2002 San José Mayoral Election
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The mayoral election of San José of 2002 were the first democratic elections of the modern era to choose the newly created figure of Mayor and two deputy mayors (following the reform to the Municipal Code made in 1998), of the municipality of
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of
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as with other
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. Syndics and District Councilmen were also elected for each of the
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's districts. The winner was then the Municipal Executive of San José (until then appointed by the City Council of San José)
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of the National Liberation Party with 36% of the votes. Other candidates were Fernando Zumbado of San José Alliance, Luis Marino Castillo of the
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and Benjamín Odio of the Citizen Action Party.


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