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PUERTO JIMÉNEZ — Municipal council
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Costa Rica · PUERTO JIMÉNEZ / PUNTARENAS · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-PUNTARENAS-PUERTO-JIMENEZ
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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
- PUERTO JIMÉNEZ / PUNTARENAS
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-f49ea1fd91c3f2e04c75ffeb
- 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
- LIBERAL PROGRESISTA41.2%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.2%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS14.1%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.5%
- AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA9.0%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL8.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 1,305 | 41.2% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 543 | 17.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 447 | 14.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 332 | 10.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 285 | 9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 252 | 8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
WithheldUnknown0–100 historical closeness
Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · 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.
Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=24.0834386852086, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=null
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[7.964601769911504,17.16182048040455,0,0,0,10.493046776232617,0,0,0,0,41.24525916561315,0,23.13527180783818],null,null]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[7.964601769911504,17.16182048040455,0,0,0,10.493046776232617,0,0,0,0,41.24525916561315,0,23.13527180783818],null,null]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval
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=[[7.964601769911504,17.16182048040455,0,0,0,10.493046776232617,0,0,0,0,41.24525916561315,0,23.13527180783818],null,null]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSA LORENA PEREZ RAMIREZ | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | principal |
| ESTEBAN JOSUE RODRIGUEZ VEGA | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | principal |
| NAYELY FERNANDA MONTERO AZOFEIFA | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| RONNY MONTES SORIO | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| YOSAR JOSE FLORES ROJAS | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | NUEVA REPÚBLICA | principal |
| ZEIDY MARCHENA ATENCIO | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | substitute |
| JUAN MANUEL BLANCO SALAZAR | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | substitute |
| JIMENA YULIPZA ALFARO MORA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| ELMER VINDAS GAMBOA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| JOHNNY ALCIDES LOPEZ RAMIREZ | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | NUEVA REPÚBLICA | substitute |
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. “PUERTO JIMÉNEZ — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-PUNTARENAS-PUERTO-JIMENEZ. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S66a5b979c3.