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Overview

I am presenting below updates on the parties - several of them have disappeared. I would suggest to present first the parties still active or with historical significance. Updated information on the parties and their current status is available at the Electoral Supreme Court website. Most flags presented on this page are based on information retrieved from the Electoral Supreme Court website. However, the website shows the emblems and not the flags.
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Acción Laborista Agrícola (Agrarian Labour Action Party)


image by Guillermo Aveledo, 7 September 2000

Guillermo Aveledo repoted plain triband. However <www.tse.go.cr> shows the same triband with a shovell. From Alajuela Province, founded 21 Febuary 1987.
Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003 and Dov Gutterman, 28 Febuary 2003

Registered (Alajuela) on 6 April 1989 and cancelled on 25 March 2010.
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Agrario Nacional


image from <www.tse.go.cr>, located by Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003

Provincial party from Limón Province Founded: 29 May 1988.
Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003 and Dov Gutterman, 28 Febuary 2003

Registered (Limón) on 18 May 1989 and cancelled on 22 February 2007. Merged into Movimiento Libertario.
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Auténtico Herediano (Heredian Authentic Party)


image by Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013

Partido Auténtico Herediano (Heredian Authentic Party) is from Heredia. "Spanish" flag with bold party's name in black on the yellow stripe. Party founded on July, 25, 2002.
Francisco Manuel Garcia and Dov Gutterman, 27 February 2006

Registered (Heredia) on 6 May 2004 and cancelled on 18 March 2010. The party was presided by José Francisco Salas Ramos.
The flag of PAH is horizontally divided red-yellow-red (1:2:1) with the name of the party written in black capital letters, on two lines, on the yellow stripe.
Photo: http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2005/mayo/23/978020.jpg
The colours of the flag caused a dispute between PAH and PAC (Partido Acción Ciudadana), which complained in 2005 at the Electoral Supreme Court for the use "its own" red and yellow colours by PAH.. By Resolution No. 942, the Court stated that the two parties would be allowed to use the same colours, but with different shades, lighter for PAC and brighter for PAH.
Source: "Nacion", 23 May 2005
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Auténtico Limonense


image based on <www.tse.go.cr>, located by Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003

Party from Limón Province. Founded 17 August 1976.
Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003 and Dov Gutterman, 28 Febuary 2003

Registered (Limón) on 28 July 1977 and cancelled on 7 March 2003.
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Auténtico Turrialbeño Cartaginés


image based on <www.tse.go.cr>, located by Francisco Manuel Garcia, 27 February 2006

Partido Auténtico Turrialbeño Cartaginés is from Cartago. Quartered white-green-red-blue flag with two devices on the white quarter.
Francisco Manuel Garcia and Dov Gutterman, 27 February 2006

Registered (Cartago) on 5 August 2005 and cancelled on 25 March 2010.
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Cambio Ya


image based on <www.tse.go.cr>, located by Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003

Provincial party from Alajuela. Founded 23 August 1995.
Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003 and Dov Gutterman, 28 Febuary 2003

Registered (Alajuela) on 16 May 1997 and cancelled on 7 March 2003.
Ivan Sache
, 04 August 2013


Partido Convergencia Nacional


image by Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013

Provincial party from Cartago. Founded 5 August 1993.
Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003 and Dov Gutterman, 28 Febuary 2003

Registered (Cartago) on 16 July 1993 and cancelled on 1 March 2007.
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Fuerza Agraria de los Cartagineses


image based on <www.tse.go.cr>, located by Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003

Provincial party from Cartago. Founded 2 May 1996.
Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003 and Dov Gutterman, 28 Febuary 2003

Registered (Cartago) on 24 July 1997 and cancelled on 18 March 2010.
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Guanacaste Independiente


image based on <www.tse.go.cr>, located by Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003

Provincial party from Guanacaste. Founded 1 March 1992.
Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003 and Dov Gutterman, 28 Febuary 2003

Registered (Guanacaste) on 4 June 1993 and cancelled on 25 March 2010.
For the 2010 elections, the website of the Supreme Electoral Court showed the party's flag as horizontally divided blue-green, with a red triangle placed along the hoist and a ring of 11 yellow stars.
Source: http://www.eleccionescr.com/website/html/partidos/pag_partProvincial.html.bak
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Integración Provincial Tres (Provincial Integration Three Party)


image based on <www.tse.go.cr>, located by Francisco Manuel Garcia, 27 February 2006

Partido Integración Provincial Tres (Provincial Integration Three Party) is from Cartago. Yellow flag with bold inscription "P.I.P 3" in blue with "I" lower and "3" higher then the rest and the dot of the "I" replaced by two combined semi-circles. Founded 25 August 2003.
Francisco Manuel Garcia and Dov Gutterman, 27 February 2006

Registered (Cartago) on 7 June 2005 and cancelled on 19 March 2010.
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Movimiento de Trabajadores y Campesinos (Movement of Workers and Farmers Party)


image based on <www.tse.go.cr>, located by Francisco Manuel Garcia, 27 February 2006

Partido Movimiento de Trabajadores y Campesinos (Movement of Workers and Farmers Party) is from Limón Province. Horizontal triband (~1:2:1) of yellow-red-green with white fist and party initials on the red stripe.
Francisco Manuel Garcia and Dov Gutterman, 27 February 2006

