Mayoral and municipal elections were held in San Jose, Costa Rica, on 7 February 2016 and were the method by which the citizens of the canton of San José elected the mayor, deputy mayors, syndics, aldermen and district councilors of the capital municipality. For the first time the elections of aldermen (traditionally elected at the same time as the president and the deputies) were joined by the other municipal authorities after the 2009 reform to the Municipal Code. This was the fourth time that the Josefinos chose the Mayor of San José. The winner was former presidential candidate Johnny Araya Monge with more than 40% of the votes, followed by Guido Granados of the National Liberation Party with 16% and the ex-deputy Jorge Eduardo Sánchez of the Social Christian Unity Party with 10%.[1][2]
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2016 San José mayoral election|
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Candidate |
Johnny Araya Monge |
Guido Granados Ramírez |
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San José Alliance |
PLN |
Popular vote |
23 925 |
9536 |
Percentage |
40.01% |
15.95% |
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In blue districts won by Araya, in green by Granados |
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