2010 San José mayoral election

2010 San José mayoral election

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Candidate Johnny Araya Monge Gloria Valerín Rodríguez Party PLN PAC Popular vote 25,206 6,610 Percentage 61% 16%

In green districts won by Araya

Mayor before election Johnny Araya Monge PLN Elected Mayor Johnny Araya Monge PLN

The San Jose municipal elections of 2010 were held on Sunday December 5 to elect the mayor, deputy mayors, syndics and district councilors^[1] of the central canton of San José, capital of Costa Rica. 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 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.^[2] Deputy and former presidential candidate Óscar López Arias of the Accessibility Without Exclusion Party,^[3] as well as Mario Alfaro of the Libertarian Movement and Luis Polinaris of the National Integration Party were candidates.^[4][5]