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CAÑAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CAÑAS / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e08fea27c28c82b88ffe86a8
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 PODEMOS31.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA8.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.9%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.7%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA0.6%
Results for event-26a4c800cacd76dc71c1407a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,51831.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,32827.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,16624.4%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244038.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241593.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024891.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024791.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024310.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL52.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL13.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS11.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.5%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA2.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.9%
Results for event-71c065d3ca47f2a436f1dafb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,20852.6%4Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202084013.8%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202072511.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202061010%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204587.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201412.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201151.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL66.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA25.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.7%
Results for event-41413673d40b8d9b3ffdefb4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,68666.6%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,42325.7%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163326%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016961.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

9.360–100 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=3.98072491095747, oldest_gap=40.87050749503341, previous_gap=38.83877316713138

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.1percentage 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=[[27.82317200921852,24.42908024303373,0,1.8646553530274461,0,0,0,0,0,3.331238214959145,0,0,42.55185417976116],[52.61604067574217,10.004920452681647,7.511891093980646,1.8861735279645728,13.777267508610793,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.203706741020174],[66.57034495214015,25.699837457106735,5.996026729275781,1.7337908614773343,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.65percentage 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=[[27.82317200921852,24.42908024303373,0,1.8646553530274461,0,0,0,0,0,3.331238214959145,0,0,42.55185417976116],[52.61604067574217,10.004920452681647,7.511891093980646,1.8861735279645728,13.777267508610793,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.203706741020174],[66.57034495214015,25.699837457106735,5.996026729275781,1.7337908614773343,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.88percentage 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=[[27.82317200921852,24.42908024303373,0,1.8646553530274461,0,0,0,0,0,3.331238214959145,0,0,42.55185417976116],[52.61604067574217,10.004920452681647,7.511891093980646,1.8861735279645728,13.777267508610793,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.203706741020174],[66.57034495214015,25.699837457106735,5.996026729275781,1.7337908614773343,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
ZARAY MENA GOMEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LUIS ANGEL SOLIS CORDEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
HENRY FERNANDO MOXI RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ROXANA NOGUERA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JOSE MANUEL ALVARADO MARINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIANGEL CERDAS ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HENRY ALEXANDER BOJORGE SEQUEIRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIA LAURA AGUILAR JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
YAN CARLOS ZAMORA VENEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RANDALL CHAVERRI PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JIMMY VLADIMIR BRICEÑO ZAMORASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JENDRY GABRIELA LOPEZ ARGUEDASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA EUGENIA NUÑEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEFFREY ARTURO BARRIOS RIOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAGALLY LOPEZ RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EULLANIC DELGADO LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EGGERS SOLANO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HELIN MOREIRA BRICEÑOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YECFERSON ORLANDO RODRIGUEZ GARAYCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXIS CAMBRONERO MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDELBERTO JOSUE JARQUIN MURILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DEBBIE PHILLIPS ALVAREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CINDY VANESSA MORERA CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN MANUEL ESPINOZA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EUGENIA BALTODANO CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BEATRIZ EDECIA BRICEÑO WONGCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALBERTO ANTONIO POVEDA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VINYELA VARGAS MATACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EFRAIN ERNESTO MORALES LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOHANY FLORES ARROYOCONCEJALES 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. “CAÑAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-CANAS-CANAS. 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.