Cartago is one of the seven multi-member constituencies of the Legislative Assembly, the national legislature of Costa Rica. The constituency was established in 1949 when the Legislative Assembly was established by the modified constitution imposed by the Figueres dictatorship. It is conterminous with the province of Cartago. The constituency currently elects seven of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 409,878 registered electors.
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Electoral system
Cartago currently elects seven of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. Seats are allocated using the largest remainder method using the Hare quota (cociente). Only parties that receive at least 50% of the Hare quota (subcociente) compete for remainder seats. Any seats remaining unfilled after allocation using the quotient system are distributed amongst parties that surpassed the subcociente, is descending order of their total votes in the constituency. The latter process is repeated until all the seats in the constituency are filled.
Election results
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Results of the 2022 general election held on 6 February 2022:
The following candidates were elected:
Johana Alemán Bonilla (PLP); Óscar Izquierdo Sandí (PLN); Rosaura Méndez Gamboa (PLN); Paola Nájera Abarca (PPSD); Antonio José Ortega Gutiérrez (FA); Alejandro José Pacheco Castro (PUSC); and Paulina María Ramírez Portuguez (PLN).
Results of the 2018 general election held on 4 February 2018:
The following candidates were elected:
Pablo Heriberto Abarca Mora (PUSC); Mario Castillo Méndez (PAC); Luis Fernando Chacón Monge (PLN); Laura Guido Pérez (PAC); Xiomara Priscilla Rodríguez Hernández (PRN); Paola Alexandra Valladares Rosado (PLN); and Sylvia Patricia Villegas Álvarez (PIN).
Results of the 2014 general election held on 2 February 2014:
The following candidates were elected:
José Francisco Camacho Leiva (FA); Emilia Molina Cruz (PAC); Paulina María Ramírez Portuguez (PLN); Marco Vinicio Redondo Quirós (PAC); Mario Redondo Poveda (ADC); Jorge Rodríguez Araya (PUSC); and Julio Antonio Rojas Astorga (PLN).
Results of the 2010 general election held on 7 February 2010:
The following candidates were elected:
Ileana Brenes Jiménez (PLN); Carlos Humberto Góngora Fuentes (PML); Víctor Hernández Cerdas (PAC); Martín Alcides Monestel Contreras (PASE); Luis Alfonso Pérez Gómez (PLN); José Roberto Rodríguez Quesada (PUSC); and Luis Gerardo Villanueva Monge (PLN).
Results of the 2006 general election held on 5 February 2006:
The following candidates were elected:
Carlos Manuel Gutiérrez Gómez (PML); Orlando Manuel Hernández Murillo (PAC); Francisco Javier Marín Monge (PLN); Elsa Grettel Ortiz Álvarez (PAC); Sandra Quesada Hidalgo (PLN); Patricia Quirós Quirós (PAC); and Clara Silvia Zomer Rezler (PLN).
Results of the 2002 general election held on 3 February 2002:
The following candidates were elected:
Nury Garita Sánchez (PLN); Carlos Herrera Calvo (PML); Ruth María Montoya Rojas (PAC); Mario Redondo Poveda (PUSC); María del Rocío Ulloa Solano (PUSC); Gerardo Vargas Leiva (PAC); and Luis Gerardo Villanueva Monge (PLN).
Results of the 1998 general election held on 1 February 1998:
The following candidates were elected:
Ovidio Antonio Pacheco Salazar (PUSC); Rodolfo Salas Salas (PLN); Ricardo Sancho Chavarría (PLN); Belisario Solano Solano (PUSC); Álvaro Torres Guerrero (PLN); and Rafael Ángel Villalta Loaiza (PUSC).
Results of the 1994 general election held on 6 February 1994:
The following candidates were elected:
Mary Albán López (PUSC); Hernán Bravo Trejos (PUSC); Cachimbal (PUAC); Jorge Walter Coto Molina (PLN); María Luisa Ortiz Meseguer (PLN); and Luis Gerardo Villanueva Monge (PLN).
