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MONTE ROMO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
MONTE ROMO / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-ec40473666ab79d5985f4714
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 PODEMOS34.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA33.0%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO17.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL11.3%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.7%
Results for event-139465b9750817b91f55f257
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410334.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249933%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245317.7%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243411.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024113.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA51.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA22.8%
Results for event-7560b1864cf96cb18b7cf8f5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017051.1%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208726.1%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207622.8%2Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA61.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.1%
Results for event-891be783d45e5fd0dc4f3229
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621061.6%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168324.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164112%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201672.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

39.990–100 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=1.3333333333333357, oldest_gap=37.2434017595308, previous_gap=24.924924924924927

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

55.67percentage 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=[[11.333333333333334,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.666666666666668,38],[26.126126126126128,51.051051051051054,22.822822822822822,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[24.34017595307918,12.023460410557185,61.58357771260997,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.0527859237536656,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.81percentage 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=[[11.333333333333334,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.666666666666668,38],[26.126126126126128,51.051051051051054,22.822822822822822,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[24.34017595307918,12.023460410557185,61.58357771260997,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.0527859237536656,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.24percentage 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=[[11.333333333333334,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.666666666666668,38],[26.126126126126128,51.051051051051054,22.822822822822822,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[24.34017595307918,12.023460410557185,61.58357771260997,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.0527859237536656,0,0,0]]

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?
YAMILETH VENEGAS BARRANTESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
DANILO VENEGAS ARAYASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
DIANNEY LORIA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
FULVIO ESQUIVEL RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JOSE ANTONIO QUIROS VALERINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE ABRAHAM LOPEZ ARGUELLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
MAYRA CAMPOS HERRERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MAYNOR FERRETO CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
PATRICIA ZELEDON PRENDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OSCAR CAMPOS HERRERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
FRANCINY ALEJANDRA LORIA LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KEYLOR DAVID PRENDAS GOMEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KEVIN ARTURO ESPINOZA SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIANNI CARDENAS GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DELMIS MORERA SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
GUSTAVO ALONSO MORENO PRENDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARIELOS VILLALOBOS FERRETOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESUS LOPEZ MORERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESUS ALBERTO MONTERO PRENDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA GABRIELA MORERA LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
FULVIO ESQUIVEL RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ALEJANDRA LOPEZ MORERASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JOSE ARTURO ESPINOZA ACOSTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA YIRLANIA SALAZAR ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DIANA CAROLINA ZELEDON PRENDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ISABEL PRENDAS CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JESUS ANTONIO ARGUEDAS ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EUGENIO ROJAS CARRILLOCONCEJALES 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. “MONTE ROMO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-HOJANCHA-MONTE-ROMO. 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.