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PUNTARENAS — Municipal council

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

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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
PUNTARENAS / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-d781788dd71a2f604b5d2cd1
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA27.8%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA18.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA11.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA8.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.0%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL4.0%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE3.8%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO3.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.9%
Results for event-21160abad62142468ee8ecbe
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248,01627.8%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245,22818.1%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244,99017.3%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,40211.8%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,3458.1%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,4455%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,1494%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,0963.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249363.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242740.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL13.6%
  • UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORES12.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.0%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA9.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.7%
Results for event-bc27b62f1a7a32d3a46a236f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207,86722.9%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207,14120.8%2Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,67413.6%2Recorded
UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,43712.9%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,45010%1Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,0909%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,5644.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,5584.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205881.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA27.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO9.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.4%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS6.4%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL4.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.8%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.9%
  • DE LOS TRABAJADORES0.6%
Results for event-1e9005a70f680a0f27cffc3c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167,82027.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167,52326.2%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,18311.1%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,7729.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,8216.4%1Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,8216.4%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,3094.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169023.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167982.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165521.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DE LOS TRABAJADOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161730.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

67.350–100 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=9.653405353000242, oldest_gap=1.0357815442561211, previous_gap=2.1123687043556707

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.49percentage 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=[[17.277795090197706,27.755271631868702,0,0,0,11.779370520411343,0,0,0,0,18.10186627886846,3.2408850109068243,21.84481146774696],[22.88981349471908,20.777444790363408,1.7108440746021123,0,4.533154877942332,8.99066018796008,0,13.599464633826996,0,10.038115743838924,0,0,17.46050219674707],[26.23631164120806,27.272093185464183,11.10064867127014,6.350700983469345,0,0,2.7830089976982633,4.565111250610309,1.9250889307386483,9.667294413057125,0,0,10.099741926483922]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.29percentage 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=[[17.277795090197706,27.755271631868702,0,0,0,11.779370520411343,0,0,0,0,18.10186627886846,3.2408850109068243,21.84481146774696],[22.88981349471908,20.777444790363408,1.7108440746021123,0,4.533154877942332,8.99066018796008,0,13.599464633826996,0,10.038115743838924,0,0,17.46050219674707],[26.23631164120806,27.272093185464183,11.10064867127014,6.350700983469345,0,0,2.7830089976982633,4.565111250610309,1.9250889307386483,9.667294413057125,0,0,10.099741926483922]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.89percentage 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=[[17.277795090197706,27.755271631868702,0,0,0,11.779370520411343,0,0,0,0,18.10186627886846,3.2408850109068243,21.84481146774696],[22.88981349471908,20.777444790363408,1.7108440746021123,0,4.533154877942332,8.99066018796008,0,13.599464633826996,0,10.038115743838924,0,0,17.46050219674707],[26.23631164120806,27.272093185464183,11.10064867127014,6.350700983469345,0,0,2.7830089976982633,4.565111250610309,1.9250889307386483,9.667294413057125,0,0,10.099741926483922]]

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?
VICTOR MANUEL ESPINOZA RIVASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KERLYN ANNETTE MOLINA CORELLAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO MOSCOSO CAMPOSREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SINDY GIOVANNA SCAFIDI AMPIEREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
SANTOS GERARDO ZUÑIGA ZUÑIGAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES CONTRERAS REYESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIO EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ MORALESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KIMBERLY CHARLIN CASTRO VILLALOBOSREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
KATHIA CECILIA CANO CANESSAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
ESTEBAN GERARDO CHAVES VILLALOBOSREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CATALINA VANESSA LOSTALO GUEVARAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RANDY ESTEBAN GUERRERO CHAMORROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA CRISTINA MARTINEZ CALEROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
MIGUEL LUIS ALVARADO ARIASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ANA ROSARIO HERNANDEZ SOLANOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
STEWART GOMEZ CHEVEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTORIA PRISCILLA SIERRA MOLINAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
MEREDITH SABRINA CERNAS CAMPOSREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
YORLENY MEDINA TREJOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL SOTO LOPEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS ANDRES ROBLES OBANDOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BRIYITT RAMIREZ RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VICTOR MANUEL ESPINOZA RIVASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RITA MARIA RODRIGUEZ ARIASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDUARDO ANTONIO MARTINEZ MURILLOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESprincipal
MIGUEL ALBERTO DIAZ VEGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
LUIS GERARDO LOPEZ GODINEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
JORGE ALFREDO PEREZ VILLARREALREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTORIA PRISCILLA SIERRA MOLINAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDRES ANTONIO SALGUERA GUTIERREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MEYLIN ARGUEDAS CHAVESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GERMAN ANTONIO CONTRERAS ATENCIOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
IRENE DE LOS ANGELES SANDOVAL PEREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SANDRA RIOS ABARCAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESsubstitute
MIGUEL ANGEL MONGE MORALESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
KIMBERLY CHARLIN CASTRO VILLALOBOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
DANILO CHAVARRIA VELASQUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA CRISTINA MARTINEZ CALEROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANDRES ANTONIO SALGUERA GUTIERREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VICTOR MANUEL BRENES SIBAJAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JULIA MADRIGAL ZAMORAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE MARIA LOPEZ GARCIAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MIGUEL ALBERTO DIAZ VEGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
VICENTE CHAVARRIA ALANISREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
RAUL ARTURO QUESADA GALAGARZAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016VIVA PUNTARENASprincipal
ROXANA MARIA CHAVERRI GUTIERREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE GUILLERMO CALVO CALVOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ESPERANZA JIMENEZ BADILLAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
IRENE DE LOS ANGELES SANDOVAL PEREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO GERARDO CASCANTE RAMIREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA MARGARITA SANCHEZ MORALESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MIGUEL ANGEL MONGE MORALESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
DIEGO ALBERTO SUAZO ROSALESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
VICTOR MANUEL ESPINOZA RIVASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016VIVA PUNTARENASsubstitute

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