Most voted candidates in 2018 Costa Rican presidential election primaries

This statistic shows the most voted presidential candidates during the general elections held in Costa Rica on February 4, 2018. Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz, candidate of the National Restoration Party (Partido Restauración Nacional) received more than 24.9 percent of votes, followed by Carlos Alvarado Quesada of the Citizens' Action Party (Partido Acción Ciudadana) with nearly 21.7 percent of all valid votes cast. A runoff election will be held on April 1st, 2018 to elect the new Costa Rican president among these two candidates.

Distribution of valid votes cast in the 2018 presidential election primaries in Costa Rica, by candidate

Candidate (Party)	Share of valid votes cast
Gerardo Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz (Partido Restauración Nacional)	24.91%
Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada (Partido Acción Ciudadana)	21.66%
Antonio Álvarez Desanti (Partido Liberación Nacional)	18.62%
Rodolfo Emilio Piza de Rocafort (Partido Unidad Social Cristiana)	16.02%
Juan Diego Castro Fernández (Partido Integración Nacional)	9.52%
Rodolfo Humberto Hernández Gómez (Partido Republicano Social Cristiano)	4.95%
Otto Guevara Guth (Movimiento Libertario)	1.02%
Edgardo Vinicio Araya Sibaja (Frente Amplio)	0.79%
Sergio Mena Díaz (Partido Nueva Generación)	0.76%
Mario Redondo Poveda (Alianza Demócrata Cristiana)	0.59%
Stephanie Campos Arrieta (Partido Renovación Costarricense)	0.59%
Óscar Andrés López Arias (Partido Accesibilidad Sin Exclusión)	0.38%
John Vega Masis (Partido de los Trabajadores)	0.2%