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BOLÍVAR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · BOLÍVAR / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-GRECIA-BOLIVAR

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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
BOLÍVAR / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-25e8b286165a002b9374a769
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 NACIONAL16.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.2%
  • NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGA14.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS13.1%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO10.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN10.4%
  • UNIÓN GRIEGA8.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO6.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.0%
Results for event-6fc3ba88dcb4aa41398472c8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433716.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202428414.2%1Recorded
NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202428214.1%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426313.1%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202421310.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420810.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241648.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241296.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024854.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024402%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN18.4%
  • NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGA15.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.4%
  • UNIÓN GRIEGA13.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.8%
Results for event-7e42c6c3dd5c5f37bc5460ee
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202042719.3%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040718.4%1Recorded
NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202034115.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202034115.4%1Recorded
UNIÓN GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030413.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201737.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201094.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201064.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGA30.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO12.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.3%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.6%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.2%
Results for event-1146c53659923bb97c58c73f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201657330%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201652127.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201622912%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620210.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161889.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016834.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016643.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016301.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016221.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

89.350–100 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=2.6433915211970067, oldest_gap=2.7196652719665266, previous_gap=0.9057971014492736

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

19.39percentage 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=[[16.80798004987531,14.164588528678305,0,0,0,1.9950124688279303,0,0,0,0,0,10.623441396508728,56.408977556109726],[19.338768115942027,15.443840579710145,0,0,4.936594202898551,4.800724637681159,0,0,0,7.8351449275362315,0,0,47.64492753623188],[27.248953974895397,9.832635983263598,4.341004184100418,3.3472803347280333,0,0,11.976987447698745,0,1.1506276150627615,10.564853556485355,0,0,31.53765690376569]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.46percentage 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=[[16.80798004987531,14.164588528678305,0,0,0,1.9950124688279303,0,0,0,0,0,10.623441396508728,56.408977556109726],[19.338768115942027,15.443840579710145,0,0,4.936594202898551,4.800724637681159,0,0,0,7.8351449275362315,0,0,47.64492753623188],[27.248953974895397,9.832635983263598,4.341004184100418,3.3472803347280333,0,0,11.976987447698745,0,1.1506276150627615,10.564853556485355,0,0,31.53765690376569]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.42percentage 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: 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=[[16.80798004987531,14.164588528678305,0,0,0,1.9950124688279303,0,0,0,0,0,10.623441396508728,56.408977556109726],[19.338768115942027,15.443840579710145,0,0,4.936594202898551,4.800724637681159,0,0,0,7.8351449275362315,0,0,47.64492753623188],[27.248953974895397,9.832635983263598,4.341004184100418,3.3472803347280333,0,0,11.976987447698745,0,1.1506276150627615,10.564853556485355,0,0,31.53765690376569]]

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?
MARIO WILLIAMS ARTAVIA MOLINASINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA LINETH BARRANTES MURILLOSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YOHARLY MARIA RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN CARLOS RODRIGUEZ LIZANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GREIVIN GERARDO BOGANTES ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
ERICKA GOMEZ MURILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LUBOMIR ALEXANDER BREJCHA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PRISCILA MARIA ESPINOZA ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE FABIO ALFARO GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
MARIA FELICIA MURILLO SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ODINEY SEGURA SOTOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HECTOR MARTIN RODRIGUEZ CHAVESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JORGE ANTONIO SALAS BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRANKLIN REINIER ALVARADO MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MARIA CECILIA BARRANTES ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
ROCIO BOLAÑOS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HANNA ARROYO PRENDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
TONY DAVID ALVAREZ CEDEÑOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MAURICIO ALBERTO MORERA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
VICTOR MANUEL CHACON RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GERARDO ROGELIO BOGANTES BOLAÑOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
MARIA ENELIA MEJIAS HERRASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS RODRIGUEZ LIZANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
MARIA LUZ ALFARO BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
JOSE ANDREY BRENES GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS EMILIO GONZALEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
MARIO ROJAS CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
ROSA IVETH CASTRO BENAVIDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
JOSEFA ZAMORA MATAMOROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VILMA MARIA PORRAS ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute

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. “BOLÍVAR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-GRECIA-BOLIVAR. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Scd4fe90594, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S70bf0c7eec, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Se189e7acb6.