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CAÑAS — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · CAÑAS / GUANACASTE · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-GUANACASTE-CANAS

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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
CAÑAS / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-f0ef02069a092a25c5eb2126
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 PODEMOS34.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.6%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.5%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA0.5%
Results for event-8702e24454b69bcc53168fcc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,27334.8%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,92829.5%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,40921.6%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245137.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241752.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241041.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024951.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024300.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL51.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS13.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL11.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.3%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA2.7%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA1.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.7%
Results for event-261271dc36d75c9052ce8dbd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,10251.6%3Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,04613.2%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202094611.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202079510%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205807.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202122.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201391.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201341.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL67.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.4%
Results for event-38815c6495cc489151737744
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164,65167.1%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,67424.2%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165027.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161001.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

5.020–100 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=5.285736172820592, oldest_gap=42.9767576151292, previous_gap=38.42092029167715

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.97percentage 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=[[29.53883867013942,21.587252949287574,0,1.5933813390531637,0,0,0,0,0,2.6811705224452274,0,0,44.59935651907462],[51.571536333920044,9.994971083731455,7.291928589388987,1.6846869499622832,11.893386975106864,2.665325622328388,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.898164445561981],[67.1430633751985,24.166305760069292,7.247004475241807,1.4436263894903998,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.74percentage 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=[[29.53883867013942,21.587252949287574,0,1.5933813390531637,0,0,0,0,0,2.6811705224452274,0,0,44.59935651907462],[51.571536333920044,9.994971083731455,7.291928589388987,1.6846869499622832,11.893386975106864,2.665325622328388,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.898164445561981],[67.1430633751985,24.166305760069292,7.247004475241807,1.4436263894903998,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.86percentage 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=[[29.53883867013942,21.587252949287574,0,1.5933813390531637,0,0,0,0,0,2.6811705224452274,0,0,44.59935651907462],[51.571536333920044,9.994971083731455,7.291928589388987,1.6846869499622832,11.893386975106864,2.665325622328388,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.898164445561981],[67.1430633751985,24.166305760069292,7.247004475241807,1.4436263894903998,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
CRISTIAN PALMA SALGUEROREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ELVIA HERRA SIRIASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ISAIAS GUSTAVO CHAVARRIA ALVAREZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDYA MAYELA MADRIGAL ULATEREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO VEGA NUÑEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ELIECER DELGADO SALGUERAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
KAREN LETICIA RAMIREZ RUIZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JOSE MACARIO MONTES CARRILLOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAUREEN PATRICIA JAEN RECIOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HENRY GERARDO CERDAS CERDASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE ANGEL ACON WONGREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IRENE MARIA BOLIVAR JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOHNNY ALVAREZ GUTIERREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS GUILLERMO LEDEZMA VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JORGE MARIO HERRERA VENEGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DIEGO GERARDO PALMA CALVOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA GABRIELA LIZANO RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVELIO GERARDO RAMOS CHACONREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAUREEN PATRICIA JAEN RECIOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIANELA VARGAS RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ANGEL ACON WONGREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IRENE MARIA BOLIVAR JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ROBERTO CERDAS JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GRICELDA VARGAS SEGURAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANUEL BRICEÑO SABORIOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA MARICEL BRENES QUESADAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN GABRIEL PANIAGUA ESPINOZAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MILAGRO PEREZ JARQUINREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELIECER DELGADO SALGUERAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO ALVARADO ARCEREGIDORES(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. “CAÑAS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-GUANACASTE-CANAS. 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.