20,778 12.82% 1 46,168 28.48% 2 24,811 15.31% 1 1,726 1.06% 0 14,556 8.98% 0 6,800 4.20% 02010 3,303 2.22% 0 21,181 14.26% 1 58,985 39.71% 2 20,444 13.76% 1 1,428 0.96% 0 27,645 18.61% 1 2006 406 0.33% 0 22,684 18.60% 1 54,559 44.73% 2 14,969 12.27% 1 345 0.28% 0 12,216 10.02% 1 2002 991 0.83% 0 15,496 12.93% 1 35,659 29.76% 1 45,338 37.83% 2 527 0.44% 0 11,995 10.01% 1 1998 1,848 1.60% 0 37,377 32.42% 2 58,225 50.50% 4 1,115 0.97% 0 4,556 3.95% 0 1994 58,519 45.81% 3 55,733 43.63% 3 1990 3,503 2.96% 0 45,297 38.30% 3 58,986 49.87% 3 1986 2,260 2.16% 0 47,191 45.08% 3 46,242 44.17% 3 1982 7,308 8.57% 1 47,506 55.72% 4 24,424 28.65% 2 1978 6,698 8.88% 1 28,881 38.30% 3 29,899 39.65% 3 3,222 4.27% 0 1974 4,492 7.34% 1 3,464 5.66% 0 23,427 38.26% 3 836 1.37% 0 18,249 29.81% 2 1970 3,056 6.24% 0 23,194 47.38% 4 342 0.70% 0 19,640 40.12% 3 1966 15,852 44.19% 3 18,101 50.46% 4 1962 12,360 40.11% 2 13,226 42.92% 3 3,730 12.10% 1 1958 4,386 26.90% 2 6,394 39.21% 2 4,058 24.89% 1 1953 7,810 59.14% 3 647 4.90% 0 1949 0 0 3

Detailed 2020s 2022 Results of the 2022 general election held on 6 February 2022:

Party Votes per canton Totalvotes % SeatsBuenosAires Corre-dores CotoBrus Esparza Gara-bito Golfito Montesde Oro Osa Parrita Punta-renas Quepos National Liberation Party PLN 5,012 3,424 3,127 3,258 1,800 2,634 1,205 2,220 2,008 10,411 1,588 36,687 23.00% 2 New Republic Party PNR 2,221 4,218 1,728 2,126 499 3,006 1,152 1,739 1,342 7,122 1,447 26,600 16.67% 1 Social Christian Unity Party PUSC 1,219 1,842 1,585 2,013 797 1,476 753 1,072 842 6,624 3,629 21,852 13.70% 1 Social Democratic Progress Party PPSD 2,961 1,571 1,308 1,987 986 1,403 866 1,503 673 4,147 1,001 18,406 11.54% 1 Broad Front FA 666 796 737 1,144 336 793 359 406 195 2,829 296 8,557 5.36% 0 National Restoration Party PRN 1,322 1,076 478 310 135 705 85 304 210 2,703 394 7,722 4.84% 0 Christian Democratic Alliance ADC 460 355 4,366 118 375 216 18 124 31 357 62 6,482 4.06% 0 Social Christian Republican Party PRSC 367 154 223 121 51 465 33 2,520 257 362 117 4,670 2.93% 0 Citizens' Action Party PAC 175 207 182 241 82 232 1,119 210 94 1,881 126 4,549 2.85% 0 Progressive Liberal Party PLP 340 286 202 665 403 218 156 165 139 1,348 198 4,120 2.58% 0 New Generation Party PNG 223 151 61 426 107 71 97 93 90 2,341 203 3,863 2.42% 0 A Just Costa Rica CRJ 287 210 110 270 57 144 59 122 72 1,332 228 2,891 1.81% 0 National Integration Party PIN 112 163 80 81 31 121 27 57 45 684 182 1,583 0.99% 0 National Encounter Party PEN 102 91 58 36 12 898 11 118 31 155 28 1,540 0.97% 0 Costa Rican Social Justice Party JSC 93 246 99 158 29 85 27 59 29 637 63 1,525 0.96% 0 National Force Party PFN 106 194 124 78 41 181 18 87 31 319 71 1,250 0.78% 0 Our People Party PNP 40 342 38 71 31 131 43 37 22 474 15 1,244 0.78% 0 Accessibility without Exclusion PASE 92 108 81 128 54 93 43 58 46 303 74 1,080 0.68% 0 Liberal Union Party UL 128 98 176 83 51 80 34 84 51 224 49 1,058 0.66% 0 Libertarian Movement PML 196 42 75 63 28 66 33 92 35 267 37 934 0.59% 0 Costa Rican SocialDemocratic Movement PMSDC 76 82 121 176 16 54 29 42 13 200 18 827 0.52% 0 United We Can UP 55 199 76 89 49 64 15 39 20 139 23 768 0.48% 0 Costa Rican Democratic Union PUCD 54 40 271 25 5 37 4 30 19 88 48 621 0.39% 0 Workers' Party PT 52 35 31 23 15 29 10 18 17 106 24 360 0.23% 0 United People PU 77 43 27 12 13 27 2 24 9 88 16 338 0.21% 0Valid votes 16,436 15,973 15,364 13,702 6,003 13,229 6,198 11,223 6,321 45,141 9,937 159,527 100.00% 5Blank votes 299 260 292 100 73 232 73 166 111 429 137 2,172 1.32% Rejected votes – other 255 268 281 163 74 256 78 195 84 637 105 2,396 1.46% Total polled 16,990 16,501 15,937 13,965 6,150 13,717 6,349 11,584 6,516 46,207 10,179 164,095 49.30% Registered electors 34,086 36,286 32,411 24,333 13,521 31,565 10,838 24,398 13,183 91,070 21,174 332,865 Turnout 49.84% 45.47% 49.17% 57.39% 45.48% 43.46% 58.58% 47.48% 49.43% 50.74% 48.07% 49.30%

