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  "id": "cr-political-parties",
  "name": "Costa Rica — Political Parties",
  "title": "Costa Rica — Political Parties",
  "description": "Political parties of Costa Rica from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).",
  "category": "politics",
  "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 64,
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      "key": "year_last",
      "label": "Year Last",
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    }
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      "name_short": "PP",
      "name": "Peliquista Party",
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      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peliquista_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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      "partyfacts_id": 7432,
      "name_short": "GO",
      "name": "Generación del Olimpo",
      "name_english": "Olympus Generation // 900 Generation [no-party]",
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      "year_first": 1880,
      "year_last": 1920,
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      "description": "Group of liberal intellectuals.",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 1367,
      "name_short": "PLN",
      "name": "Partido Liberación Nacional",
      "name_english": "National Liberation Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1951,
      "year_last": "",
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      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberation_Party_%28Costa_Rica%29",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7724,
      "name_short": "PRN",
      "name": "Partido Republicano Nacional Independiente",
      "name_english": "Independent National Republican Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1934,
      "year_last": "",
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      "description": "",
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      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 1199,
      "name_short": "PUSC",
      "name": "Partido Unidad Social Cristiana",
      "name_english": "Social Christian Unity Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1977,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 46.2,
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      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Christian_Unity_Party",
      "description": "",
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      "partyfacts_id": 5117,
      "name_short": "UC",
      "name": "Unidad Coalición",
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      "share": 43.4,
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      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Coalition",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "Partido Unidad in Nohlen (1993).",
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      "partyfacts_id": 4422,
      "name_short": "PUN",
      "name": "Partido Unificación Nacional",
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      "partyfacts_id": 7436,
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      "description": "",
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      "partyfacts_id": 7434,
      "name_short": "CU",
      "name": "Catholic Union",
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      "description": "",
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6695,
      "name_short": "A",
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      "description": "",
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6696,
      "name_short": "Fu",
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      "partyfacts_id": 1247,
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      "name": "Partido Acción Ciudadana",
      "name_english": "Citizens' Action Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2000,
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      "partyfacts_id": 7440,
      "name_short": "RP",
      "name": "Republicano provincial",
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      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4417,
      "name_short": "PD",
      "name": "Partido Demócrata",
      "name_english": "Democratic Party",
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      "year_first": 1919,
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      "share": 21.2,
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      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
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      "partyfacts_id": 7433,
      "name_short": "PLP",
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      "year_last": "",
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      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Progressive_Party_(Costa_Rica,_1889)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
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      "partyfacts_id": 6345,
      "name_short": "PR",
      "name": "Partido Reformista",
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      "year_last": 1923,
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      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5093,
      "name_short": "PVPBOC",
      "name": "Partido Vanguardia Popular // Bloque de Obreros y Campesinos",
      "name_english": "People's Vanguard Party // Communist Party of Costa Rica // Workers and Farmers Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1931,
      "year_last": 2010,
      "share": 16.3,
      "share_year": 1942,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Vanguard_Party_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7437,
      "name_short": "PP",
      "name": "Party of the People",
      "name_english": "Party of the People",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1906,
      "year_last": "",
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      "share_year": 1906,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905–1906_Costa_Rican_general_election",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2363,
      "name_short": "PML",
      "name": "Partido Movimiento Libertario",
      "name_english": "Libertarian Movement Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1994,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 14.5,
      "share_year": 2010,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Movement_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5603,
      "name_short": "PC",
      "name": "Partido Constitucional",
      "name_english": "Constitutional Party",
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      "year_first": 1868,
      "year_last": 1949,
      "share": 11.4,
      "share_year": 1921,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Party_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6699,
      "name_short": "CG",
      "name": "Confraternidad Guanacasteca",
      "name_english": "Guanacaste Fellowship // Guanacastecan Brotherhood",
      "name_other": "",
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      "year_last": 1940,
      "share": 11.2,
      "share_year": 1921,
      "wikipedia": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confraternidad_Guanacasteca",
      "description": "",
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      "technical": ""
    },
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      "partyfacts_id": 7435,
      "name_short": "IDP",
      "name": "Independent Democratic Party",
      "name_english": "Independent Democratic Party",
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      "year_last": "",
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      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894_Costa_Rican_general_election",
      "description": "",
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      "technical": ""
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      "partyfacts_id": 6703,
      "name_short": "RC",
      "name": "Republicano constitucional",
      "name_english": "Constitutional Republican",
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      "year_first": 1930,
      "year_last": 1930,
