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OREAMUNO — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Costa Rica · OREAMUNO / CARTAGO · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-CARTAGO-OREAMUNO

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TSE vote books joined to official elected-member declarations where geographic and total checks reconcile. Substitutes retained separately. Subsequent replacements and current officeholder status require review.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
OREAMUNO / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-5c4fe9cf682e0d37c48757d7
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2028-02-06 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

2024-02-04

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS57.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL13.9%
  • ACTUEMOS YA9.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO8.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.5%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.5%
Results for event-7660df9002c7c155635e22f6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246,90157.1%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,67813.9%1Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,1179.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,0398.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244243.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243733.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243723.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241821.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS19.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.9%
  • ACTUEMOS YA14.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL10.9%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA10.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.7%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA1.6%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA1.1%
Results for event-8214d96b46a3e5b6c1bc08d1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,53619.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,21016.8%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,08515.9%1Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,86014.2%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,42610.9%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,42510.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,0047.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202271.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202061.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201491.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA21.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.9%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA13.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.6%
Results for event-8eb85fa58a38fa970634de0c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,32528.5%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,45821%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,43720.9%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,60113.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169418.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166125.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163062.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Provisional imported-series comparison; actual-event review open

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=43.21529041866623, oldest_gap=7.422945205479454, previous_gap=2.48324192565509

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.06percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Latest interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[13.883832533509846,3.0779414198245902,0,3.5081912957140493,0,1.505874565613106,0,0,0,0,0,0,78.02416018533842],[16.834247410115783,7.647775746496039,15.882084095063986,0,10.862279098110909,1.5691651432053626,0,0,0,1.7291285801340646,0,0,45.47531992687386],[28.46746575342466,20.86472602739726,21.044520547945204,8.056506849315069,0,0,2.6198630136986303,0,0,5.239726027397261,0,0,13.707191780821917]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.2percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Previous interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[13.883832533509846,3.0779414198245902,0,3.5081912957140493,0,1.505874565613106,0,0,0,0,0,0,78.02416018533842],[16.834247410115783,7.647775746496039,15.882084095063986,0,10.862279098110909,1.5691651432053626,0,0,0,1.7291285801340646,0,0,45.47531992687386],[28.46746575342466,20.86472602739726,21.044520547945204,8.056506849315069,0,0,2.6198630136986303,0,0,5.239726027397261,0,0,13.707191780821917]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.13percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Both intervals mean

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[13.883832533509846,3.0779414198245902,0,3.5081912957140493,0,1.505874565613106,0,0,0,0,0,0,78.02416018533842],[16.834247410115783,7.647775746496039,15.882084095063986,0,10.862279098110909,1.5691651432053626,0,0,0,1.7291285801340646,0,0,45.47531992687386],[28.46746575342466,20.86472602739726,21.044520547945204,8.056506849315069,0,0,2.6198630136986303,0,0,5.239726027397261,0,0,13.707191780821917]]

Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.

5. Officeholder evidence

Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.

Officeholder observations
PersonRoleAs ofAffiliationPrincipal?
ENZO CHRISTIAN MATA GUZMANREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ROSAURA SOLIS CARPIOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ALVARO ALEXIS GUTIERREZ SOLANOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MIRIAM LIZETH RAMIREZ BONILLAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ANTONIO MENDEZ FERNANDEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MICHAEL ARNOLD PEREZ CAMPOSREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ANA GABRIELA VALVERDE GUILLENREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ANTONIO ESTEBAN CAMPOS RIVERAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ERICKA SOLANO MORAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARTIN MONTENEGRO FIGUEROAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ENZO CHRISTIAN MATA GUZMANREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CARLOS MANUEL PEREZ HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAREN ADRIANA MARTINEZ BONILLAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ILEANA MARIA BONILLA GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
LEONIDAS ALEJANDRO GRANADOS ARTAVIAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA GABRIELA VALVERDE GUILLENREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
BEATRIZ SILESKY GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADRIAN GEOVANNI MASIS SILESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JUAN MANUEL BRENES ARAYAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
LILLIAM MARIBEL CALVO RAMIREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DONALD CASTILLO CARPIOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SONIA AGUILAR MONGEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIAN GEOVANNI MASIS SILESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ILEANA MARIA BONILLA GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROGER SANCHEZ PADILLAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
JENNY EUGENIA RAMIREZ BRENESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM ANTONIO GOMEZ GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADELA ISOLINA MENDEZ MENDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
RAUL CECILIANO VENEGASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALBA NIDIA RAMIREZ MENDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

  • other · open

    Published province heading correction: {"issue": "Published province heading correction", "year": 2020, "area": "Heredia", "source_id": "S41377daad8", "resolution": "The amendment corrects CARTAGO to HEREDIA in the second table heading. It changes no votes, winners or seats; the original declaration is joined to Heredia."}

Sources

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “OREAMUNO — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-CARTAGO-OREAMUNO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sfdb34a0455, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S10ab3f0804, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S191613a2ba.