Costa Rica · HEREDIA
BELÉN — Municipal council
All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.
Historical competition
Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.
Provisional imported-series CI: 57.7/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.
Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 16.6 points; earlier interval 15.8 points; two-interval mean 16.2 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
Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.
Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.
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.
Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3
Electoral event evidence
Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.
2024-02-04 · ordinary
Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster
Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes
Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.
| Party or list | Candidate | Votes or marks | Vote share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | 3,398 | 40.85% | 2 | |
| COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA | 3,155 | 37.93% | 2 | |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | 1,065 | 12.80% | 1 | |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | 610 | 7.33% | 0 | |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | 90 | 1.08% | 0 |
Result source · PDF page 267 · Seat source
Named elected members and substitutes
Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.
| Name | Office | Party or list | Substitute | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARIA LOURDES VILLALOBOS MORERA | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| GILBERTH GERARDO GONZALEZ GONZALEZ | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| ULISES GERARDO ARAYA CHAVES | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA | No | Declaration |
| ANA BETTY VALENCIANO MOSCOSO | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA | No | Declaration |
| TERESITA VENEGAS MURILLO | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | No | Declaration |
| ANA YENSY RAMIREZ ARRIETA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| JOSE PABLO DELGADO MORALES | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| SIGIFREDO VILLEGAS VILLALOBOS | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA | Yes | Declaration |
| FLOR DE MARIA ARGUEDAS CARVAJAL | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA | Yes | Declaration |
| FRANCINE MARIA QUESADA AVILA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | Yes | Declaration |
2020-02-02 · ordinary
Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster
Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes
Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.
| Party or list | Candidate | Votes or marks | Vote share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | 3,541 | 43.79% | 2 | |
| COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA | 2,320 | 28.69% | 2 | |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | 1,732 | 21.42% | 1 | |
| NUEVA REPUBLICA | 200 | 2.47% | 0 | |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | 190 | 2.35% | 0 | |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | 103 | 1.27% | 0 |
Result source · Sheet 3.5 · Seat source
Named elected members and substitutes
Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.
| Name | Office | Party or list | Substitute | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZENEIDA CHAVES FERNANDEZ | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| MINOR JOSE GONZALEZ QUESADA | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| MARIA ANTONIA CASTRO FRANCESCHI | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA | No | Declaration; inferred party-code join |
| LUIS EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ UGALDE | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA | No | Declaration; inferred party-code join |
| EDDIE ANDRES MENDEZ ULATE | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | No | Declaration |
| ANA LORENA GONZALEZ FUENTES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| JOSE PABLO DELGADO MORALES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| ULISES GERARDO ARAYA CHAVES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA | Yes | Declaration; inferred party-code join |
| MARJORIE TORRES BORGES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA | Yes | Declaration; inferred party-code join |
| EDGAR HERNAN ALVAREZ GONZALEZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | Yes | Declaration |
2016-02-07 · ordinary
Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster
Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes
Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.
| Party or list | Candidate | Votes or marks | Vote share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | 3,639 | 45.66% | 2 | |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | 1,903 | 23.88% | 1 | |
| COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELÉN | 1,325 | 16.63% | 1 | |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | 994 | 12.47% | 1 | |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO | 108 | 1.36% | 0 |
Result source · Sheet 3.5 · Seat source
Named elected members and substitutes
Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.
| Name | Office | Party or list | Substitute | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIGUEL ALFARO VILLALOBOS | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| ANA LORENA GONZALEZ FUENTES | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| EDDIE ANDRES MENDEZ ULATE | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | No | Declaration |
| MARIA ANTONIA CASTRO FRANCESCHI | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELEN | No | Declaration; inferred party-code join |
| JOSE LUIS VENEGAS MURILLO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | No | Declaration |
| ELENA MARIA GONZALEZ ATKINSON | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| ALEJANDRO GOMEZ CHAVES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| EDGAR HERNAN ALVAREZ GONZALEZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | Yes | Declaration |
| LUIS ALONSO ZARATE ALVARADO | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELEN | Yes | Declaration; inferred party-code join |
| JUAN LUIS MENA VENEGAS | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | Yes | Declaration |
Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-C-HEREDIA-BELEN.