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BEBEDERO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
BEBEDERO / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-ce5c1d70bf7b39a8d3c4b34d
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 PODEMOS57.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.8%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA0.2%
Results for event-23b2e6c334b5d4461d912816
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433757.6%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418030.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024457.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024223.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS51.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL9.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.3%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA1.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.0%
Results for event-d6fda65c6e113febd55d9027
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202027051.3%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012924.5%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020529.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020529.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020122.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202061.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202051%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL59.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.6%
Results for event-810a328322b425a2dee85736
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618759.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167624.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164715.1%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620.6%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=26.837606837606838, oldest_gap=35.57692307692308, previous_gap=26.806083650190118

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

15.31percentage 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=[[30.76923076923077,7.6923076923076925,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61.53846153846154],[24.524714828897338,9.885931558935361,2.2813688212927756,0.9505703422053232,9.885931558935361,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.47148288973384],[59.93589743589744,24.358974358974358,15.064102564102564,0.6410256410256411,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

62.67percentage 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=[[30.76923076923077,7.6923076923076925,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61.53846153846154],[24.524714828897338,9.885931558935361,2.2813688212927756,0.9505703422053232,9.885931558935361,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.47148288973384],[59.93589743589744,24.358974358974358,15.064102564102564,0.6410256410256411,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.99percentage 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=[[30.76923076923077,7.6923076923076925,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61.53846153846154],[24.524714828897338,9.885931558935361,2.2813688212927756,0.9505703422053232,9.885931558935361,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.47148288973384],[59.93589743589744,24.358974358974358,15.064102564102564,0.6410256410256411,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
ROY EUGENIO RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
KATTIA MALENY VALLEJOS CONEJOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
AURORA GUEVARA BERMUDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JAVIER EDUARDO LOPEZ ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
YANIN JIMENA NAVARRETE DAYSONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JOSE JOAQUIN QUIROS QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARI CRISTINA DUARTE GODOYCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
CARLOS ANDRES ALVARADO BARQUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARITA ESPINOZA BUSTOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MANUEL ESPINOZA BUSTOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GEINER LOPEZ CHAVARRIASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
FABIANA DE LOS ANGELES ALGUERA ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIBEL CHAVARRIA SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ALEXANDER ELIZONDO DUARTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MARLEN NAVARRO MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
GERMAN ALBERTO SEGURA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN ANDRES LOPEZ BUSTOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
AURORA GUEVARA BERMUDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
BOLIVAR JOSE BARQUERO CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
GIOVANNI ALONSO NAVARRETE ALCOCERCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA ISABEL MIRANDA MIRANDASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GEINER LOPEZ CHAVARRIASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JACOB GERARDO SALAZAR VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ESTER GOMEZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BOLIVAR BARQUERO ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARITZA GERARDINA ROJAS GUERREROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ALEJANDRINA MARIA SEQUEIRA LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CLAUDIO MARCHENA GODINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EMILIA MARIA ORDOÑEZ CALVOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROLDAN FRANCISCO MATA GODOYCONCEJALES 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. “BEBEDERO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-CANAS-BEBEDERO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S92ae0ef2e3, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S3b578cb7fd, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sa0a321d730.