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ABANGARES — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · ABANGARES / GUANACASTE · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-GUANACASTE-ABANGARES

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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
ABANGARES / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-25bb192b3d1306f9ada4a8b8
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 PODEMOS29.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.6%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA9.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA7.9%
  • ÚNICO ABANGAREÑO5.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.3%
Results for event-070bd35f6044d4c5a3ddfcc5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,00429.9%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,76226.3%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,11316.6%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246599.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245327.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ÚNICO ABANGAREÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243345%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242884.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS16.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN9.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL7.1%
  • ÚNICO ABANGAREÑO6.9%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA5.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.0%
Results for event-c4e91863803cae3432d86b00
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,04228.7%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,16116.3%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,13415.9%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206739.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205067.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ÚNICO ABANGAREÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204916.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203665.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202994.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202303.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202113%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL21.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.4%
Results for event-3987f16dc0c19963be12391c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,30832.5%2Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,54621.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,36219.2%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166629.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166549.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163965.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161682.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

65.20–100 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=3.6162582187686816, oldest_gap=10.73844419391206, previous_gap=12.385772529171938

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

19.9percentage 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=[[26.32994620442319,16.631799163179917,0,0,0,7.949790794979079,0,0,0,0,0,0,49.08846383741782],[28.707999437649374,15.942640236187263,3.233516097286658,4.203570926472656,2.9663995501194993,5.1455082243779,0,7.113735414030648,0,0,0,0,32.68663011387601],[32.52536640360766,19.19391206313416,9.216459977452086,9.329199549041714,0,0,2.367531003382187,21.786922209695604,0,5.580608793686584,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.8percentage 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=[[26.32994620442319,16.631799163179917,0,0,0,7.949790794979079,0,0,0,0,0,0,49.08846383741782],[28.707999437649374,15.942640236187263,3.233516097286658,4.203570926472656,2.9663995501194993,5.1455082243779,0,7.113735414030648,0,0,0,0,32.68663011387601],[32.52536640360766,19.19391206313416,9.216459977452086,9.329199549041714,0,0,2.367531003382187,21.786922209695604,0,5.580608793686584,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.35percentage 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=[[26.32994620442319,16.631799163179917,0,0,0,7.949790794979079,0,0,0,0,0,0,49.08846383741782],[28.707999437649374,15.942640236187263,3.233516097286658,4.203570926472656,2.9663995501194993,5.1455082243779,0,7.113735414030648,0,0,0,0,32.68663011387601],[32.52536640360766,19.19391206313416,9.216459977452086,9.329199549041714,0,0,2.367531003382187,21.786922209695604,0,5.580608793686584,0,0,0]]

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?
JOSE GERARDO CRUZ RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CARLOS YOHAN CORDOBA GUZMANREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LIDIETH MATARRITA MORALESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GILBERTO SEQUEIRA VEGAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALBERTO BLANCO SANCHEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ MORALESREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
CINTHIA MARIA GAMBOA NOGUERAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ROSA YADIRA BOLAÑOS BUSTOSREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE IGNACIO GUTIERREZ ALVAREZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CECILIO ALBERTO ARGUELLO VILLALOBOSREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RONALD JIMENEZ RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA GABRIELA UMAÑA CENTENOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS PABLO SEGNINI HURTADOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
VIANEY ALVAREZ CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
VIRGITA RODRIGUEZ MONGEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANDREA MELISA ROSALES BLANCOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JIMMY GERARDO VEGA GARCIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JORGE EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ PADILLAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ANA GABRIELA DOBLES MATARRITAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
CECILIO ALBERTO ARGUELLO VILLALOBOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO ARAUZ CENTENOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIETTE ROJAS PEREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FELIX CABEZAS VARELAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAUREEN DE LOS ANGELES CHAVES HERRAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OCTAVIO CABEZAS VARELAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA GABRIELA UMAÑA CENTENOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JIMMY GERARDO VEGA GARCIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM ALBERTO QUESADA VILLALOBOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KEMBLY LEZAMA VARGASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANGEL ANCHIA GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL 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. “ABANGARES — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-GUANACASTE-ABANGARES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sff26e7e948, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S27ffa9d02e, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S8b1b44e150.