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PARRITA — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · PARRITA / PUNTARENAS · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-PUNTARENAS-PARRITA

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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
PARRITA / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-8fd9e6128f5579e086093ca5
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

  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA23.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS16.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA9.4%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO7.3%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA6.7%
Results for event-01cab7c048958c5215118cd1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,46423.4%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,31421%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,01416.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202499716%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245889.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244557.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244176.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA22.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS18.5%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA9.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN PARRITEÑA5.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.5%
Results for event-c677b9ad38c230a7149f8cd2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,12934.5%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,37522.3%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,14218.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205989.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203766.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN PARRITEÑAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203315.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202153.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.2%
  • PARRITA INDEPENDIENTE17.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO8.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN PARRITEÑA7.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.9%
Results for event-579ee7940560fc53ee1439e6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,76233.7%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201695118.2%2Recorded
PARRITA INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201692817.8%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164428.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163917.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN PARRITEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163917.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162084%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161542.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

66.70–100 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=2.400384061449831, oldest_gap=15.515592117849625, previous_gap=12.228349010703859

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.42percentage 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=[[21.02736437830053,15.95455272843655,0,0,0,23.42774843975036,0,0,0,0,9.409505520883341,7.281164986397823,22.899663946231396],[34.52805708725268,22.299708076548818,3.486863444696724,0,6.097956535841712,9.698345767109958,0,0,0,0,0,0,23.889069088550112],[33.709584847905106,18.19399273005548,7.480390281232064,0,0,0,8.45609336139277,0,0,2.9462406734264395,0,0,29.21369810598814]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

20.72percentage 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=[[21.02736437830053,15.95455272843655,0,0,0,23.42774843975036,0,0,0,0,9.409505520883341,7.281164986397823,22.899663946231396],[34.52805708725268,22.299708076548818,3.486863444696724,0,6.097956535841712,9.698345767109958,0,0,0,0,0,0,23.889069088550112],[33.709584847905106,18.19399273005548,7.480390281232064,0,0,0,8.45609336139277,0,0,2.9462406734264395,0,0,29.21369810598814]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.57percentage 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: 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=[[21.02736437830053,15.95455272843655,0,0,0,23.42774843975036,0,0,0,0,9.409505520883341,7.281164986397823,22.899663946231396],[34.52805708725268,22.299708076548818,3.486863444696724,0,6.097956535841712,9.698345767109958,0,0,0,0,0,0,23.889069088550112],[33.709584847905106,18.19399273005548,7.480390281232064,0,0,0,8.45609336139277,0,0,2.9462406734264395,0,0,29.21369810598814]]

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?
TANIA NINOSKA HUEMBES CUESTAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ALBERTO CERDAS RIOSREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
MARIA VIRGINIA QUESADA FALLASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIGUEL CORDERO BARRANTESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO MORA SOLANOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OLGA ARIAS DIAZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
KENDALL JAFETH CAMPOS MONTOYAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
SANDY MELINA JIMENEZ MURILLOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO JIMENEZ BRENESREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
GABRIELA QUIROS FERNANDEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RANDALL ROJAS PIEDRAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAMARIS MIRANDA ARCEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OLGA ARIAS DIAZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS GUSTAVO CALDERON ARIASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WILLSON ELI VINDAS CERDASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
YEISON ADOLFO ARIAS RIVERAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PAOLA MARIN SALAZARREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WALTER PRADO BENAVIDESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JESSICA SILVA FERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JEISON ANDREY JIMENEZ JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIA ELENA SAMBRANA VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RANDALL ROJAS PIEDRAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUSTAVO ADOLFO SALAZAR STELLERREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROSITA MARIN SALAZARREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN JOSE QUINTANILLA ZAMBRANOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016PARRITA INDEPENDIENTEprincipal
ELIETTE CANO JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERBER JOHNNY MURCIA FERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARLENE VASQUEZ PEREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WALTER PRADO BENAVIDESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARLOS LUIS CERDAS VASQUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016PARRITA INDEPENDIENTEsubstitute

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. “PARRITA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-PUNTARENAS-PARRITA. 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.