Costa Rica Elections 2018- free resources.

General elections will be held in Costa Rica on February 4, 2018 to elect both the President and Legislative Assembly.


Here are some resources to find out what is going on.

IFES has a good general guide to the electoral system


The Council of the Americas - has a background explainer on the nature and importance of the elections from the region.

Official information on the election (Spanish) can be obtained from the Tribunal Supremo. this includes lists of candiates regulations and results.

Newspaper coverage

La Nación’s election coverage
Seminario Universidad's political coverage
The Tico Times’ election coverage
includes Alvaro Murillo Primer
Murillo is a political commentator who also has his own twitter account

Organisations which will observe the conduct of the elections include

OAS

Reports from earlier elections can be viewed on the ACE project election observation portal