Still active. Founded on 26 February 2005 and registered (Limón) by Resolution No. 96 of 14 July 2005.
According to Article 1 of the party's Statutes, last amended in May 2005, "The sole acronym of the party is 'MTC'. The emblem of the party is a flag made of a yellow stripe in upper part and a green stripe in lower part. In the middle, a red stripe of twice the height of any other. On the middle stripe is placed a white fist with the capital letters 'MTC'."
Source: Party's Statutes
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Nueva Liga Feminista (New Feminist League Party)


image by Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013

Partido Nueva Liga Feminista (New Feminist League Party) is from San José. Horizontal triband of green-blue-yellow.
Francisco Manuel Garcia and Dov Gutterman, 27 February 2006

Registered (San José) on 31 August 2005 and cancelled on 25 March 2010. The party was presided by Ana Felicia Torres Redondo.
The flag of PNLF is horizontally divided green-purple-yellow. The upper, green stripe evokes growth, social balance and aspiration. The middle, purple stripe represents profoundness, knowledge and idealism. The lower, yellow stripe represents creativity and joy.
Source: PNLF blog
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Restauración Herediana (PRH)


image by Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013

Partido Restauración Herediana (PRH) was founded on 9 August 2008 and registered (Heredia) by Resolution No. 45 of 10 July 2009.
According to Article 1 of the party's Statutes, "The emblem of the party is a rectangle in proportions 1:2, divided by a transversal line forming two triangles, the upper yellow and the lower blue. In the middle is placed a red map of the Heredia Province."
Source: Party's Statutes
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Restauración Nacional (National Restoration Party)


image based on <www.tse.go.cr>, located by Francisco Manuel Garcia, 27 February 2006

Partido Restauración Nacional (National Restoration Party) is from San José. Yelloe/Beige (?) flag with blue sun on the upper fly.
Francisco Manuel Garcia and Dov Gutterman, 27 February 2006

Still active. Founded on 5 February 2005 and registered (San José) by Resolution No. 92 of 8 July 2005. The party won one out of the 57 seats at the Chamber of Deputies in 2006 and 2010.
The party announced in May 2013 that it was about to register at the national level - which is not confirmed yet by the website of the Supreme Electoral Court.
Source: "Nacion", 14 May 2013
According to Article 2 of the party's Statutes, last amended by Resolution No. 20 of 17 March 2012, "The emblem of the party is a yellow rectangle. In the right border is placed a blue sun, made of a circular line surrounded by seven right strokes representing the rays."
Source
: Party's Statutes
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Transparencia Cartaginés (PTC)


image by Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013

Partido Transparencia Cartaginés (PTC) was founded on 31 May 2008 and registered (Cartago) by Resolution No. 51 of 16 July 2009.
According to Article 2 of the party's Statutes, "The emblem of the party is a rectangle in proportions 1:2, divided in two horizontal stripes, the upper lemon green and the lower blue. In the middle is placed a white star representing Cartago Central Canton."
Source: Party's Statutes
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Unión Agrícola Cartaginés


image by Jorge Candeas, 19 February 2005

Provincial party from Cartago. Founded 22 June 1969. Flag at <www.tse.go.cr>.
Francisco Manuel Garcia, 11 Febuary 2003 and Dov Gutterman, 28 Febuary 2003

Partido Unión Agrícola Cartaginés (Cartaginese Agricultural Union Party), a regional party from Costa Rica. The flag is triangular, with three horizontal stripes of purple, white and greenish blue. It got 0,5% in the 1998 elections (4,3% in Cartago) and elected nobody to the parliament.
Jorge Candeas, 19 February 2005

Still active. Founded on 23 June 1969 and registered (Cartago) by Resolution of 28 July 1969.
The most famous member of the party was Juan Guillermo Brenes Castillo "Cachimbal" (1924-2011), elected at the Chamber of Deputies in 1958 (for Partido Independiente), and in 1974, 1986 and 1990, for Unión Agrícola Cartaginés.
According to Article 2 of the party's Statutes, last amended on 23 July 2005, "The party has for emblem and political colour a triangle-shaped flag horizontally divided, from top to bottom, "guaria", white and blue." ("guaria" refers to the purple colour of the national flower of Costa Rica, "guaria morada", known to botanists as the epiphyte orchid "Guarianthe skinneri" (Bateman) Dressler & W.E. Higgins, formerly known as "Cattleya skinneri" Bateman.)
Source: Party's Statutes
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013


Partido Verde - formerly Partido Verde Ecologista (Ecological Green Party)


image based on <www.tse.go.cr>, located by Francisco Manuel Garcia, 27 February 2006

Partido Verde Ecologista (Ecological Green Party) is from Cartago.
Francisco Manuel Garcia and Dov Gutterman, 27 February 2006

Still active, now listed as Partido Verde. Founded on 11 November 2004 and registered (Cartago) by Resolution No. 109 of 27 July 2005.
According to Article 2 of the party's Statutes, last amended by Resolution No. 27 of 19 August 2012, "The emblem is made of a rectangular flag in proportions 1:2, divided into two horizontal stripes; the upper stripe is celeste blue (Pantone Cyan CVU) while the lower stripe is green (Pantone 339 CVU. In the middle is a white oval charged with a keel-billed toucan ("Ramphastos sulfuratus")".
Source: Party's Statutes
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2013