2026 Costa Rican general election

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 February 2026. Voters went to elect a new president for a four-year term and all 57 members of the Legislative Assembly.

Laura Fernández Delgado, the candidate of the ruling Sovereign People's Party (PPSO), won the presidential election with 48.30% of the votes, beating Álvaro Ramos Chaves of the National Liberation Party (PLN) and 18 other candidates in the first round.

No runoff needed since Fernández won more than 40% of the vote. She is the second woman to be elected president of Costa Rica.

Opinion polling
PollsterDateSampleframeless|62x62pxframeless|62x62pxframeless|61x61pxframeless|62x62pxframeless|61x61pxOtherDK/DANeitherAlvaradoPNRDoblesPAC/ADNFernándezPPSORamosPLNRoblesFAframeless|37x37pxframeless|38x38pxframeless|40x40pxframeless|34x34pxframeless|48x48pxIDESPO22 January 20268051.7%5.2%39.9%6.0%3.5%4.2%38.8%0.7%OPOL21 January 202630753.5%3.6%43.2%6.6%2.6%10.4%29.8%0.3%CIEP21 January 202610064.0%5.0%40.0%8.0%4.0%6.7%32.0%0.3%OPOL14 January 202630704.2%3.1%42.5%6.2%3.0%9.2%29.0%2.8%OPOL7 January 202630083.3%2.7%40.3%6.0%3.1%9.6%34.5%0.5%CID Gallup6 January 202612005.9%3.6%40.7%9.0%4.3%11.1%11.0%14.4%OPOL23 December 202532413.0%2.6%39.4%5.6%3.1%9.6%33.8%2.9%Demoscopía15 December 202512003.5%3.1%27.4%11.3%4.8%8.2%41.7% -OPOL10 December 202529653.8%2.4%38.0%6.1%3.6%11.2%32.7%2.2%Idespo8 December 20258051.5%5.2%32.8%6.6%3.7%2.9%45.5%1.8%CIEP3 December 202517591.0%4.0%30.0%8.0%5.0%4.4%45.0%2.6%OPOL26 November 202530403.7%2.8%37.7%6.9%3.4%10.5%34.1%0.9%Demoscopía17 November 202512005.0%3.0%21.4%9.0%4.0%10.5%19.4%27.7%OPOL12 November 202530724.0%1.3%37.8%7.2%2.4%8.4%37.9%1.0%IDESPO6 November 20258320.6%2.3%28.1%6.2%2.9%3.9%54.0%2.0%OPOL29 October 202529514.8%2.9%31.2%7.4%3.7%9.2%39.0%1.8%CIEP22 October 202513330.6%3.0%25.0%7.0%3.0%3.9%55.0%2.5%

References

Category:February 2026 events
Category:General elections
Category:2026 elections
Category:2020s in Costa Rica