Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica

Legislative Assembly

Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Rodrigo Arias Sánchez, PLN
since 1 May 2022
Vice president
Rosaria Brown Young, PNR
since 1 May 2024
First Secretary
Carlos Felipe García Molina, PUSC
since 1 May 2024
Structure
Seats57
Political groups
Government (8)
  •   PPSD (8)

Opposition (49)

Committees
6 ordinary standing
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
  • Economical Affairs Committee
  • Government and Administration Committee
  • Budget Affairs Committee
  • Judicial Affairs Committee
  • Social Affairs Committee
14 special standing
  • Honors Committee
  • Municipal Affairs and Local Participatory Development Committee
  • Law Drafting Committee
  • International Relations and Foreign Trade Committee
  • Constitutionality Consultations Committee
  • Income and Public Spending Committee
  • Security and Drug Trafficking Committee
  • Women's Affairs Committee
  • Youth, Childhood and Teenagers Committee
  • Appointments Committee
  • Environment Committee
  • Tourism Committee
  • Human Rights Committee
  • Science, Technology and Education Committee
Elections
Party-list proportional representation
Modified Hare quota
Closed list
Last election
6 February 2022
Meeting place
Session room since 2020
Session room of the Asamblea Legislativa building.
Website
http://www.asamblea.go.cr/

The Legislative Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa) forms the unicameral legislative branch of the Costa Rican government. The national congress building is located in the capital city, San José, specifically in Carmen district of the San José canton.

The Legislative Assembly is composed of 57 deputies, (Spanish: diputados), who are elected by direct, universal, popular vote on a closed party list proportional representation basis, by province, for four-year terms. A 1949 constitutional amendment prevents deputies from serving for two successive terms, though a deputy may run for an Assembly seat again after sitting out a term. Currently a proposal to switch to a Mixed-member proportional representation based on the German system is under discussion.[2]

  1. ^ Mora, Andrea (15 March 2023). "Luz Mary Alpízar rechaza dejar el PPSD; Chaves la acusa de aliarse "con extremistas"". Delfino. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ Carmona, Fiorella (29 March 2019). "Congreso se acerca al cambio en sistema de elección de diputados". Revista Pulso. Retrieved 28 March 2019.