Limón 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 Limón. The constituency currently elects five of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 294,931 registered electors.
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Electoral system
Limón currently elects five 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:
Rosalía Brown Young (PNR); María Marta Carballo Arce (PUSC); Katherine Andrea Moreira Brown (PLN); Yonder Andrey Salas Durán (PNR); and Geison Enrique Valverde Méndez (PLN).
Results of the 2018 general election held on 4 February 2018:
The following candidates were elected:
Marulin Azofeifa Trejos (PRN); Eduardo Cruickshank Smith (PRN); Giovanni Alberto Gómez Obando (PRN); David Hubert Gourzong Cerdas (PLN); and Yorleny León Marchena (PLN).
Results of the 2014 general election held on 2 February 2014:
The following candidates were elected:
Avelino Esquivel Quesada (PRC); Danny Hayling Carcache (PLN); Carmen Quesada Santamaría (PML); Gerardo Vargas Varela (FA); and Luis Alberto Vásquez Castro (PUSC).
Results of the 2010 general election held on 7 February 2010:
The following candidates were elected:
Wálter Céspedes Salazar (PUSC); Carmen María Granados Fernández (PAC); Manuel Hernández Rivera (PML); Rodrigo Pinto Rawson (PLN); and Elibeth Venegas Villalobos (PLN).
Results of the 2006 general election held on 5 February 2006:
The following candidates were elected:
Ovidio Agüero Acuña (PML); Yalile Esna Williams (PLN); Rafael Elías Madrigal Brenes (PAC); Jorge Luis Méndez Zamora (PLN); and José Luis Vásquez Mora (PUSC).
Results of the 2002 general election held on 3 February 2002:
The following candidates were elected:
Carmen María Gamboa Herrera (PUSC); María Elena Núñez Chaves (PLN); Edwin Patterson (PAC); Marco Tulio Mora Rivera (PUSC); and Julián Watson Pomear (PLN).
Results of the 1998 general election held on 1 February 1998:
The following candidates were elected:
Virginia Consuelo Aguiluz Barboza (PLN); Wálter Céspedes Salazar (PUSC); Elberth Gómez Céspedes (PUSC); and Walter Antonio Robinson Davis (PLN).
Results of the 1994 general election held on 6 February 1994:
The following candidates were elected:
Teddy Cole Scarlett (PUSC); Carlos Manuel Femández Alvarado (PUSC); Víctor Hugo Núñez Torres (PAN); and Luis Velásquez Acuña (PLN).
Results of the 1990 general election held on 4 February 1990:
The following candidates were elected:
Omar Corella lzquierdo (PUSC); Reynaldo Adolfo Maxwell Kennedy (PLN); Carlos Manuel Rojas López (PLN); and Luis Villalobos Villalobos (PUSC).
Results of the 1986 general election held on 2 February 1986:
The following candidates were elected:
Orlando Avendaño Castro (PLN); Héctor Carballo Chaves (PUSC); Clinton Cruickshank Smith (PLN); and Marcelle Taylor Brown (PUSC).
Results of the 1982 general election held on 7 February 1982:
The following candidates were elected:
Thelma Curling Rodríguez (PLN); Freddy Menéndez Chaves (PU); Luis Villalobos Villalobos (CU); and Herman Weinstok Wolfowicz (PLN).
Results of the 1978 general election held on 5 February 1978:
The following candidates were elected:
Juan Rafael Barrientos Germe (PLN); Héctor Carballo Chaves (CU); Reinaldo Jiménez Gamboa (PLN); and Arturo Zúñiga Ross (CU).
Results of the 1974 general election held on 3 February 1974:
The following candidates were elected:
Domingo Argüello Noguera (PLN); Guillermo Hernández Cordero (PUN); and Dion Daniel Jackson Freeman (PLN).
Results of the 1970 general election held on 1 February 1970:
The following candidates were elected:
Asis Esna Miguel (PLN); Reynaldo Adolfo Maxwell Kennedy (PLN); and Rogelio Pardo Jochs (PUN).
Results of the 1966 general election held on 6 February 1966:
The following candidates were elected:
Guillermo Alfaro Quirós (PUN); Hernán Garrón Salazar (PLN); and Carl Eduardo Neil Neil (PLN).
Results of the 1962 general election held on 4 February 1962:
The following candidates were elected:
Demóstenes Bermúdez Coward (PLN); Horacio Tasies Piñeiro (PR); and Hernán Víquez Barrantes (PLN).
Results of the 1958 general election held on 2 February 1958:
The following candidates were elected:
Hernán Caamaño Cubero (PUN); and Hernán Garrón Salazar (PLN).
Results of the 1953 general election held on 26 July 1953:
The following candidates were elected:
William Reuben Aguilera (PLN); and Mariano Zúñiga Odio (PD).
The following candidates were elected at the 1949 general election held on 4 October 1949:
Carmelo Calvosa Chacón (PC); and Carlos Silva Quirós (PUN).