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HOJANCHA — Municipal council
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Costa Rica · HOJANCHA / GUANACASTE · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-GUANACASTE-HOJANCHA
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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
- HOJANCHA / GUANACASTE
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-3590e2c3a7d77a85bcd31c07
- 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
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA36.7%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS22.4%
- PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO19.6%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.1%
- AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.4%
- UNIÓN GUANACASTECA0.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 1,205 | 36.7% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 736 | 22.4% | 1 | Recorded |
| PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 645 | 19.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 563 | 17.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 110 | 3.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIÓN GUANACASTECA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 24 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA44.0%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.6%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.3%
- NUEVA REPUBLICA1.9%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 1,559 | 44% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 1,191 | 33.6% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 684 | 19.3% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPUBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 69 | 1.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 39 | 1.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA55.4%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.7%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.2%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 1,965 | 55.4% | 3 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 1,017 | 28.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 434 | 12.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 129 | 3.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI28.190–100 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=14.285714285714285, oldest_gap=26.74188998589563, previous_gap=10.38961038961039
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility63.54percentage 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=[[17.148949131891563,36.70423393237892,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19.646664636003656,26.50015229972586],[33.62507058159232,19.311123658949747,44.01468097120271,0,1.101072840203275,1.948051948051948,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[28.688293370944994,12.2425952045134,55.43018335684062,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.6389280677009874,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility15.05percentage 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=[[17.148949131891563,36.70423393237892,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19.646664636003656,26.50015229972586],[33.62507058159232,19.311123658949747,44.01468097120271,0,1.101072840203275,1.948051948051948,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[28.688293370944994,12.2425952045134,55.43018335684062,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.6389280677009874,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility39.3percentage 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=[[17.148949131891563,36.70423393237892,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19.646664636003656,26.50015229972586],[33.62507058159232,19.311123658949747,44.01468097120271,0,1.101072840203275,1.948051948051948,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[28.688293370944994,12.2425952045134,55.43018335684062,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.6389280677009874,0,0,0]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARGARITA RAMIREZ MORA | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| FAIRONE EUGENIO PINEDA CASTRILLO | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| FRANCISCO LORIA RODRIGUEZ | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| JUSTINA VILLAFUERTE VILLAFUERTE | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | principal |
| EMEL RODRIGUEZ PANIAGUA | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| NATALY MORA HERRERA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| MELVIN FONSECA CRUZ | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| ULISES VILLAGRA VILLAGRA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| STEFANY FERNANDEZ CARRILLO | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | substitute |
| LUIS ALVARO DURAN ARAYA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| DINIA PORRAS ALEMAN | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| RONNY MAURICIO HERNANDEZ FAJARDO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| HERMINIO ELIZONDO SALAZAR | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| KIMBERLI VILLAGRA GUEVARA | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| FRANCISCO LORIA RODRIGUEZ | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MARCO TULIO BOZA BLANCO | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| YAMILETH VENEGAS BARRANTES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| LUZ BERMUDEZ MORA | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ULISES VILLAGRA VILLAGRA | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MARGARITA RAMIREZ MORA | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| CARLOS ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ BOGANTES | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| DINIA PORRAS ALEMAN | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| LUIS ANGEL ANCHIA ROJAS | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| KENNETH DIAZ VASQUEZ | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ROLANDO VASQUEZ JIMENEZ | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| GREYS OBREGON QUIROS | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| MARCO TULIO BOZA BLANCO | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| YAMILETH VENEGAS BARRANTES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| JOSE ARBELLA RANGEL PEREZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| HANNIA PEREZ ALEMAN | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
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
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/16552/computovotos_febrero2024%5b1%5d.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8292/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202020.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8290/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202016.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_2222-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1564-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1381-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “HOJANCHA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-GUANACASTE-HOJANCHA. 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.