The San Jose municipal elections of 2010 were held on Sunday December 5 to elect the mayor, deputy mayors, syndics and district councilors
of the
central canton of San José,
capital
Capital may refer to:
Common uses
* Capital city, a municipality of primary status
** List of national capital cities
* Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences
* Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...
of
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
. 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
Johnny Francisco Araya Monge (born 29 April 1957) is a Costa Rican politician. He was the mayor of the country's capital San José from 1998 to 2001 and again since 2003. He was also the co-president of the United Cities and Local Government ...
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. Deputy and former presidential candidate Óscar López Arias of the
Accessibility Without Exclusion Party, as well as Mario Alfaro of the
Libertarian Movement
In the United States, libertarianism is a political philosophy promoting individual liberty. According to common meanings of Conservatism in the United States, conservatism and Modern liberalism in the United States, liberalism in the United St ...
and Luis Polinaris of the
National Integration Party were candidates.
Results
References
{{Costa Rican elections
San José, Costa Rica
2010 elections in Central America
Mayoral elections in Costa Rica
2010 in Costa Rica