List of political parties in Costa Rica

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This article lists political parties in Costa Rica. Costa Rica used to have a two-party system, which meant that there were two dominant political parties, the Social Christian Unity Party and the National Liberation Party, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. After the 2002 elections and the strong showing of the brand-new Citizens' Action Party, it was considered very likely that the old two-party system was on the verge of giving way to a multi-party system. Several other parties have gained prominence since then, and the 2006 elections made it clear that Costa Rica is now a multi-party system.

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The parties[edit]

Parliamentary parties[edit]

Name Ideology Deputies
National Liberation Party
Partido Liberación Nacional
PLN Social democracy 24
Citizens' Action Party
Partido Acción Ciudadana
PAC Social democracy 11
Libertarian Movement Party
Partido Movimiento Libertario
PML Libertarianism 9
Social Christian Unity Party
Partido de Unidad Socialcristiana
PUSC Christian democracy 6
Accessibility without Exclusion
Accesibilidad sin Exclusión
PASE Conservative 4
Costa Rican Renovation Party Partido Renovación Costarricense PRN Christian conservative 1
National Restoration
Restauración Nacional
PASE Christian conservative 1
Broad Front
Frente Amplio
FA Socialism 1

Non-parliamentary parties[edit]

Defunct parties[edit]

Provincial parties[edit]

Local parties[edit]

See also[edit]