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NICOYA — Municipal council

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

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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
NICOYA / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e6db551d2948646f598b7e5a
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

  • LA GRAN NICOYA48.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.5%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.4%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA4.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.8%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.5%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.5%
Results for event-ff17939f12482202dda1f31a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LA GRAN NICOYAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247,89948%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,11418.9%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,71716.5%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248835.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247074.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246263.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243352%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024890.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024860.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LA GRAN NICOYA26.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.0%
  • COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYA10.4%
  • AUTÉNTICO NICOYANO10.1%
  • GUANACASTE PRIMERO5.4%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL4.5%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA3.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.1%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA1.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.6%
Results for event-0e5626604a9d98b26da31360
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LA GRAN NICOYAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,81126.5%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,71620.4%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,54814%1Recorded
COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,88810.4%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO NICOYANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,82910.1%1Recorded
GUANACASTE PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209765.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208274.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206023.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203912.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203011.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203001.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL43.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA30.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO11.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.9%
Results for event-f65ad17a37de57b11cf5794d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167,60243.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165,35930.8%2Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,03911.7%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,4808.5%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165973.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163301.9%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=29.07754010695187, oldest_gap=12.885620727293617, previous_gap=6.020122051789542

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

9.31percentage 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=[[18.923189110354887,16.510695187165776,0,0,0,3.8040836169178416,0,0,0,0.5408361691784151,2.0357316480311134,0,58.18546426835197],[20.429930177579855,14.00846665567101,0,0,2.1496508878992797,3.309692671394799,0,4.5467040518995,0,1.6493485073396008,0,0,53.90620704821595],[43.67208594243695,30.786465215143334,8.502326650198196,11.713678405239271,0,0,0,0,0,3.4296547366002184,0,0,1.8957890503820303]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

62.02percentage 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=[[18.923189110354887,16.510695187165776,0,0,0,3.8040836169178416,0,0,0,0.5408361691784151,2.0357316480311134,0,58.18546426835197],[20.429930177579855,14.00846665567101,0,0,2.1496508878992797,3.309692671394799,0,4.5467040518995,0,1.6493485073396008,0,0,53.90620704821595],[43.67208594243695,30.786465215143334,8.502326650198196,11.713678405239271,0,0,0,0,0,3.4296547366002184,0,0,1.8957890503820303]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.66percentage 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=[[18.923189110354887,16.510695187165776,0,0,0,3.8040836169178416,0,0,0,0.5408361691784151,2.0357316480311134,0,58.18546426835197],[20.429930177579855,14.00846665567101,0,0,2.1496508878992797,3.309692671394799,0,4.5467040518995,0,1.6493485073396008,0,0,53.90620704821595],[43.67208594243695,30.786465215143334,8.502326650198196,11.713678405239271,0,0,0,0,0,3.4296547366002184,0,0,1.8957890503820303]]

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?
SANDRA MARIA MUÑOZ RUIZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
LUIS FERNANDO LOPEZ BALTODANOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
ILEANA PATRICIA AVILES MAYORGAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
SERGIO MATARRITA GUEVARAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
STAYCI NICOLE BRIONES LEDEZMAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS RODOLFO OROZCO JUAREZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ARGERY CUBILLO MENAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KAREN GUTIERREZ DIAZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
JULIO EDUARDO GRIJALBA VILLARREALREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
EMILCE DIAZ BALTODANOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
MARTIN DANIEL RICHARD PARADISREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
YORLENI GOMEZ GOMEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RICARDO ARTURO BERMUDEZ ANGULOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PAMELA ATAN AYALESREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARTIN ANTONIO REYES SALINASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
MARIA AUXILIADORA PEREZ RUIZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
JHONNY WILLIAM GUTIERREZ MOLINAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALICE CHACON SUAREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OVIDIO JIMENEZ SALAZARREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WILLIAM ALBERTO ALLEN MORALESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYAprincipal
RAYMER LOAICIGA GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020AUTÉNTICO NICOYANOprincipal
EMILCE DIAZ BALTODANOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
DIEGO ALBERTO FAJARDO BARRANTESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
JUAN VICENTE VALENCIA LOPEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SIANNY MILENA OBANDO MARCHENAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DEL CARMEN CASTRO SEQUEIRAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MAGALY OBANDO CHAVARRIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYAsubstitute
MANUEL ALFREDO DIAZ AGUEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020AUTÉNTICO NICOYANOsubstitute
SAUL GERARDO CARDENAS VASQUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA GRICELDA PEREZ RUIZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE LUIS CASTILLO OBANDOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARVIN VARGAS ZUÑIGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KAREN MELISSA ARRIETA GUTIERREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS ADEMAR FONSECA ORIASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
CARLOS LUIS MEDINA FERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JHONNY WILLIAM GUTIERREZ MOLINAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GLORIA MARIA MEDINA CARDENASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIO VARGAS DELGADOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RAYMER LOAICIGA GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA AMADA MACOTELO DIAZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WILLIAM ALBERTO ALLEN MORALESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
CRISTINA BALTODANO BALTODANOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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