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BELÉN — Municipal council
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Costa Rica · BELÉN / HEREDIA · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-HEREDIA-BELEN
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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
- BELÉN / HEREDIA
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-f03fb97658d869e9eaea2b6b
- 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 CRISTIANA40.9%
- COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA37.9%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.8%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.3%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 3,398 | 40.9% | 2 | Recorded |
| COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 3,155 | 37.9% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 1,065 | 12.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 610 | 7.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 90 | 1.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA43.8%
- COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA28.7%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.4%
- NUEVA REPUBLICA2.5%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.3%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 3,541 | 43.8% | 2 | Recorded |
| COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 2,320 | 28.7% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 1,732 | 21.4% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPUBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 200 | 2.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 190 | 2.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 103 | 1.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA45.7%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.9%
- COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELÉN16.6%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO12.5%
- MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 3,639 | 45.7% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 1,903 | 23.9% | 1 | Recorded |
| COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELÉN | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 1,325 | 16.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 994 | 12.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 108 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI57.690–100 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=2.9213753306083206, oldest_gap=21.784414606600578, previous_gap=15.10017313875835
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility16.57percentage 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=[[12.80355854772782,40.851166145708106,0,0,0,1.0819908631882664,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.26328444337581],[21.419737818451644,43.79173880781598,0,0,1.2738065792728173,2.4734108335394507,0,0,0,2.3497402918624783,0,0,28.69156566905763],[23.880035136152593,45.66444974275317,0,0,0,0,1.3552515999498056,0,0,12.473334169908394,0,0,16.62692935123604]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility15.81percentage 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=[[12.80355854772782,40.851166145708106,0,0,0,1.0819908631882664,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.26328444337581],[21.419737818451644,43.79173880781598,0,0,1.2738065792728173,2.4734108335394507,0,0,0,2.3497402918624783,0,0,28.69156566905763],[23.880035136152593,45.66444974275317,0,0,0,0,1.3552515999498056,0,0,12.473334169908394,0,0,16.62692935123604]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility16.19percentage 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=[[12.80355854772782,40.851166145708106,0,0,0,1.0819908631882664,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.26328444337581],[21.419737818451644,43.79173880781598,0,0,1.2738065792728173,2.4734108335394507,0,0,0,2.3497402918624783,0,0,28.69156566905763],[23.880035136152593,45.66444974275317,0,0,0,0,1.3552515999498056,0,0,12.473334169908394,0,0,16.62692935123604]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARIA LOURDES VILLALOBOS MORERA | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| GILBERTH GERARDO GONZALEZ GONZALEZ | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| ULISES GERARDO ARAYA CHAVES | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA | principal |
| ANA BETTY VALENCIANO MOSCOSO | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA | principal |
| TERESITA VENEGAS MURILLO | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ANA YENSY RAMIREZ ARRIETA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| JOSE PABLO DELGADO MORALES | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| SIGIFREDO VILLEGAS VILLALOBOS | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA | substitute |
| FLOR DE MARIA ARGUEDAS CARVAJAL | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA | substitute |
| FRANCINE MARIA QUESADA AVILA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ZENEIDA CHAVES FERNANDEZ | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MINOR JOSE GONZALEZ QUESADA | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MARIA ANTONIA CASTRO FRANCESCHI | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA | principal |
| LUIS EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ UGALDE | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA | principal |
| EDDIE ANDRES MENDEZ ULATE | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ANA LORENA GONZALEZ FUENTES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| JOSE PABLO DELGADO MORALES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| ULISES GERARDO ARAYA CHAVES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA | substitute |
| MARJORIE TORRES BORGES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA | substitute |
| EDGAR HERNAN ALVAREZ GONZALEZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MIGUEL ALFARO VILLALOBOS | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| ANA LORENA GONZALEZ FUENTES | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| EDDIE ANDRES MENDEZ ULATE | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARIA ANTONIA CASTRO FRANCESCHI | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELEN | principal |
| JOSE LUIS VENEGAS MURILLO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | principal |
| ELENA MARIA GONZALEZ ATKINSON | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| ALEJANDRO GOMEZ CHAVES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| EDGAR HERNAN ALVAREZ GONZALEZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| LUIS ALONSO ZARATE ALVARADO | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELEN | substitute |
| JUAN LUIS MENA VENEGAS | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | 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_2221-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1498-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1380-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “BELÉN — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-HEREDIA-BELEN. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sdbd8d963ea, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S2a3f864318, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sf5d1ba0ef9.