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PUERTO CARRILLO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PUERTO CARRILLO / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-3dd2d7ffc28a6785c565081f
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 CRISTIANA32.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS29.3%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO17.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.5%
Results for event-ba9516ec91a7026cbf0efd14
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417332.5%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202415629.3%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249317.5%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248115.2%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024295.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL50.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA42.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.9%
Results for event-2948f34b1d92dc3816f417de
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202028650.7%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202023942.4%2Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020396.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA51.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.9%
Results for event-7737e944cf09ce879d3eacdf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201631551.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616226.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168513.9%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016487.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

65.370–100 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=3.1954887218045087, oldest_gap=25.081967213114755, previous_gap=8.333333333333329

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

84.77percentage 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=[[15.225563909774436,32.5187969924812,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.481203007518797,34.774436090225564],[50.709219858156025,0,42.3758865248227,0,6.914893617021277,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[26.557377049180328,13.934426229508198,51.63934426229508,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.868852459016393,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.07percentage 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=[[15.225563909774436,32.5187969924812,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.481203007518797,34.774436090225564],[50.709219858156025,0,42.3758865248227,0,6.914893617021277,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[26.557377049180328,13.934426229508198,51.63934426229508,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.868852459016393,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

57.92percentage 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=[[15.225563909774436,32.5187969924812,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.481203007518797,34.774436090225564],[50.709219858156025,0,42.3758865248227,0,6.914893617021277,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[26.557377049180328,13.934426229508198,51.63934426229508,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.868852459016393,0,0,0]]

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?
IVANNIA ROJAS PANIAGUASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JIMMY JOSE MORA RANGELSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LARRIN ANTONIO ROSALES GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROMAN RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ZULY ADRIANA RODRIGUEZ ROSALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
BERNARDO MAYORGA MAYORGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HEIDY MARIA AGUERO ARGUELLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARLOS LUIS RODRIGUEZ BARBOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
WENDY PEREZ DOBLESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
ABIUD MORA VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ALBERTO ARAYA CHACONSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAGDALENA RODRIGUEZ ALEMANSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ABIUD MORA VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YESSICA SOTO CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GREIVIN RANGEL GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
IRMA MORA CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
EDELIA MENDOZA ALEMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDUARDO HERNANDEZ ALEMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LIDIA MARIA MAYORGA CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
BRAYNER ANTONIO MAYORGA CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
BLANCA FLORY GARCIA CASTRILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JESUS TEODORO CASTRILLO CORTESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ERVIN CASTRILLO LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
FRANCINY BLANCO JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
WADI DIAZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HUGO CASTRILLO CORTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANKLIN RANGEL CUBILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MAYRA YANCY AGUIRRE MENDOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
FLOR MARIA GARCIA GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELIETTE PEREZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES 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. “PUERTO CARRILLO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-HOJANCHA-PUERTO-CARRILLO. 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.