The following candidates were elected: Alexander Barrantes Chacón (PPSD); José Francisco Nicolás Alvarado (PLN); Sonia Rojas Méndez (PLN); Carlos Andrés Robles Obando (PUSC); and David Lorenzo Segura Gamboa (PNR).

2010s 2018 Results of the 2018 general election held on 4 February 2018:

Party Votes per canton Totalvotes % SeatsAguirre BuenosAires Corre-dores CotoBrus Esparza Gara-bito Golfito Montesde Oro Osa Parrita Punta-renas National Restoration Party PRN 2,776 3,883 4,569 3,124 3,733 1,166 4,222 1,776 3,264 2,120 11,162 41,795 24.88% 2 National Liberation Party PLN 2,121 3,664 5,655 3,519 3,258 1,567 2,900 1,011 2,206 1,948 8,408 36,257 21.59% 2 Social Christian Unity Party PUSC 1,591 2,531 2,214 1,857 2,142 1,040 1,677 944 1,112 1,051 7,912 24,071 14.33% 1 Citizens' Action Party PAC 800 1,037 1,064 1,120 1,468 613 1,600 966 819 411 5,688 15,586 9.28% 0 National Integration Party PIN 983 1,400 1,123 659 1,235 684 1,242 431 1,098 481 6,183 15,519 9.24% 0 Social Christian Republican Party PRSC 268 573 320 334 850 158 640 203 1,033 196 3,105 7,680 4.57% 0 Libertarian Movement PML 202 495 347 2,854 162 308 322 130 164 137 622 5,743 3.42% 0 Broad Front FA 143 550 516 271 880 151 652 146 313 146 1,361 5,129 3.05% 0 Costa Rican Renewal Party PRC 126 941 477 149 109 45 193 642 295 60 1,282 4,319 2.57% 0 New Generation Party PNG 1,050 595 197 127 373 104 135 159 176 110 1,122 4,148 2.47% 0 Christian Democratic Alliance ADC 131 261 435 645 152 49 381 85 470 100 550 3,259 1.94% 0 Progressive Liberal Party PLP 44 161 91 1,297 35 27 59 12 30 23 134 1,913 1.14% 0 Accessibility without Exclusion PASE 123 187 145 108 141 58 160 156 112 45 527 1,762 1.05% 0 Workers' Party PT 43 87 83 76 56 24 107 19 62 30 203 790 0.47% 0Valid votes 10,401 16,365 17,236 16,140 14,594 5,994 14,290 6,680 11,154 6,858 48,259 167,971 100.00% 5Blank votes 94 179 160 167 69 39 169 52 93 63 311 1,396 0.81% Rejected votes – other 184 298 335 323 169 93 313 85 256 127 775 2,958 1.72% Total polled 10,679 16,842 17,731 16,630 14,832 6,126 14,772 6,817 11,503 7,048 49,345 172,325 55.47% Registered electors 19,595 31,975 34,163 29,923 22,598 11,771 29,563 10,241 22,210 12,052 86,571 310,662 Turnout 54.50% 52.67% 51.90% 55.58% 65.63% 52.04% 49.97% 66.57% 51.79% 58.48% 57.00% 55.47%

