Editing Politics of Costa Rica (section)

=== Legislative branch ===
{{See also|History of the Costa Rican legislature}}

[[File:Edificio_de_la_Asamblea_Legislativa_de_Costa_Rica.jpg|thumb|Meeting place of the congress of Costa Rica]]

Legislative powers are held by the [[Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica|Legislative Assembly]]. Legislators, called deputies, are elected to non-consecutive four-year terms by popular, [[direct vote]], using [[proportional representation]] in each of the country's seven provinces. As a result, there are nine separate political parties serving in the Legislative Assembly, with [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] holding 18 seats, the [[Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)|Citizens' Action Party]] holding 13, and [[Broad Front (Costa Rica)|Broad Front]] and the [[Social Christian Unity Party]] each holding 8. Other parties hold the remaining seats.<ref name=WFB>{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Costa Rica|access-date=3 April 2014}}</ref>

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|[[Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica|Legislative Assembly President]]
|[[Rodrigo Arias Sánchez]]
|[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]]
|8 May 2022
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