2018 Costa Rican general election

General elections were held in Costa Rica in 2018 to elect both the President and Legislative Assembly. The first round of the presidential election was held on 4 February 2018, with the two highest-ranked candidates being Christian singer and Congressman Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz from the conservative National Restoration Party and writer and former Minister Carlos Alvarado Quesada from the progressive Citizens' Action Party. They each won 24% and 21% of the votes respectively.

A second round run-off election was held on 1 April 2018 and was won by Carlos Alvarado Quesada, with a landslide victory of 60.6% of the vote.

## Infobox (legislative election)

- **embed**: yes
- **election name**: Legislative election
- **seats for election**: All 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica, Legislative Assembly
- **majority seats**: 29
- **turnout**: 65.56% ( 2.82percentage point, pp)
- **party1**: National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)
- **leader1**: Antonio Álvarez Desanti
- **percentage1**: 19.49
- **seats1**: 17
- **last election1**: 18
- **party2**: National Restoration Party (Costa Rica)
- **leader2**: Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz
- **percentage2**: 18.16
- **seats2**: 14
- **last election2**: 1
- **party3**: Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)
- **leader3**: Carlos Alvarado Quesada
- **percentage3**: 16.27
- **seats3**: 10
- **last election3**: 13
- **party4**: Social Christian Unity Party
- **leader4**: Rodolfo Piza Rocafort
- **percentage4**: 14.60
- **seats4**: 9
- **last election4**: 8
- **party5**: National Integration Party (Costa Rica)
- **leader5**: Juan Diego Castro Fernández
- **percentage5**: 7.67
- **seats5**: 4
- **last election5**: 0
- **party6**: Social Christian Republican Party
- **leader6**: Rodolfo Hernández Gómez
- **percentage6**: 4.21
- **seats6**: 2
- **last election6**: New
- **party7**: Broad Front (Costa Rica)
- **leader7**: Edgardo Araya Sibaja
- **percentage7**: 3.95
- **seats7**: 1
- **last election7**: 9
- **map**: Elecciones legislativas de Costa Rica de 2018 - Diputados por Provincia.svg
- **map caption**: Results by province


## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: Presidential election
- **embed**: yes
- **type**: presidential
- **registered**: 3,322,329
- **turnout**: 65.70% (first round)  2.78percentage point, pp
66.45% (second round)  9.95percentage point, pp
- **image1**:
- **nominee1**: ****
- **party1**: Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)
- **running mate1**: Epsy Campbell Barr, Epsy Campbell
Marvin Rodríguez Cordero, Marvin Rodríguez
- **popular vote1**: **1,322,908**
- **percentage1**: **60.59%**
- **image2**:
- **nominee2**: Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz, Fabricio Alvarado
- **party2**: National Restoration Party (Costa Rica)
- **running mate2**: Ivonne Acuña
Francisco J. Prendas
- **popular vote2**: 860,388
- **percentage2**: 39.41%
- **map**: **Alvarado-Quesada**:
**Alvarado-Muñoz**:
**Álvarez**:
**Piza**:
**Castro**:
**Hernández**:
- **title**: President of Costa Rica, President
- **before election**: Luis Guillermo Solís
- **before party**: Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)
- **after election**: Carlos Alvarado Quesada
- **after party**: Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)


## Infobox (election)

- **country**: Costa Rica
- **flag year**: state
- **previous election**: 2014 Costa Rican general election
- **previous year**: 2014
- **election date**: 4 February 2018 (first round)
 (second round)
- **next election**: 2022 Costa Rican general election
- **next year**: 2022