      "share": 10.7,
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      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
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      "partyfacts_id": 4411,
      "name_short": "PNI/PPN",
      "name": "Partido Nacional Independiente // Partido Patriótico Nacional",
      "name_english": "National Independent Party // National Patriotic Party",
      "name_other": "",
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      "year_last": 2007,
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      "description": "",
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      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6408,
      "name_short": "PI",
      "name": "Independente",
      "name_english": "Independent Party",
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      "year_last": 1998,
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      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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      "partyfacts_id": 7438,
      "name_short": "RU",
      "name": "Unión Republicana",
      "name_english": "Republican Union",
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      "year_last": "",
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      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905–1906_Costa_Rican_general_election",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 504,
      "name_short": "PASE",
      "name": "Partido Accesibilidad sin Exclusión",
      "name_english": "Accessibility without Exclusion",
      "name_other": "",
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      "year_last": "",
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      "description": "",
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      "name_short": "PML",
      "name": "Partido Movimiento Libertario",
      "name_english": "Libertarian Movement Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1994,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 9.1,
      "share_year": 2006,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Movement_%28Costa_Rica%29",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7443,
      "name_short": "CA",
      "name": "Cortesista alajuelense",
      "name_english": "Cortesista alajuelense",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1942,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 8.1,
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      "description": "",
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      "partyfacts_id": 4414,
      "name_short": "PRD",
      "name": "Partido Renovación Democrática",
      "name_english": "Democratic Renovation Party",
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      "year_first": 1972,
      "year_last": 1984,
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      "wikipedia": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Renovaci%C3%B3n_Democr%C3%A1tica",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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      "partyfacts_id": 4881,
      "name_short": "PU",
      "name": "Pueblo Unido",
      "name_english": "United People",
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      "year_last": 2002,
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      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_People_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "",
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      "year_last": "",
      "share": 7.3,
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      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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      "partyfacts_id": 6704,
      "name_short": "UPE",
      "name": "Unión provincial Esquivelista",
      "name_english": "Provincial Union Esquivelista",
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      "year_first": 1930,
      "year_last": 1930,
      "share": 6.6,
      "share_year": 1930,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6705,
      "name_short": "UPH",
      "name": "Unión provincial de Heredia",
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      "year_first": 1930,
      "year_last": 1930,
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      "share_year": 1930,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
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      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6700,
      "name_short": "AI",
      "name": "Agrícola Independiente",
      "name_english": "Independent Agriculture",
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      "year_first": 1921,
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      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5118,
      "name_short": "SD",
      "name": "Social Demócrata",
      "name_english": "Social Democratic Party",
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      "year_first": 1948,
      "year_last": 1949,
      "share": 6.4,
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      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "In 1951 the Social Democratic Party, the Center for the Study of National Problems and the group Democratic Action formed the National Liberation Party (PLN).",
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      "partyfacts_id": 6698,
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      "year_first": 1919,
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      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
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      "partyfacts_id": 6706,
      "name_short": "UNP",
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      "wikipedia": "",
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      "technical": ""
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      "partyfacts_id": 4230,
      "name_short": "FD",
      "name": "Fuerza Democratica",
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      "year_first": 1992,
      "year_last": 2010,
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      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6701,
      "name_short": "CA",
      "name": "Constitucional aguilista",
      "name_english": "Constitutional Aguilista",
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      "year_first": 1921,
      "year_last": 1921,
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      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6702,
      "name_short": "JC",
      "name": "Jimenista de Cartago",
      "name_english": "Jimenista of Cartago",
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      "year_first": 1921,
      "year_last": 1921,
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      "share_year": 1921,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
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      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7441,
      "name_short": "UPA",
      "name": "Unión provincial alajuelense",
      "name_english": "Unión provincial alajuelense",
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      "share_year": 1934,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_Costa_Rican_parliamentary_election",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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      "partyfacts_id": 4419,
      "name_short": "UCR",
      "name": "Unión Cívico Revolucionaria",
      "name_english": "Revolutionary Civic Union",
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      "share": 5.5,
      "share_year": 1966,
      "wikipedia": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni%C3%B3n_C%C3%ADvica_Revolucionaria",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4413,
      "name_short": "PAS",
      "name": "Partido Acción Socialista",
      "name_english": "Socialist Action Party",
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      "year_last": 1978,
      "share": 5.5,
      "share_year": 1970,
      "wikipedia": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Acci%C3%B3n_Socialista",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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      "partyfacts_id": 6697,
