Christian Democratic Alliance (Costa Rica)

For other uses, see Christian Democratic Alliance.

The Christian Democratic Alliance (Alianza Demócrata Cristiana, ADC) is a political party in the Cartago constituency of Costa Rica. It was founded in 2012,^[2] and is led by Mario Redondo Poveda, a former president of Congress and former member of the Social Christian Unity Party.^[3] In the 2014 general elections, Redondo was elected to the only seat in the Legislative Assembly won by the ADC.^[4][5] Another party of the same name was founded in San José but did not participate in the election.^[6] According to its statutes, the ADC intends to register at the national level in the future.^[7]

Christian Democratic Alliance Alianza Demócrata Cristiana
President	Mario Redondo Poveda
Secretary-General	Mailine Sileny Araya González
Founded	9 November 2012
Ideology	Conservatism Christian democracy Christian right Christian humanism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Religion	Evangelicalism[1]
Colours	Blue and yellow
Legislative Assembly	0 / 57
Mayors	1 / 82
Alderpeople	8 / 508
Syndics	13 / 486
District councillors	34 / 1,944
Intendants	0 / 8
Party flag
Website
http://www.alianzacr.org/
Politics of Costa Rica Political parties Elections

In the 2020 municipal election, Mario Redondo, as the ADC nominee, was elected mayor of Cartago.

Electoral performance

Presidential

Election	Candidate	First round				Second round
		Votes	%	Position	Result	Votes	%	Position	Result
2018	Mario Redondo	12,638	0.59%	10th	Lost	—
2022	Christian Rivera Paniagua	5,697	0.27%	18th	Lost	—

Parliamentary

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2014	Mario Redondo	23,886	1.17%	1 / 57	New	11th	Opposition
2018		52,325	2.45%	0 / 57	0	8th	Extra-parliamentary
2022		18,475	0.89%	0 / 57	0	17th	Extra-parliamentary