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Laura Fernández leads with 44% in a University of Costa Rica poll, surpassing the 40% needed to avoid a runoff amid rising crime concerns and judicial reform debates.
- On Tuesday night, a University of Costa Rica poll showed Laura Fernández leading with 44%, exceeding the 40% needed to avoid a runoff and boosting her first-round win chances next Sunday.
- Amid rising violence, Fernández, a 39‑year‑old political heir to President Rodrigo Chaves, has gained ground with a tough‑on‑crime message inspired by Nayib Bukele, as Costa Rica's homicide rate nears 17 per 100,000 in 2025.
- The poll covered 1,501 phone interviews conducted between January 20 and 26 with a 2.5-point margin; undecided voters fell from 32% to 26%, while Álvaro Ramos rose to 9.2% and Claudia Dobles holds 8.6%.
- If Fernández secures a first‑round victory, Pueblo Soberano's 29.5% congressional lead could support her constitutional reforms, while opposition accuses her and Chaves of threatening Costa Rica's separation of powers.
- A previous UCR poll released on January 21 showed 40% support for the former minister, with the National Liberation Party at 9.2% and the leftist Broad Front at 8.3%.
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The top candidates in Costa Rica's presidential election: a tough-on-crime front runner and splintered opposition
SAN JOSE, Jan 29 - A total of 20 candidates are in the running to be Costa Rica's next president, but one right-wing populist candidate has taken a commanding lead in the polls. Laura Fernandez of the ruling Sovereign People's Party is hoping to win at least 40% of the vote to avoid an April runoff. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Less than a week after the presidential elections in Costa Rica, the official candidate Laura Fernández consolidates her advantage with 43.8% intention of voting, according to the most recent survey of the Center for Research and Studies...
Five days after the elections, Laura Fernández, of the Chavista Pueblo Soberano party (PPSO), consolidates the greatest support among the people decided to vote, with 44% support, according to the latest survey of the Center for Research and Political Studies (CIEP) of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), published on Tuesday, January 27.In a matter of eight days, his support grew by four percentage points.One week ago it registered 40%. Compared…
Factbox-The top candidates in Costa Rica’s presidential election: a tough-on-crime front runner and splintered opposition - Regional Media News
By Alvaro Murillo and Alexander Villegas SAN JOSE, Jan 29 (Reuters) - A total of 20 candidates are in the running to be Costa Rica's next president, but one right-wing populist candidate has taken a commanding lead in the polls. Laura Fernandez of the ruling Sovereign People's Party is hoping to win at least 40% of the vote to avoid an April runoff. LAURA FERNANDEZ, 39, Sovereign People's Party (PPSO) A protégé of the current president, Fernande…
The latest poll published by the CIEP-UCR days before the elections shows some changes in the preferences of the people surveyed, as well as an increase in the leadership of the candidate of the Sovereign People's Party, Laura Fernández.The results of the Center for Research and Political Studies of the University of Costa Rica were published on the night of this Tuesday, January 27 by the Weekly University.The people decided to vote polled said…
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