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BUENAVISTA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · BUENAVISTA / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-CARLOS-BUENAVISTA

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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
BUENAVISTA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-0b316294014941a3e37f8897
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 NACIONAL41.5%
  • PROGRESER19.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA13.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA13.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.9%
Results for event-ec3ff5e584d0dbf5c2fa3ba4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249341.5%3Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244419.6%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243113.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243113.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024208.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202431.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL57.2%
  • PROGRESER19.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.8%
Results for event-58bb042b9e0fd148c02073f5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209557.2%3Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203219.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202716.3%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202095.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202031.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL53.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA23.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE15.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.4%
Results for event-5c45c6edc098ce677f9a5ff5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168853%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163923.5%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162515.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016148.4%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=21.875000000000004, oldest_gap=29.518072289156624, previous_gap=37.951807228915655

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.78percentage 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=[[41.517857142857146,8.928571428571429,0,0,0,13.839285714285714,0,0,0,0,13.839285714285714,0,21.875],[57.2289156626506,5.421686746987952,16.265060240963855,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.8072289156626506,0,0,19.27710843373494],[53.01204819277108,8.433734939759036,23.49397590361446,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.060240963855422]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

10.24percentage 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=[[41.517857142857146,8.928571428571429,0,0,0,13.839285714285714,0,0,0,0,13.839285714285714,0,21.875],[57.2289156626506,5.421686746987952,16.265060240963855,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.8072289156626506,0,0,19.27710843373494],[53.01204819277108,8.433734939759036,23.49397590361446,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.060240963855422]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.01percentage 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=[[41.517857142857146,8.928571428571429,0,0,0,13.839285714285714,0,0,0,0,13.839285714285714,0,21.875],[57.2289156626506,5.421686746987952,16.265060240963855,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.8072289156626506,0,0,19.27710843373494],[53.01204819277108,8.433734939759036,23.49397590361446,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.060240963855422]]

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?
YERLIN MELANIA RODRIGUEZ NAVARROSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN PABLO GAMBOA MIRANDASINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ERIK ARRIETA QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ANGELA ARAYA CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SONIA MARIA CHACON NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESERprincipal
KIMBERLY NICOLE RODRIGUEZ MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
JUAN DISNNEY NAVARRO ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SONIA MORA LIZANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SARITA MAYELA NAVARRO BENAVIDESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESERsubstitute
ALVARO MIRANDA MIRANDACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
MARIA MAYELA ROJAS ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN PABLO GAMBOA MIRANDASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ERIK ARRIETA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TIFFANY MARIA MIRANDA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA LETICIA NAVARRO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020PROGRESERprincipal
MELISSA MARIA VARGAS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
GILBERT CHACON NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SHIRLEY CEDEÑO VILLEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN LUIS MEJIAS UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020PROGRESERsubstitute
HILLARY GABRIELA MENDEZ AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA MAYELA ROJAS ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ NAVARROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARJORIE MARIA RAMIREZ VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAINOR GERARDO CHACON SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO VARELA AGUILERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JEIMY GABRIELA ROJAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
MARIA ANGELA ARAYA CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE DAVID ZAMORA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SARITA MAYELA NAVARRO BENAVIDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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. “BUENAVISTA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-CARLOS-BUENAVISTA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sff41c3cddb, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S4891bb2efd, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S284ac4df53.