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PEÑAS BLANCAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · PEÑAS BLANCAS / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON-PENAS-BLANCAS

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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
PEÑAS BLANCAS / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a39a49152ed575fde00f1781
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 NACIONAL58.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.6%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO2.5%
Results for event-c11085047f180f4cf8a458a6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,72658.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,00334.1%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241354.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024742.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL49.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA26.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.8%
Results for event-95e32b1b14917ecf5a90c9c6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,47549%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202080026.6%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202448.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202257.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201906.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020511.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020240.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO25.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN14.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.1%
Results for event-c533ed0fcec853803a45312b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201679332%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201663625.7%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637815.3%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201635914.5%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161596.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161526.1%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=24.608577263444516, oldest_gap=6.338312474767868, previous_gap=22.432701894317052

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

17.28percentage 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=[[58.747447243022464,34.13886997957795,0,0,0,4.59496255956433,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.518720217835262],[49.01960784313726,26.586905948820206,7.477567298105683,0.7976071784646062,1.694915254237288,8.109006314390163,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.314390162844799],[32.01453371013323,6.41905530884134,15.26039563988696,6.1364553895841745,0,0,0,0,0,25.67622123536536,0,0,14.493338716188939]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.98percentage 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=[[58.747447243022464,34.13886997957795,0,0,0,4.59496255956433,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.518720217835262],[49.01960784313726,26.586905948820206,7.477567298105683,0.7976071784646062,1.694915254237288,8.109006314390163,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.314390162844799],[32.01453371013323,6.41905530884134,15.26039563988696,6.1364553895841745,0,0,0,0,0,25.67622123536536,0,0,14.493338716188939]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.13percentage 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=[[58.747447243022464,34.13886997957795,0,0,0,4.59496255956433,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.518720217835262],[49.01960784313726,26.586905948820206,7.477567298105683,0.7976071784646062,1.694915254237288,8.109006314390163,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.314390162844799],[32.01453371013323,6.41905530884134,15.26039563988696,6.1364553895841745,0,0,0,0,0,25.67622123536536,0,0,14.493338716188939]]

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?
YULIETH PAOLA LOPEZ VILLALOBOSSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL MORALES BARRANTESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MICHAEL ORLANDO BARAHONA MARINCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUISELLE CASTILLO VARGASCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SARA SOLERA VILLARREALCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JASON GERARDO ROJAS CHAVESCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROGELIO SOLANO DELGADOCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROCIO TREJOS SANTAMARIACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SHEILA CASTRO RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALONSO JOSE CHAVES CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WILBERTH CAMPOS CRUZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YULIETH PAOLA LOPEZ VILLALOBOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GUISELLE CASTILLO VARGASCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ANGEL RODRIGUEZ LEDEZMACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SARA SOLERA VILLARREALCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALVARO ENRIQUE VARGAS ULATECONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MICHAEL ORLANDO BARAHONA MARINCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVADINA VARELA CASTROCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ISABEL ROJAS BRENESCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MAINOR ROJAS ZUÑIGACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WILBERTH CAMPOS CRUZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUISELLE CASTILLO VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ANGEL RODRIGUEZ LEDEZMACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NOILIM ALEJANDRA GONZALEZ BARRANTESCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
FLOR MARIA JARQUIN ZARATECONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
YULIETH PAOLA LOPEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ROCIO TREJOS SANTAMARIACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JORGE ANTONIO ZUÑIGA SOLISCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
CARMEN LIDIA MOYA QUESADACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
IRENE GONZALEZ ARCECONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute

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. “PEÑAS BLANCAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON-PENAS-BLANCAS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S44a3d3187e, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sa66fe5007b, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S15dd345bda.