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MATAMBÚ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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Costa Rica · MATAMBÚ / GUANACASTE · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-GUANACASTE-HOJANCHA-MATAMBU
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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
- MATAMBÚ / GUANACASTE
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-b904482c454f85434d31d1f7
- 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%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS39.4%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL9.8%
- PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO7.4%
- AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 154 | 40.7% | 3 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 149 | 39.4% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 37 | 9.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 28 | 7.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 10 | 2.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL56.0%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA44.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 239 | 56% | 3 | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 188 | 44% | 2 | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
WithheldUnknown0–100 historical closeness
Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · 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.
Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=1.3227513227513228, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=11.94379391100702
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility90.21percentage 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=[[9.788359788359788,40.74074074074074,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.407407407407407,42.06349206349206],[55.97189695550351,0,44.02810304449649,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],null]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[9.788359788359788,40.74074074074074,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.407407407407407,42.06349206349206],[55.97189695550351,0,44.02810304449649,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],null]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval
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=[[9.788359788359788,40.74074074074074,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.407407407407407,42.06349206349206],[55.97189695550351,0,44.02810304449649,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],null]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUAN DANIEL AGUIRRE FAJARDO | SINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MARIA EDITH VILLAGRA PEREZ | SINDICATURAS SUPLENTE | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| CLARISETH RODRIGUEZ BLANCO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| VICENTE AGUIRRE MENDOZA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| OLMAN JESUS PEREZ PEREZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| LEIDY KARINA HERNANDEZ ALEMAN | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| FLORIBETT MORA BERMUDEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| RONNY MAURICIO HERNANDEZ FAJARDO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| JOSE BIVIAN AGUIRRE PEREZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| YURLEN DEL ROSARIO ALEMAN HERNANDEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| JAIRO ALEMAN AGUIRRE | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| VALERIA PATRICIA HERNANDEZ MUÑIZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| RONALD ANTONIO ALEMAN GARCIA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| CARMEN MARIA GUEVARA HERNANDEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ALEX ALBERTO ZAMBRANA PEREZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| IVETH SOLANO AGUIRRE | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| MAGALLY RAMIREZ PEREZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| NELSON ARTURO VILLAGRA ALEMAN | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| CLARISETH RODRIGUEZ BLANCO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| PEDRO PABLO PEREZ CASTRILLO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
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
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/16552/computovotos_febrero2024%5b1%5d.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8292/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202020.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_2583-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1905-E11-2020 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “MATAMBÚ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-HOJANCHA-MATAMBU. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sccae693da3, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S7a2bd7a795.