The following candidates were elected: Óscar Mauricio Cascante Cascante (PUSC); Carmen Irene Chan Mora (PRN); Franggi Nicolás Solano (PLN); (PRN); and Gustavo Alonso Viales Villegas (PLN).

2014 Results of the 2014 general election held on 2 February 2014:

Party Votes per canton Totalvotes % SeatsAguirre BuenosAires Corre-dores CotoBrus Esparza Gara-bito Golfito Montesde Oro Osa Parrita Punta-renas National Liberation Party PLN 2,054 4,572 4,201 4,760 4,393 1,825 3,345 1,992 2,713 1,704 14,609 46,168 28.48% 2 Social Christian Unity Party PUSC 1,870 2,220 1,854 2,740 1,870 892 1,985 660 964 1,726 8,030 24,811 15.31% 1 Broad Front FA 712 2,079 2,668 2,375 2,203 481 2,606 1,154 1,655 242 7,800 23,975 14.79% 1 Citizens' Action Party PAC 759 1,638 3,588 2,404 1,945 631 1,392 1,028 1,341 359 5,693 20,778 12.82% 1 Libertarian Movement PML 949 1,367 878 505 1,699 643 680 447 1,253 1,133 5,002 14,556 8.98% 0 National Restoration Party PRN 598 655 789 686 340 163 978 461 536 201 1,393 6,800 4.20% 0 Accessibility without Exclusion PASE 1,955 614 292 266 351 71 307 190 703 368 1,209 6,326 3.90% 0 Costa Rican Renewal Party PRC 375 511 1,168 573 340 56 328 164 401 201 1,243 5,360 3.31% 0 Viva Puntarenas VP 146 565 225 423 191 51 1,265 104 392 143 912 4,417 2.73% 0 New Generation Party PNG 34 1,570 39 120 52 22 65 17 52 15 154 2,140 1.32% 0 National Integration Party PIN 76 89 57 42 81 7 67 152 71 29 1,055 1,726 1.06% 0 New Homeland Party PPN 51 121 93 100 151 30 123 59 242 36 456 1,462 0.90% 0 Homeland, Equality andDemocracy Party of Puntarenas PID 35 256 69 24 82 5 521 15 285 21 63 1,376 0.85% 0 National Advance PAN 61 49 80 50 102 249 193 24 57 21 288 1,174 0.72% 0 Workers' Party PT 54 97 113 72 58 29 94 20 80 36 364 1,017 0.63% 0Valid votes 9,729 16,403 16,114 15,140 13,858 5,155 13,949 6,487 10,745 6,235 48,271 162,086 100.00% 5Blank votes 82 189 197 201 67 45 177 63 135 59 356 1,571 0.94% Rejected votes – other 200 401 451 399 218 131 467 114 334 153 986 3,854 2.30% Total polled 10,011 16,993 16,762 15,740 14,143 5,331 14,593 6,664 11,214 6,447 49,613 167,511 58.31% Registered electors 18,025 29,985 31,122 27,667 20,599 9,856 27,210 9,616 20,090 10,844 82,240 287,254 Turnout 55.54% 56.67% 53.86% 56.89% 68.66% 54.09% 53.63% 69.30% 55.82% 59.45% 60.33% 58.31%

The following candidates were elected: Laura María Garro Sánchez (PAC); Carlos Enrique Hernández Álvarez (FA); Olivier Ibo Jiménez Rojas (PLN); Karla Vanessa Prendas Matarrita (PLN); and (PUSC).

2010 Results of the 2010 general election held on 7 February 2010: