Costa Rica's presidential race on Sunday will include a record 25 candidates, with no clear favourites among the general population. The poll will determine both the President and the legislators who will run the country from 2022 to 2026.

According to the latest poll conducted by the University of Costa Rica's Research Centre in Political Studies, the country's former president and candidate for the National Liberation Party, Jose Maria Figueres, came in top with barely 17% of the vote. According to media estimates, Figueres was followed by Social Christian Unity Party candidate Lineth Saborio, who received 12.86 percent, and conservative Fabricio Alvarado of the New Republic Party, who received 10.27 percent.

Despite having ruled for two consecutive terms, the governing Citizens' Action Party's nominee, Welmer Ramos, received under 1% of the vote. "I'm afraid I can't offer any forecasts. Everything is conceivable "Francisco Barahona, a political scientist and analyst, remarked For Barahona, the election is fraught with uncertainty, which he hopes will be alleviated in the virtually unavoidable second round of voting on April 3 between the two front-runners in the first round if neither candidate receives 40% of the vote on Sunday.

According to Barahona, how the Covid-19 epidemic is handled will have an impact. Costa Rica recorded another 122,317 cases last month, a monthly infection count that set a new high. Given all of these factors, Costa Ricans will be anxious on election day as they wait to see if any of the candidates will receive the required 40% in the first round to succeed President Carlos Alvarado Quesada, who will leave office on May 8.

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