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LIBERIA — Municipal council

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

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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
LIBERIA / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a5193f2f348b5fe3bd472f90
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA17.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.9%
  • NUEVA LIBERIA10.6%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA10.1%
  • LIBERIA UNIDA6.3%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO5.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.5%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.1%
Results for event-3dc0ff70f41aba60a5e2de98
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,78519.7%2Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,47917.5%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,25515.9%1Recorded
NUEVA LIBERIAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,50710.6%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,42710.1%1Recorded
LIBERIA UNIDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248976.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247495.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245864.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245283.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244253%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243552.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241601.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO13.9%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA10.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL9.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS8.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.9%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA5.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.9%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.0%
Results for event-737ed6d88fde4f071c1e6583
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,24520%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,86717.7%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,25413.9%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,71010.5%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,4739.1%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,3828.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209595.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209025.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206373.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204742.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203312%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.9%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN17.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA17.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO5.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.4%
Results for event-b50fc1b4408be227e00c0561
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,51726.9%2Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,26017.3%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,22617.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,20716.9%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,0778.3%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167385.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164483.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163933%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161881.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

85.210–100 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=2.1620857768670945, oldest_gap=9.62923241918186, previous_gap=2.3284464703708245

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.67percentage 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=[[19.67780682540804,15.933017734755882,0,2.508302126757578,0,4.140464919098425,0,0,0,0,17.515721048540946,5.292164205468805,34.93252313997033],[17.660465689294075,19.9889121596649,5.907354934088949,2.9197979549094493,3.9238634963656525,5.5562399901441415,0,9.07354934088949,0,13.884440064063078,0,0,21.085376370580263],[26.941933506971043,16.906695265818907,17.052244522751646,3.431898268729891,0,0,5.653439558755937,0,17.312701087789183,1.4401715949134366,0,0,11.260916194269956]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.9percentage 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: 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=[[19.67780682540804,15.933017734755882,0,2.508302126757578,0,4.140464919098425,0,0,0,0,17.515721048540946,5.292164205468805,34.93252313997033],[17.660465689294075,19.9889121596649,5.907354934088949,2.9197979549094493,3.9238634963656525,5.5562399901441415,0,9.07354934088949,0,13.884440064063078,0,0,21.085376370580263],[26.941933506971043,16.906695265818907,17.052244522751646,3.431898268729891,0,0,5.653439558755937,0,17.312701087789183,1.4401715949134366,0,0,11.260916194269956]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.29percentage 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=[[19.67780682540804,15.933017734755882,0,2.508302126757578,0,4.140464919098425,0,0,0,0,17.515721048540946,5.292164205468805,34.93252313997033],[17.660465689294075,19.9889121596649,5.907354934088949,2.9197979549094493,3.9238634963656525,5.5562399901441415,0,9.07354934088949,0,13.884440064063078,0,0,21.085376370580263],[26.941933506971043,16.906695265818907,17.052244522751646,3.431898268729891,0,0,5.653439558755937,0,17.312701087789183,1.4401715949134366,0,0,11.260916194269956]]

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?
MARIA LOURDES OCAMPO FERNANDEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RIGOBERTO VIALES DAVILAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDUARDO ALPIZAR LOPEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
LEYDEN MARIA CERDAS PEÑAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
ANA LUCIA VINDAS BENAVIDESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA MAYELA GARCIA ARRIOLAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA LIBERIAprincipal
YOLANDA ALPIZAR SANCHEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAprincipal
NISIDA MARIA QUINTANILLA MEDINAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS GERARDO COREA MARTINEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NOE RAMON OBANDO VICTORREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
PATRICIA VARGAS PARRAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ANA GABRIELA PARRA MARTINEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANA JANSIE CORTES OBANDOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA LIBERIAsubstitute
KARLA VANESSA SANCHEZ TENORIOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAsubstitute
LIDIA MARIA CORTES NIPOTEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BYRON CAMPOS UMAÑAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALEJANDRO MORALES MORALESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RICARDO QUIROS VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
ALBAN TORRES MELENDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN GUANACASTECAprincipal
JOSE DENIS BALTODANO LEONREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE FERNANDO MADRIGAL MORALESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
HANNER FABRICIO PARRA MARTINEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ARACELI CHACON GUTIERREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOHNNY JOSE MORALES CASTROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA JANSIE CORTES OBANDOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
AGNI MONTOYA MENDOZAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN GUANACASTECAsubstitute
MAYLI DE LOS ANGELES MORALES MARTINEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
XIOMARA DEL CARMEN DE LA CRUZ NARVAEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ALEJANDRA LARIOS TREJOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FELIX ZUÑIGA GARCIAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN EDUARDO FLORES CERDASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
MARIELA VASQUEZ ESPINOZAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL MORICE MARENCOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ELADIO CORTES REYESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GINA NAZARETH RIVERA HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MARIA MAYELA ESPINOZA OBANDOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANKLIN ALFARO ORIASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BYRON CAMPOS UMAÑAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
LAURA FLORES FLORESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
ANDREA MARCELA GUTIERREZ BALTODANOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARGIE MARIA MARTINEZ BUSTOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GERARDO FUENTES DE LA OREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute

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. “LIBERIA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-GUANACASTE-LIBERIA. 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.