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LAS JUNTAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
LAS JUNTAS / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e99557c9d7bef7d517622ffc
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

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS43.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA11.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.7%
  • ÚNICO ABANGAREÑO6.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.7%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA1.1%
Results for event-7e833d55c3d07c27081bdd63
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,46143.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202485925.3%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202439511.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243289.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ÚNICO ABANGAREÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242186.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024922.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024371.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS27.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN11.4%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL6.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.6%
  • ÚNICO ABANGAREÑO4.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.9%
Results for event-572863c5976d083d6309a004
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202098427.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202080422.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202046812.9%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202041511.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202526.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202356.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202035.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ÚNICO ABANGAREÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201664.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201052.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL20.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.7%
Results for event-9856e5cc04c58bbeecd14b3f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,20233.1%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201676721.1%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201676020.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201636310%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163319.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162085.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

33.30–100 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=17.75811209439528, oldest_gap=11.980170751858989, previous_gap=4.955947136563875

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

18.63percentage 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=[[25.339233038348084,9.67551622418879,0,0,0,11.651917404129794,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.33333333333333],[22.136563876651984,12.885462555066079,0,5.5892070484581495,2.890969162995595,6.470264317180617,0,6.938325991189427,0,0,0,0,43.08920704845815],[33.10382814651611,21.12365739465712,9.997245937758194,9.115946020380061,0,0,0,20.930873037730652,0,5.728449462957863,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

52.45percentage 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=[[25.339233038348084,9.67551622418879,0,0,0,11.651917404129794,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.33333333333333],[22.136563876651984,12.885462555066079,0,5.5892070484581495,2.890969162995595,6.470264317180617,0,6.938325991189427,0,0,0,0,43.08920704845815],[33.10382814651611,21.12365739465712,9.997245937758194,9.115946020380061,0,0,0,20.930873037730652,0,5.728449462957863,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.54percentage 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=[[25.339233038348084,9.67551622418879,0,0,0,11.651917404129794,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.33333333333333],[22.136563876651984,12.885462555066079,0,5.5892070484581495,2.890969162995595,6.470264317180617,0,6.938325991189427,0,0,0,0,43.08920704845815],[33.10382814651611,21.12365739465712,9.997245937758194,9.115946020380061,0,0,0,20.930873037730652,0,5.728449462957863,0,0,0]]

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?
CHRISTIAN GERARDO CRUZ BEJARANOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
EVELYN PATRICIA SIRIAS DELGADOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO PEÑA SOTELACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
SHARON PAMELA PICADO SOLORZANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LISETH SALAZAR SANDOVALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN CARLOS SEGURA PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN JOSE VILLALOBOS BARQUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ROSA DAYANA BOLIVAR PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
FRANCELA NUÑEZ QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCO ANTONIO CALVO QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO ARAYA PICADOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
YENNTEL FRANCELA FUENTES SALAZARSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
AISER ALFONSO SANCHEZ ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CINTHIA MARIA GAMBOA NOGUERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
HAZEL GABRIELA CAMPOS CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RONALD ALFARO VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIANELA MICO ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JULIO MARCELO SOLERA ASTUACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
KARLA VANESSA JIMENEZ CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS MANUEL MORAGA ROBLESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RONNY VILLALOBOS ACOSTASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRANCELA NUÑEZ QUESADASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA PATRICIA CHAVES MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TOMAS GERARDO CARBALLO PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROBERTO JIMENEZ CARAZOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUCIA CARBALLO CHEVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JULIAN VILLALOBOS DURANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
INES MERCEDES BLANCO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESFFREY MARIO CASTRO VALLADARESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIO FENNELL MONTOYACONCEJALES 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. “LAS JUNTAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-ABANGARES-LAS-JUNTAS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S6bb80de169, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sd6523f96ae, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sa953d42bc4.