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SAN MIGUEL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SAN MIGUEL / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-c8f15f23e53097a17c5c1713
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 PODEMOS41.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.8%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.6%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA0.6%
Results for event-7ab26274b7c65d67d8f7a3d3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420541.5%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202415130.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248316.8%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024357.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024102%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202440.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL55.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL13.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS10.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.6%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA2.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.6%
Results for event-0a36a107a0431bbc02c31247
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202034455.1%4Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208713.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207411.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206610.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020294.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020142.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020101.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL66.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.5%
Results for event-76c614a4d5ba84f162af2459
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630466.4%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167516.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167215.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671.5%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=10.931174089068826, oldest_gap=50, previous_gap=41.18589743589744

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.16percentage 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=[[30.5668016194332,16.80161943319838,0,0.8097165991902834,0,0,0,0,0,2.0242914979757085,0,0,49.79757085020243],[55.12820512820513,4.647435897435898,11.85897435897436,1.6025641025641026,13.942307692307692,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.820512820512821],[66.37554585152839,16.375545851528383,15.720524017467248,1.5283842794759825,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.84percentage 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=[[30.5668016194332,16.80161943319838,0,0.8097165991902834,0,0,0,0,0,2.0242914979757085,0,0,49.79757085020243],[55.12820512820513,4.647435897435898,11.85897435897436,1.6025641025641026,13.942307692307692,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.820512820512821],[66.37554585152839,16.375545851528383,15.720524017467248,1.5283842794759825,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39percentage 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=[[30.5668016194332,16.80161943319838,0,0.8097165991902834,0,0,0,0,0,2.0242914979757085,0,0,49.79757085020243],[55.12820512820513,4.647435897435898,11.85897435897436,1.6025641025641026,13.942307692307692,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.820512820512821],[66.37554585152839,16.375545851528383,15.720524017467248,1.5283842794759825,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
LUIS ENRIQUE BOLANDI RODRIGUEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MARLENE BRENES SALAZARSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JAMES SALAZAR GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CAROLINA SALAS SOTOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JESSICA DE LOS ANGELES SEGURA VILLARREALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE CARLOS GUEVARA BELLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANGEL LUIS BOLANDI REYESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MEBLIN ROCIO ARAYA HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
DANIXA MARIA ARGUEDAS SALASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
STEFANY MARIA SALAZAR BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GERMAN BERMUDEZ CHACONSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GREYS DE LOS ANGELES MOREIRA SEGURASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DANIXA MARIA ARGUEDAS SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FLORINDO HIDALGO CHAVERRICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YURNILETH DE LOS ANGELES MOREIRA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HARRY PORRAS MONGECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE LUIS BRENES VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESSICA PATRICIA CHEVEZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS ENRIQUE ALVARADO ORTIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ARELIS IDALIE PORRAS MOREIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RICARDA VICTORIA ULATE BRICEÑOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERMAN BERMUDEZ CHACONSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADRIANA DE LOS ANGELES ALFARO PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALBERTO SOLIS OVIEDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIRIAM HERRERA SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA YANCI SOTO HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SANTIAGO PORRAS GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YISENIA TORRENTES QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILFREDO RAMIREZ BRICEÑOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEONEL MARCHENA NUÑEZCONCEJALES 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. “SAN MIGUEL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-CANAS-SAN-MIGUEL. 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.