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BAGACES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
BAGACES / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-4e6c389d563f7a1a27a34802
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

  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA36.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.7%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA13.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.2%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.8%
Results for event-1bcfa6d58ba1f793724e5d75
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,11436.9%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202480526.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202447415.7%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441413.7%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024882.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024662.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024551.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA29.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL9.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL9.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.9%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA1.3%
Results for event-010643d76c5905d92b123830
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202092829.4%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202070722.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202051716.4%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203149.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203089.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201875.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201564.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020411.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN25.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA18.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO7.5%
Results for event-7dad2ea5808c6f523c92bf1c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201683530.8%3Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201668525.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201648718%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201628610.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162127.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162047.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

560–100 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=10.245358090185675, oldest_gap=5.5370985603543765, previous_gap=6.998100063331222

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

55.66percentage 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=[[26.690981432360743,15.716180371352785,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.1883289124668437,36.93633952254642,0,18.46816976127321],[22.387587080430652,29.385687143761874,16.371120962634578,0,9.943001899936668,5.921469284357188,0,9.753008233058898,0,0,0,0,6.2381253958201395],[30.823181985972685,10.557401255075673,17.977113325950537,0,0,0,7.530454042081949,0,0,7.825765965300849,0,0,25.28608342561831]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.45percentage 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=[[26.690981432360743,15.716180371352785,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.1883289124668437,36.93633952254642,0,18.46816976127321],[22.387587080430652,29.385687143761874,16.371120962634578,0,9.943001899936668,5.921469284357188,0,9.753008233058898,0,0,0,0,6.2381253958201395],[30.823181985972685,10.557401255075673,17.977113325950537,0,0,0,7.530454042081949,0,0,7.825765965300849,0,0,25.28608342561831]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

50.05percentage 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=[[26.690981432360743,15.716180371352785,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.1883289124668437,36.93633952254642,0,18.46816976127321],[22.387587080430652,29.385687143761874,16.371120962634578,0,9.943001899936668,5.921469284357188,0,9.753008233058898,0,0,0,0,6.2381253958201395],[30.823181985972685,10.557401255075673,17.977113325950537,0,0,0,7.530454042081949,0,0,7.825765965300849,0,0,25.28608342561831]]

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?
EDGARDO ALFREDO ARAGON SOLERASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
SOFIA ELENA PEREZ ARAGONSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS MENDOZA RUIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
LAURA MARIA MONTERO PICADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YEILYN ARIANA CASTILLO RUIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANDREA SANCHEZ SOLORZANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAprincipal
JULIO RAFAEL LEON CRUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
DIANA SOLERA JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GABRIELA RODRIGUEZ SALGUERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KEYLIN ADRIANA CERDAS VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAsubstitute
JAVIER VENANCIO CHAVERRI SANDINOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CINTHYA SANDOVAL SANDOVALSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YERLING MARIA LOPEZ SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JEAN CARLOS LAMAS RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARQUESA CARCAMO CARCAMOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANUEL DAVID VASQUEZ ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ALEXIS ANTONIO MIRANDA BENITEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YENDRY SEQUEIRA CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LEONARDO RUIZ QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KELLY DYANNE ARAGON ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
LUCIA MENDOZA RUIZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PEDRO GONZALEZ LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARQUESA CARCAMO CARCAMOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE MANUEL LAMAS ORDOÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JONATHAN EDUARDO ZUÑIGA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MINOR CANALES QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JESUS MARIA PORRAS SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SUGEIDY LEIVA JAENCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EUGENITH CHAVES MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
PEDRO AGUILAR GALLOCONCEJALES 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. “BAGACES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-BAGACES-BAGACES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S66f3d972a6, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S34c5931014, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S59c79b58ae.