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HUACAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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HUACAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.

Election expectation2028-02-06
Imported event records3
Usable vote comparison cycles3 of 3
Seat comparison cycles3 of 3

Historical competition

Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.

Provisional imported-series CI: 0.0/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.

Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 77.8 points; earlier interval 23.3 points; two-interval mean 50.5 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

Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.

Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.

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.

Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Electoral event evidence

Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.

2024-02-04 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12140.74%3
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL6622.22%1
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO6220.88%1
UNIDOS PODEMOS3511.78%0
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA134.38%0

Result source · PDF page 547; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
YELSIN PAOLA GOMEZ MEJIASSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIAUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
KEVIN JOSUE AGUERO CARRILLOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTEUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
ARLIN MAYELA DIAZ PRENDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
OVIDIO ALEXANDER COTO CARRILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
HERMINIO ELIZONDO SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
JOSE ENRIQUE BARRANTES BARBOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASPROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICONoDeclaration
MARIA EUGENIA ARROYO SOSACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
RAFAEL ANGEL BADILLA JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
EDWIN ENRIQUE BARRANTES ELIZONDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESPROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOYesDeclaration
2020-02-02 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA19465.10%4
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL10434.90%1

Result source · Sheet 4.73; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
MELVIN FONSECA CRUZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
VERONICA MARIA SANCHEZ MEJIASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTEACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration
VERA BEATRIZ CARRILLO SEQUEIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
KEVIN JOSUE AGUERO CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
FRANCINI VANESSA GOMEZ MEJIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
VIANNEY CAMPOS CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
CATALINO CARRILLO CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration
MARIA CECILIA CARRILLO DOVERCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration
FELIX ANGEL VENEGAS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration
MARCIAL CARRILLO CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
2016-02-07 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16648.54%3
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA14341.81%2
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA288.19%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO51.46%0

Result source · Sheet 4.72; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
ASDRUBAL ELIZONDO SALAZARSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
EVELYN MARTINEZ CASTILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARBETH BARRANTES FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
CATALINO CARRILLO CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
FELIX ANGEL VENEGAS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
YOLANDA ZUÑIGA VILLEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
RAFAEL ANGEL BADILLA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
VERA BEATRIZ CARRILLO SEQUEIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
DANIA CARRILLO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration
KEVIN JOSUE AGUERO CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-GUANACASTE-HOJANCHA-HUACAS.