Skip to observatory content

Partial researchResearch snapshot 2026-09-13. Evidence gaps remain; see Coverage for requirements.

Center forDigital DemocracyElection database
Back to the Center

Office briefing

MONTES DE ORO — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Costa Rica · MONTES DE ORO / PUNTARENAS · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-PUNTARENAS-MONTES-DE-ORO

Read the complete original research briefing

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
MONTES DE ORO / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-69ec7e7e2a1ea5b7a5a25a3c
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 NACIONAL38.5%
  • UNIÓN OROMONTANA15.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS12.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA6.3%
  • AUTÓNOMO OROMONTANO2.6%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO2.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.9%
Results for event-ea42773f3c945c4a487b0cef
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,18638.5%2Recorded
UNIÓN OROMONTANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202489615.8%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202470512.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202463711.2%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245249.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243576.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AUTÓNOMO OROMONTANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241492.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241122%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241101.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA43.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.6%
  • AUTÓNOMO OROMONTANO8.3%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA7.3%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL3.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.7%
Results for event-46545592f471a8458e1ae020
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,43443.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202098517.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202097817.6%1Recorded
AUTÓNOMO OROMONTANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204608.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204087.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202033.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020961.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA39.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL35.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.6%
  • AUTÓNOMO OROMONTANO9.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.8%
Results for event-8716c837b20133d38b060764
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,49239.5%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,26235.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201667110.6%1Recorded
AUTÓNOMO OROMONTANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165829.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162554%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016520.8%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=22.72727272727273, oldest_gap=3.6426987646499853, previous_gap=26.04241552839684

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

55.47percentage 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=[[38.513037350246655,11.222692036645524,0,1.937984496124031,0,9.231853417899929,0,0,0,0,0,1.9732205778717407,37.121212121212125],[17.70309130122214,17.577282530553557,43.74550682961898,0,1.7253774263120059,7.3328540618260245,0,3.648454349388929,0,0,0,0,8.267433501078362],[35.8251504592968,10.627177700348431,39.467849223946786,4.038644282546722,0,0,0.8235666772252138,0,0,0,0,0,9.217611656636047]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.93percentage 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=[[38.513037350246655,11.222692036645524,0,1.937984496124031,0,9.231853417899929,0,0,0,0,0,1.9732205778717407,37.121212121212125],[17.70309130122214,17.577282530553557,43.74550682961898,0,1.7253774263120059,7.3328540618260245,0,3.648454349388929,0,0,0,0,8.267433501078362],[35.8251504592968,10.627177700348431,39.467849223946786,4.038644282546722,0,0,0.8235666772252138,0,0,0,0,0,9.217611656636047]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.7percentage 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=[[38.513037350246655,11.222692036645524,0,1.937984496124031,0,9.231853417899929,0,0,0,0,0,1.9732205778717407,37.121212121212125],[17.70309130122214,17.577282530553557,43.74550682961898,0,1.7253774263120059,7.3328540618260245,0,3.648454349388929,0,0,0,0,8.267433501078362],[35.8251504592968,10.627177700348431,39.467849223946786,4.038644282546722,0,0,0.8235666772252138,0,0,0,0,0,9.217611656636047]]

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?
ALEJANDRO ARIAS RAMIREZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALBA LUISA GALEANO NUÑEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS FRANCISCO MONTOYA AYALAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIÓN OROMONTANAprincipal
ALVARO LOGAN JIMENEZ CASTROREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LORENA BARRANTES PORRASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EMMANUEL ANTONIO JIMENEZ CRUZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VIVIAN DE LOS ANGELES FUENTES ROJASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDRY MORALES RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIÓN OROMONTANAsubstitute
ADONAI JIMENEZ SALASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
KARLA VANESSA QUESADA CORDEROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YANIN DE LOS ANGELES VILLAFUERTE REYESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LUIS FRANCISCO MONTOYA AYALAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LETICIA NUÑEZ NUÑEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ALVARO LOGAN JIMENEZ CASTROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROBERT RAMIREZ ARGUEDASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ABDALAB BRAIS GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA ESMERALDA UMAÑA ROJASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ERNESTO ENRIQUEZ AVILAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
FRANCELA ALAN SOTOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRO ARIAS RAMIREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
BERNARDA AGUERO ALPIZARREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LUIS ANGEL TREJOS SOLISREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL ALAN MORAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA ELIZABETH CORDOBA ARIASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN LUIS LEON BARRANTESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE MANUEL ALVARADO PRENDASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
CARMEN ALICIA GONZALEZ GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ANTHONY FALLAS JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA GABRIELA SAGOT GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRO ARIAS RAMIREZREGIDORES(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. “MONTES DE ORO — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-PUNTARENAS-MONTES-DE-ORO. 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.