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SANTA BÁRBARA — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · SANTA BÁRBARA / HEREDIA · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-HEREDIA-SANTA-BARBARA

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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
SANTA BÁRBARA / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-59edfa53dd9deadd76dea0e9
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 NACIONAL43.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO28.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN23.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.7%
Results for event-90eff55abd08dbbd2eead5cf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,81343.2%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,49528.2%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,11523.9%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244134.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO12.7%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA11.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN10.0%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA5.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.4%
Results for event-2e9bf2a7344a2be98d5c1dc2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,06330.5%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,69516.9%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,27412.7%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,14311.4%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,00310%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205375.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204654.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204334.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202722.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201431.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO17.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN13.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO10.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.9%
Results for event-dc804981345b5c64396e91c3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,16334.1%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,57117%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,23413.3%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,19512.9%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201699810.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201693310.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161721.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

26.20–100 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=14.916251697600725, oldest_gap=17.18109216490395, previous_gap=13.641802951735144

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.14percentage 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=[[43.15301041195111,0,0,0,0,4.674060660932549,0,0,0,28.236758714350383,0,0,23.93617021276596],[30.544475468687676,16.90267251695253,4.637016354208217,4.317909852413243,1.4260071798962903,5.355005983246909,0,0,0,12.704427602712405,0,0,24.112485041882728],[34.135549320094974,12.896611266997626,10.069069717245846,10.77055903302396,0,0,1.856248650982085,0,0,16.954457155191022,0,0,13.317504856464494]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

21.58percentage 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=[[43.15301041195111,0,0,0,0,4.674060660932549,0,0,0,28.236758714350383,0,0,23.93617021276596],[30.544475468687676,16.90267251695253,4.637016354208217,4.317909852413243,1.4260071798962903,5.355005983246909,0,0,0,12.704427602712405,0,0,24.112485041882728],[34.135549320094974,12.896611266997626,10.069069717245846,10.77055903302396,0,0,1.856248650982085,0,0,16.954457155191022,0,0,13.317504856464494]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.86percentage 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=[[43.15301041195111,0,0,0,0,4.674060660932549,0,0,0,28.236758714350383,0,0,23.93617021276596],[30.544475468687676,16.90267251695253,4.637016354208217,4.317909852413243,1.4260071798962903,5.355005983246909,0,0,0,12.704427602712405,0,0,24.112485041882728],[34.135549320094974,12.896611266997626,10.069069717245846,10.77055903302396,0,0,1.856248650982085,0,0,16.954457155191022,0,0,13.317504856464494]]

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?
CARMEN CHAVES FONSECAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VINCER SANCHEZ GUTIERREZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HERLEY YULIANA VENEGAS VILLALOBOSREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
ALVARO GERARDO NUÑEZ BRENESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MARTA EUGENIA VARGAS CARVAJALREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
EILYN CAROLINA ELIZONDO SOTOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARVIN VARGAS CARVAJALREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KAREN MARIA HERRERA SANCHEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
KEVIN FABIAN CASTILLO LOPEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
JOSSELINNE CAROLINA CORDERO LEITONREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ALVARO MORALES GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARLEN ALFARO JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HAMLET ALBERTO MENDEZ MATARRITAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANCISCO GERARDO ARIAS SANDOVALREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MARIO LUIS CAMACHO MUÑOZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
VINCER SANCHEZ GUTIERREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KAREN ROCIO ARIAS SALAZARREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELIANA PAOLA SAENZ SALAZARREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LETICIA BRENES BARRANTESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
ANA CRISTINA SUAREZ BENAVIDESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOHNNY RAMIREZ SANCHEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAYANA EUGENIA ULATE MURILLOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDIETTE MARIA CALDERON SANDIREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
RONALD FRANCISCO SALAS CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO CARVAJAL ROJASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA PATRICIA MONGE NUÑEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR LORENZO BARRANTES VIQUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCISCO GERARDO ARIAS SANDOVALREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
JENNY CESPEDES RAMOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
YEINNER GERARDO LORIA SEGURAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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. “SANTA BÁRBARA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-HEREDIA-SANTA-BARBARA. 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.