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Costa riCa**

H.E. Erick Adrián Guzmán Vargas
Secretary General of the Supreme Court of Elections

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Country Name LEGISLATURE
COSTA RICA
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Official Name Unicameral
Republic of Costa Rica
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Government Legislative Assembly
Presidential Republic
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of the Government nominated
President – Carlos Alvarado Quesada 57 members of the AsambleaLegislativa

5. Head of the State (Legislative Assembly) are elected through
President – Carlos Alvarado Quesada closed-list proportional representation system

6. Capital 4. Popular House
San Jose AsambleaLegislativa

7. Currency 5. Type of Electoral System
Costa Rican colón Proportional Representative
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) PArt iii
white or mestizo 83.6%, mulatto 6.7%, indigenous ELECtorAL sYstEM
2.4%, black of African descent 1.1%, other 1.1%,
none 2.9%, unspecified 2.2% (2011 est.)
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
9. Date of Independence and from which
Country 1. Name of the EMB(S)
15 September 1821 (from Spain) Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (Supreme
Electoral Tribunal) TSE
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
8 November 1949 2. Website Address
http://www.tse.go.cr/
11. Language (s)
English (official) 3. Nature of EMB

12. Literacy Levels Independent
96 %

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