National
Legislative Assembly
- Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa
Governs Costa Rica
Official website (asamblea.go.cr) Report a problem with this page
Source: pdba.georgetown.edu, checkedLegislative Assembly in plain words
- What it's for
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A single chamber of 57 deputies elected for four years from closed party lists in the seven provinces. It makes laws, approves treaties and the budget, and elects the Supreme Court magistrates. Deputies cannot be re-elected immediately.
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Who sits on it
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President of the Legislative Assembly
Chosen by the Assembly from among its members
- Yara Vanessa Jiménez Fallas since May 2026
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57 deputies
Elected
See every Deputy and their riding, or look up an address to find yours.
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Legislative Assembly pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
- Yara Vanessa Jiménez Fallas as President of the Legislative Assembly observador.cr · checked
- Deputy pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
What it can do
- Making laws
Enacting, reforming, repealing and interpreting laws (Constitution art. 121(1)).
- Treaties
Approving or rejecting international treaties and public agreements (Constitution art. 121(4)).
- National budget
Approving or rejecting the ordinary and extraordinary budgets of the Republic (Constitution art. 121(11)).
- Electing Supreme Court magistrates
Electing the magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (Constitution arts. 121(3), 158).
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Sources for what it can do
- Making laws pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
- Treaties pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
- National budget pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
- Electing Supreme Court magistrates pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
Sources
- pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica (Political Constitution of 1949, as amended), read 2026-10-12: Executive (arts. 130-148), Legislative Assembly (arts. 105-121), Judiciary (arts. 152-158). Names from presidencia.go.cr, asamblea.go.cr and poder-judicial.go.cr. For: Legislative Assembly
- pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica, read 2026-10-12. For: What it's for
- presidencia.go.cr · checked Spanish official names from presidencia.go.cr, asamblea.go.cr, poder-judicial.go.cr and the Constitution (Spanish text), read 2026-10-12. For: Legislative Assembly in Spanish
- pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica, read 2026-10-12: article cited in the description. For: Making laws, Treaties, National budget, Electing Supreme Court magistrates
- pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica, read 2026-10-12: selection method, term and size of each office (arts. 106-107, 130-139, 158); minister offices follow the portfolios listed at https://www.presidencia.go.cr/gabinete/. For: President of the Legislative Assembly, Deputy
- observador.cr · checked TSE declaratoria of deputies 2026-2030 as reported by Observador CR and CRHoy, read 2026-10-12: member, party and province; mandate from 2026-05-01 (Constitution art. 107). Assembly president Yara Jiménez elected 2026-05-01 (Delfino.cr). No resignations found. Fallback: press reports, because asamblea.go.cr was unreachable (connection refused). For: Diana Murillo Murillo as Deputy, Alajuela (province list), Eder Francisco Hernández Ulloa as Deputy, Alajuela (province list), Edgardo Vinicio Araya Sibaja as Deputy, Alajuela (province list), Fernando Obaldía Álvarez as Deputy, Alajuela (province list), Gerardo Bogantes Rivera as Deputy, Alajuela (province list) and 53 more
- pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution arts. 107, 138 and Electoral Code (Ley 8765), read 2026-10-12: general election on the first Sunday of February of the year the term ends (2030-02-03); date not yet convoked by TSE decree, so date_confirmed=false. Held 2026-02-01 (Fernández won in first round with 48.3%). For: General election, February 3, 2030