2016 Costa Rican municipal elections

[3] Oppositional National Liberation Party earned most of the votes achieving majority in all offices including 50 mayors and 186 councilors, even though it suffer a noticeable decrease both in votes and offices obtained, including the loss of two provincial capitals; Limon city and San José city, both of them previously in hands of PLN's members that were expel from the party for ethical questionings and were nominated by local parties, among them former presidential nominee Johnny Araya.

[4] Social Christian Unity Party was recorded as the real winner as it increase its number of mayors passing from 9 to 15.

Ruling Citizens' Action Party was unable to take advantage of its position as government and only achieve one more mayor than previously.

While former president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier’s new Social Christian Republican Party won Vazquez de Coronado.

Leftist Broad Front took part in the elections mostly in alliance with PAC and local forces winning in Montes de Oca and Acosta in that way and in one, Barva, completely alone.

FA: 19 seats
PAC: 64 seats
CGMO: 2 seats
CST: 2 seats
AxB : 1 seat
PLN: 188 seats
CSXXI: 3 seats
PAL: 5 seats
YUNTA: 4 seats
ASJ: 4 seats
NMG: 3 seats
VP: 3 seats
AxP: 1 seat
MASD: 1 seat
RCLU: 1 seat
PVEC: 1 seat
PUG: 1 seat
PAS: 2 seats
PALABRA: 2 seats
PSOL: 1 seat
PECC: 1 seat
ASLU: 1 seat
PRA: 2 seats
TPF: 1 seat
LIRA: 1 seat
PAMO: 1 seat
PPG: 1 seat
PAPI: 1 seat
PRV: 1 seat
PUSC: 103 seats
PRSC: 24 seats
PNG: 34 seats
PIN: 5 seats
PASE: 8 seats
ML: 9 seats
ADC: 4 seats
PRC: 10 seats
PREN: 3 seats