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COLORADO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · COLORADO / GUANACASTE · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-GUANACASTE-ABANGARES-COLORADO

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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
COLORADO / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-6b8ad0793233023493bdff23
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 CRISTIANA33.0%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA27.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.7%
  • ÚNICO ABANGAREÑO1.4%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO0.7%
Results for event-cc5f3e65f8aadf12cb50558e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202469533%3Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202458527.8%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202444521.2%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241577.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241215.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024562.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ÚNICO ABANGAREÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024291.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024150.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL45.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.8%
  • ÚNICO ABANGAREÑO15.3%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL7.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.5%
Results for event-c1444d09ec20349588783900
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202093545.1%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202039018.8%1Recorded
ÚNICO ABANGAREÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202031815.3%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201577.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201145.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020834%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020462.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020321.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL28.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.9%
Results for event-316293ce4bfb285b61cb8ef6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201670233.8%3Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201659528.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201627313.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201622811%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161808.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016834%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016190.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

42.340–100 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=5.230622919638609, oldest_gap=5.14423076923077, previous_gap=26.265060240963855

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.96percentage 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=[[21.160247265810746,33.04802662862577,0,0,0,2.662862577270566,0,0,0,0,0,0.7132667617689016,42.41559676652401],[45.06024096385542,18.795180722891565,5.493975903614458,0,4,1.5421686746987953,0,7.566265060240964,0,0,0,0,17.542168674698797],[33.75,13.125,10.961538461538462,8.653846153846153,0,0,0.9134615384615384,28.60576923076923,0,3.9903846153846154,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.06percentage 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=[[21.160247265810746,33.04802662862577,0,0,0,2.662862577270566,0,0,0,0,0,0.7132667617689016,42.41559676652401],[45.06024096385542,18.795180722891565,5.493975903614458,0,4,1.5421686746987953,0,7.566265060240964,0,0,0,0,17.542168674698797],[33.75,13.125,10.961538461538462,8.653846153846153,0,0,0.9134615384615384,28.60576923076923,0,3.9903846153846154,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.51percentage 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=[[21.160247265810746,33.04802662862577,0,0,0,2.662862577270566,0,0,0,0,0,0.7132667617689016,42.41559676652401],[45.06024096385542,18.795180722891565,5.493975903614458,0,4,1.5421686746987953,0,7.566265060240964,0,0,0,0,17.542168674698797],[33.75,13.125,10.961538461538462,8.653846153846153,0,0,0.9134615384615384,28.60576923076923,0,3.9903846153846154,0,0,0]]

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?
JORGE ENRIQUE GOMEZ JIMENEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ELIZABETH IZABA GOMEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JAZMIN LEON MORENOCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SILVINO MARCOS GONZALEZ ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LAURA MARIA MATARRITA SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAprincipal
FANIER JARA IZABACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANITA JIMENEZ GUTIERREZCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOHNNY QUIROS GARAYCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DIXIE MABEL GOMEZ GARAYCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAsubstitute
PRISCILLA CAMARENO SERRANOCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUSTO DE LOS ANGELES TENORIO GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LEIDY LAURA MATARRITA CUBEROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA LORENA URBINA BERMUDEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ MADRIGALCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE ENRIQUE GOMEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARCIAL TENORIO GOMEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ÚNICO ABANGAREÑOprincipal
JAVIER UMAÑA SANCHEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DEL CARMEN GOMEZ MATARRITACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HEIDY DILANIA GALAGARZA MASISCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GRACIELA SERRANO ANCHIACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ÚNICO ABANGAREÑOsubstitute
JUSTO DE LOS ANGELES TENORIO GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TERESA GOMEZ ACOSTASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SANDRA ESTER CHEVES ALVARADOCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARCIAL TENORIO GOMEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YESENIA MARTINEZ QUESADACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAURO LOPEZ MATARRITACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ORIASCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DENIA MARIA GUADAMUZ MATARRITACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ZACARIAS ALBERTO GUADAMUZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS ANDRES CHEVES RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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. “COLORADO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-ABANGARES-COLORADO. 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.