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PALMIRA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PALMIRA / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-0e5e57fa2fdd083b75708ba0
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL46.4%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO19.0%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA10.8%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO9.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.4%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.5%
Results for event-880a7a7f49c3051355a9b0ba
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202461646.4%4Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202425319%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414410.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241299.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241108.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024382.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024322.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202470.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL54.1%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA22.9%
  • CANTONAL DE CARRILLO12.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA2.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.7%
Results for event-5720d97e6905e28e14376504
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202081454.1%4Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202034522.9%1Recorded
CANTONAL DE CARRILLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202018312.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020493.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020463.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020422.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020251.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL39.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA29.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO17.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE0.3%
Results for event-e544d5f76df1090351cd2422
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201660639.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201644629.4%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201626517.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615210%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016432.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201650.3%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=27.313769751693002, oldest_gap=10.547132498352006, previous_gap=31.183510638297875

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.72percentage 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=[[46.35063957863055,8.276899924755455,0,0,0,2.4078254326561326,0,0,0,2.8592927012791574,0,19.036869826937547,21.06847253574116],[54.12234042553192,2.7925531914893615,0,0,3.257978723404255,3.0585106382978724,0,0,0,1.6622340425531914,0,0,35.1063829787234],[39.94726433750824,29.40013183915623,10.01977587343441,0,0,0,2.834541858932103,0,0,17.46868820039552,0,0,0.3295978905735003]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

55.27percentage 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=[[46.35063957863055,8.276899924755455,0,0,0,2.4078254326561326,0,0,0,2.8592927012791574,0,19.036869826937547,21.06847253574116],[54.12234042553192,2.7925531914893615,0,0,3.257978723404255,3.0585106382978724,0,0,0,1.6622340425531914,0,0,35.1063829787234],[39.94726433750824,29.40013183915623,10.01977587343441,0,0,0,2.834541858932103,0,0,17.46868820039552,0,0,0.3295978905735003]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.49percentage 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=[[46.35063957863055,8.276899924755455,0,0,0,2.4078254326561326,0,0,0,2.8592927012791574,0,19.036869826937547,21.06847253574116],[54.12234042553192,2.7925531914893615,0,0,3.257978723404255,3.0585106382978724,0,0,0,1.6622340425531914,0,0,35.1063829787234],[39.94726433750824,29.40013183915623,10.01977587343441,0,0,0,2.834541858932103,0,0,17.46868820039552,0,0,0.3295978905735003]]

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?
JORGE EDUARDO MORALES TORRESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIZZY FABIOLA HERNANDEZ LEALSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RAFAEL ENRIQUE GUIDO CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARCIA MORAGA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS LOPEZ SANTANACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NURIA DEL CARMEN MORENO GUTIERREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
GERARDO MORALES TORRESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA GOMEZ MATARRITACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN PABLO HERNANDEZ MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADRIANA DE LA O DE LA OCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
JOSUE YAMIL MIRANDA OBANDOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARCIA MORAGA RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JORGE EDUARDO MORALES TORRESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RUTH HERNANDEZ LEALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RONALD ADRIAN PIZARRO MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JACOB ANDRE VARGAS MONTOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN GUANACASTECAprincipal
MARIA GOMEZ MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GEINER ANTONIO VALLADARES VALLADARESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KATARINA AMAYA ANGULOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YASMIN GUIDO ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN GUANACASTECAsubstitute
MANUEL RODRIGO VICTOR VICTORSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAISY VIALES MATARRITASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YESSENIA BARAHONA PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE EDUARDO MORALES TORRESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA CECILIA GUTIERREZ CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
PEDRO JOSE ORDOÑEZ SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
RODOLFO ESPINOZA ORTEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CLARA BRICEÑO ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HUBERTH ALEXANDER RUIZ SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA NAZARETH LOAICIGA GUIDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute

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. “PALMIRA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-CARRILLO-PALMIRA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S770bf59e9f, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S5ff387826e, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S1a9ae97aeb.