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LA GARITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · LA GARITA / GUANACASTE · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-GUANACASTE-LA-CRUZ-LA-GARITA

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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
LA GARITA / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b17919d3e8ab47414524717a
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

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN74.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL10.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.5%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA4.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.2%
Results for event-6869badec98dd62984e89fa3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430774.5%5Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244210.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024317.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024194.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024133.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA41.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN25.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL12.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.9%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA0.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.2%
Results for event-76445358cfb05889b9df938f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019941.8%3Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012125.4%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207114.9%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206112.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020122.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202091.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202020.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL55.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.9%
Results for event-7f3b51ca094ba7c8593e3d56
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620855%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614438.1%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016266.9%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=64.32038834951456, oldest_gap=16.93121693121693, previous_gap=16.386554621848738

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

56.23percentage 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=[[10.194174757281553,7.524271844660194,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,82.28155339805826],[14.915966386554622,41.80672268907563,1.8907563025210083,0,12.815126050420169,2.5210084033613445,0,0,0,0,0,0,26.050420168067223],[55.026455026455025,38.095238095238095,6.878306878306878,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.1percentage 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=[[10.194174757281553,7.524271844660194,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,82.28155339805826],[14.915966386554622,41.80672268907563,1.8907563025210083,0,12.815126050420169,2.5210084033613445,0,0,0,0,0,0,26.050420168067223],[55.026455026455025,38.095238095238095,6.878306878306878,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

50.66percentage 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=[[10.194174757281553,7.524271844660194,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,82.28155339805826],[14.915966386554622,41.80672268907563,1.8907563025210083,0,12.815126050420169,2.5210084033613445,0,0,0,0,0,0,26.050420168067223],[55.026455026455025,38.095238095238095,6.878306878306878,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
SIBIANY GERARDO MEDINA CASANOVASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
LEOVIGILDA VILCHEZ TABLADASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MIGUEL FERNANDEZ TRIGUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
DAISY MARIA JIMENEZ ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
SEBASTIAN VICTOR VICTORCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
FERMINA VARGAS CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
JOHNNY JIMENEZ OCONORCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
LIDIETH DE LOS ANGELES ESPINOZA MARTINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
GERARDO RODRIGUEZ SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
GRACE RODRIGUEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
GERARDO RODRIGUEZ SOLISSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LEOVIGILDA VILCHEZ TABLADASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANTONIO RIVERA ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ERIKA SANTANA CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MIGUEL FERNANDEZ TRIGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ANTONELLA DE LOS ANGELES CASTRO PACHECOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GILBERTO CASANOVA LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA FERNANDA MELENDEZ FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MARITZA CERDA TORRENTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARY DE LOS ANGELES CASANOVA LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SEBASTIAN VICTOR VICTORSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL FERNANDEZ TRIGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HEYDI MEMBREÑO NOVOACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IVANNIA DE LOS ANGELES MARTINEZ OXHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
TOMAS SANCHEZ ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL ALVAREZ MORENOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ARLLERI MEDINA VILCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CRISTINA RAMOS MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANTONIO RIVERA ESPINOZACONCEJALES 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. “LA GARITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-LA-CRUZ-LA-GARITA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S7f113cf23c, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S8dad4ea405, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S9d20aa4fc8.