      "name_short": "Ag",
      "name": "Agrupación",
      "name_english": "Agrupación",
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      "year_first": 1915,
      "year_last": 1915,
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      "share_year": 1915,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4231,
      "name_short": "MN",
      "name": "Movimiento Nacional",
      "name_english": "National Movement",
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      "year_first": 1982,
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      "share": 3.6,
      "share_year": 1982,
      "wikipedia": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimiento_Nacional_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "",
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      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 1252,
      "name_short": "FA",
      "name": "Frente Amplio",
      "name_english": "Broad Front",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2004,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 3.6,
      "share_year": 2010,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Front_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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      "partyfacts_id": 864,
      "name_short": "PRC",
      "name": "Partido Renovación Costarricense",
      "name_english": "Costa Rican Renovation Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1995,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 3.4,
      "share_year": 2006,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rican_Renovation_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4412,
      "name_short": "FN",
      "name": "Frente Nacional",
      "name_english": "National Front",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1970,
      "year_last": 1974,
      "share": 3.1,
      "share_year": 1970,
      "wikipedia": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Frente_Nacional",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4418,
      "name_short": "PIN",
      "name": "Partido Integracion Nacional",
      "name_english": "National Integration Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1996,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 2.8,
      "share_year": 1998,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Integration_Party_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 161,
      "name_short": "PUN",
      "name": "Partido Unión Nacional",
      "name_english": "National Union Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1947,
      "year_last": 2006,
      "share": 2.5,
      "share_year": 2006,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_Party_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4421,
      "name_short": "ADP",
      "name": "Acción Democrática Popular",
      "name_english": "Popular Democratic Action",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1962,
      "year_last": 1962,
      "share": 2.5,
      "share_year": 1962,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Democratic_Action",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4416,
      "name_short": "PDC",
      "name": "Partido Demócrata Cristiano",
      "name_english": "Christian Democratic Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1967,
      "year_last": 1984,
      "share": 2.5,
      "share_year": 1970,
      "wikipedia": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Dem%C3%B3crata_Cristiano_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4415,
      "name_short": "PUG",
      "name": "Partido Union Generaleña",
      "name_english": "Generaleña Union",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1970,
      "year_last": 2007,
      "share": 2.4,
      "share_year": 1990,
      "wikipedia": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Uni%C3%B3n_Generale%C3%B1a",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4420,
      "name_short": "UPC",
      "name": "Union Para El Cambio",
      "name_english": "Union for Change Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2005,
      "year_last": 2010,
      "share": 2.4,
      "share_year": 2006,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_for_Change_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5147,
      "name_short": "PN",
      "name": "Patria Nueva",
      "name_english": "New Homeland Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2012,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 2.2,
      "share_year": 2014,
      "wikipedia": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Patria_Nueva",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 257,
      "name_short": "PRN",
      "name": "Partido Restauración Nacional",
      "name_english": "National Restoration Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2005,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 2,
      "share_year": 2006,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Restoration_Party_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5116,
      "name_short": "ANC",
      "name": "Alianza Nacional Cristiana",
      "name_english": "National Christian Alliance",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1986,
      "year_last": 1994,
      "share": 1.7,
      "share_year": 1990,
      "wikipedia": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alianza_Nacional_Cristiana",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4880,
      "name_short": "FPC",
      "name": "Frente Popular Costarricense",
      "name_english": "Costa Rican Popular Front",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1970,
      "year_last": 1982,
      "share": 1.6,
      "share_year": 1982,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "Founded by Rodolfo Cerdas Cruz, who separated from the People's Vanguard Party (Vanguardia Popular).",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4882,
      "name_short": "PADA",
      "name": "Acción Democrática Alajuelense",
      "name_english": "Alajuelense Democratic Action",
      "name_other": "Patriotic Alliance",
      "year_first": 1982,
      "year_last": 1994,
      "share": 1.6,
      "share_year": 1982,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Alliance_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "In 2008, the Alajuelense Democratic Action was renamed in Patriotric Alliance (Alianza Patriótica).",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5120,
      "name_short": "UAC",
      "name": "Unión Agrícola Cartaginesa",
      "name_english": "Cartago Agrarian Union Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1970,
      "year_last": 1994,
      "share": 1.2,
      "share_year": 1974,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartago_Agrarian_Union_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5783,
      "name_short": "Civ",
      "name": "Partido Civil",
      "name_english": "Civil Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1893,
      "year_last": 1932,
      "share": "",
      "share_year": "",
      "wikipedia": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Civil_(Costa_Rica)",
      "description": "leader support 1928 Gonzalez Viquez (Civ) –  see CHISOLS",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6436,
      "name_short": "BV",
      "name": "Bloque Victoria",
      "name_english": "Victory Bloc",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1944,
      "year_last": 1952,
      "share": "",
      "share_year": "",
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "Victory Bloc is an alliance of the National Republican Party (4436)",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    }
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    "title": "Costa Rica — Political Parties - Free Download",
    "description": "Political parties of Costa Rica from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 64 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "Costa Rica — Political Parties | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download Costa Rica — Political Parties dataset with 64 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 64 records with 13 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata"
    ]
  }
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