Results of the 1990 general election held on 4 February 1990:
The following candidates were elected:
Ovidio Antonio Pacheco Salazar (PUSC); Jorge Rodríguez Araya (PUAC); Rafael Sanabria Solano (PUSC); Daisy Serrano Vargas (PLN); Federico Vargas Peralta (PLN); and Guillermo Arturo Zúñiga Trigueros (PUSC).
Results of the 1986 general election held on 2 February 1986:
The following candidates were elected:
Alíen Ramón Arias Angulo (PLN); Cachimbal (PUAC); José Miguel Corrales Bolaños (PLN); Norma Jiménez Quirós (PUSC); Carlos Manuel Monge Rodríguez (PUSC); and Jorge Rossi Chavarría (PLN).
Results of the 1982 general election held on 7 February 1982:
The following candidates were elected:
Rogelio Carazo Paredes (CU); Holman Esquivel Garrote (PLN); Fernando Guzmán Mata (PLN); Carlos León Camacho (PLN); Carlos Alberto Rivera Bianchini (PLN); and José Roberto Rodríguez Quesada (CU).
Results of the 1978 general election held on 5 February 1978:
The following candidates were elected:
Ramón Aguilar Facio (CU); Mario Enrique Coto Varela (PLN); Mario Rojas Vega (CU); Martín Rolando Brenes (PUAC); Carlos Solano Salazar Aguilar (PLN); and Ángel Edmundo Solano Calderón (PLN).
Results of the 1974 general election held on 3 February 1974:
The following candidates were elected:
Cachimbal (PUAC); José Miguel Corrales Bolaños (PLN); Álvaro Fuentes Ramos (PLN); Abdenago Herrera Carvajal (PUN); Julio Molina Siverio (PUN); María Luisa Portuguez Calderón (PLN); and Álvaro Torres Vincenzi (PNI).
Results of the 1970 general election held on 1 February 1970:
The following candidates were elected:
Eladio Alonso Andrés (PLN); Rogelio Carazo Paredes (PUN); Rodolfo Leiva Runnebaum (PUN); Yolanda Otárola Prendigas (PLN); Emilio Piedra Jiménez (PUN); Ángel Edmundo Solano Calderón (PLN); and Jorge Solano Chacón (PLN).
Results of the 1966 general election held on 6 February 1966:
The following candidates were elected:
Uriel Arrieta Salas (PUN); Halley Guardia Herrero (PUN); Fernando Guzmán Mata (PLN); Manuel Patiño Troyo (PUN); Numa Fernando Ruiz Solórzano (PLN); Hernán Vargas Ramírez (PLN); and Jorge Luis Villanueva Badilla (PLN).
Results of the 1962 general election held on 4 February 1962:
The following candidates were elected:
Jesús Benavides Murillo (PLN); Minor Calvo Ortega (PLN); José Hernán García Fonseca (PR); Joaquín Garro Jiménez (PLN); Nora Murillo Saborío (PLN); José Joaquín Peralta Esquivel (PUN); and Guillermo Yglesias Flores (PR).
Results of the 1958 general election held on 2 February 1958:
The following candidates were elected:
Eladio Alonso Andrés (PLN); José Rafael Cordero Croceri (PLN); Fernando Guzmán Mata (PI); Mario Leiva Quirós (PUN); Humberto Saborío Bravo (PLN); and Rodrigo Sancho Robles (PRN).
Results of the 1953 general election held on 26 July 1953:
The following candidates were elected:
Francisco Bonilla Wepold (PLN); Joaquín Garro Jiménez (PLN); José Joaquín Peralta Esquivel (PD); Víctor Alberto Quirós Sasso (PLN); Manuel Francisco Solano Madríz (PLN); and Fernando Volio Sancho (PLN).
The following candidates were elected at the 1949 general election held on 4 October 1949:
Mario Leiva Quirós (PUN); Jorge Mandas Chacón (PUN); Alberto Morúa Rivera (PUN); Gonzalo Ortiz Martín (PUN); Rafael Quesada Casal (PUN); Roberto Salazar Mata (PC); and Álvaro Torres Vicenzi (PUC).