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HUACAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
HUACAS / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e256db929ad69c9046af6c0a
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA40.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.2%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO20.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS11.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.4%
Results for event-04e042e2856bacba36e5aac9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412140.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246622.2%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246220.9%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243511.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024134.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA65.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.9%
Results for event-5f524758f8cab7b0f7560052
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019465.1%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010434.9%1Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL48.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA41.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.5%
Results for event-68264217b6cc757df3f10175
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616648.5%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614341.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016288.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201651.5%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=18.51851851851852, oldest_gap=6.725146198830409, previous_gap=30.201342281879192

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

77.78percentage 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=[[22.22222222222222,40.74074074074074,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20.875420875420875,16.16161616161616],[34.899328859060404,0,65.1006711409396,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[48.538011695906434,8.187134502923977,41.812865497076025,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.4619883040935673,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.29percentage 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=[[22.22222222222222,40.74074074074074,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20.875420875420875,16.16161616161616],[34.899328859060404,0,65.1006711409396,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[48.538011695906434,8.187134502923977,41.812865497076025,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.4619883040935673,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

50.53percentage 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=[[22.22222222222222,40.74074074074074,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20.875420875420875,16.16161616161616],[34.899328859060404,0,65.1006711409396,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[48.538011695906434,8.187134502923977,41.812865497076025,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.4619883040935673,0,0,0]]

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?
YELSIN PAOLA GOMEZ MEJIASSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KEVIN JOSUE AGUERO CARRILLOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ARLIN MAYELA DIAZ PRENDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OVIDIO ALEXANDER COTO CARRILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HERMINIO ELIZONDO SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ENRIQUE BARRANTES BARBOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
MARIA EUGENIA ARROYO SOSACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL BADILLA JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN ENRIQUE BARRANTES ELIZONDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
MELVIN FONSECA CRUZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
VERONICA MARIA SANCHEZ MEJIASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
VERA BEATRIZ CARRILLO SEQUEIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
KEVIN JOSUE AGUERO CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
FRANCINI VANESSA GOMEZ MEJIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
VIANNEY CAMPOS CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CATALINO CARRILLO CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA CECILIA CARRILLO DOVERCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
FELIX ANGEL VENEGAS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARCIAL CARRILLO CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ASDRUBAL ELIZONDO SALAZARSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EVELYN MARTINEZ CASTILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARBETH BARRANTES FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CATALINO CARRILLO CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FELIX ANGEL VENEGAS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
YOLANDA ZUÑIGA VILLEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL BADILLA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VERA BEATRIZ CARRILLO SEQUEIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DANIA CARRILLO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
KEVIN JOSUE AGUERO CARRILLOCONCEJALES 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. “HUACAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-HOJANCHA-HUACAS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sccae693da3, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S7a2bd7a795, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S21e1c0c7e9.