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BUENOS AIRES — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · BUENOS AIRES / PUNTARENAS · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-PUNTARENAS-BUENOS-AIRES

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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
BUENOS AIRES / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-89d9855bb7bd239fd807af3f
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 NACIONAL33.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA27.8%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA17.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA12.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.2%
Results for event-6f2e347149681df9d3d62475
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,36133.8%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,77027.8%2Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,71117.2%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,23512.4%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247547.6%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241241.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL51.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO9.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL8.8%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA5.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.3%
Results for event-da6bfdaffc5fbfef10b2f72a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206,22951.7%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,16818%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,1919.9%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,0548.8%1Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206695.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205674.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201611.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA27.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA22.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.2%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS4.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.1%
Results for event-35a22802155a1b93f3725f1f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,03229.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,82927.8%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,25922.2%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166346.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164824.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164694.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162682.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162112.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

30.60–100 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=5.936715218483172, oldest_gap=1.9933228593872734, previous_gap=33.73203754464656

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.4percentage 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=[[33.76192867905575,0,0,0,0,27.825213460572577,0,0,0,7.574083375188348,17.187343043696636,0,13.65143144148669],[51.74017775562754,18.00814021098098,0,1.3373203754464658,8.754879973419719,5.556939945178171,0,0,0,9.892848243209569,0,0,4.709693496137553],[29.772191673212884,27.77886881382561,22.181853888452473,2.6315789473684212,0,0,2.0718774548311076,0,0,6.225451688923802,0,0,9.338177533385704]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.95percentage 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=[[33.76192867905575,0,0,0,0,27.825213460572577,0,0,0,7.574083375188348,17.187343043696636,0,13.65143144148669],[51.74017775562754,18.00814021098098,0,1.3373203754464658,8.754879973419719,5.556939945178171,0,0,0,9.892848243209569,0,0,4.709693496137553],[29.772191673212884,27.77886881382561,22.181853888452473,2.6315789473684212,0,0,2.0718774548311076,0,0,6.225451688923802,0,0,9.338177533385704]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.17percentage 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=[[33.76192867905575,0,0,0,0,27.825213460572577,0,0,0,7.574083375188348,17.187343043696636,0,13.65143144148669],[51.74017775562754,18.00814021098098,0,1.3373203754464658,8.754879973419719,5.556939945178171,0,0,0,9.892848243209569,0,0,4.709693496137553],[29.772191673212884,27.77886881382561,22.181853888452473,2.6315789473684212,0,0,2.0718774548311076,0,0,6.225451688923802,0,0,9.338177533385704]]

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?
NIXIE BEITA ROJASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KENNETH ANTONIO CAMACHO SOLISREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FANNY HERNANDEZ VILLARREALREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ORLANDO RIVERA BEITAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ANA CECILIA VASQUEZ CARVAJALREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
JESSICA VILLANUEVA SANDIREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO UREÑA GOMEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
YENDRY MARIA MUÑOZ DELGADOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RODOLFO JESUS HERNANDEZ SALASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ODILIGIA LEIVA MORAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
ARAMIS ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ PEREZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
ERIKA CAROLINA VILLANUEVA ESCALANTEREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ZENEIDA MURILLO CAMPOSREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
ALEXIS MADRIGAL MENDEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
FROILAN ALBERTO CASTRO VALVERDEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LADY ROJAS ZUÑIGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MELVIN CORDERO CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESTER CAMACHO MONTENEGROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GIOVANNI FALLAS CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN JOSE GUEVARA ALVAREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
KAMBER ROBERTO HERNANDEZ MORALESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NIXIE BEITA ROJASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN PABLO CAMPOS ARIASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PRISCILLA MORALES MORALESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JULIAN LIZANO QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAVID BADILLA RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOHANNA MORA BERMUDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
FRANCINI YANINA VARGAS VILLANUEVAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FROILAN ALBERTO CASTRO VALVERDEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CAROL YISLENIA ZAPATA ZAPATAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILLIAM VEGA VALVERDEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAVID BADILLA RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FANNY ELENA ROJAS BADILLAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JESUS ESPINOZA VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ELIETH LOPEZ CORTESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
CARMEN MARGARITA GUTIERREZ GRANADOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NEOJALI BERMUDEZ CAMACHOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KRISTEL STEFANNY ACUÑA AMADORREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN ALTAMIRANO BARRANTESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIELOS ROSARIO SOLIS MORENOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANAIS MATAMOROS GUADAMUZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
DEMETRIO FLORES VALDERRAMOSREGIDORES(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. “BUENOS AIRES — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-PUNTARENAS-BUENOS-AIRES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S66a5b979c3, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S151bb3bdbd, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sc1484e30b5.