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CAÑAS DULCES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CAÑAS DULCES / GUANACASTE · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-GUANACASTE-LIBERIA-CANAS-DULCES

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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
CAÑAS DULCES / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-72d53e51277b644c10aec6d1
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.3%
  • NUEVA LIBERIA20.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA16.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.3%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA9.0%
  • LIBERIA UNIDA8.9%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO4.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.7%
Results for event-99cf3da549231101c703a752
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202423927.3%2Recorded
NUEVA LIBERIAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417720.2%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414116.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411613.3%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024799%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERIA UNIDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024788.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024394.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202460.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL15.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.8%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA7.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.3%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.9%
Results for event-6c30daaf485be21d59e9f786
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202031228.1%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017615.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017215.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201069.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020877.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020807.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020645.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020635.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020252.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020151.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020100.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL48.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE8.4%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN5.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.3%
Results for event-e1f540d0d8ca7b901d689e64
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201644948.4%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615016.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613614.7%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016788.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016505.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016333.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016313.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

44.240–100 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=7.085714285714285, oldest_gap=32.254584681769146, previous_gap=12.252252252252253

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.62percentage 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=[[27.314285714285713,13.257142857142858,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16.114285714285714,4.457142857142857,38.857142857142854],[28.10810810810811,15.855855855855856,7.837837837837838,0.9009009009009009,5.7657657657657655,9.54954954954955,0,15.495495495495495,0,5.675675675675675,0,0,10.81081081081081],[48.43581445523193,14.670981661272924,16.181229773462782,3.344120819848975,0,0,3.559870550161812,0,5.393743257820928,0,0,0,8.414239482200648]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.07percentage 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=[[27.314285714285713,13.257142857142858,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16.114285714285714,4.457142857142857,38.857142857142854],[28.10810810810811,15.855855855855856,7.837837837837838,0.9009009009009009,5.7657657657657655,9.54954954954955,0,15.495495495495495,0,5.675675675675675,0,0,10.81081081081081],[48.43581445523193,14.670981661272924,16.181229773462782,3.344120819848975,0,0,3.559870550161812,0,5.393743257820928,0,0,0,8.414239482200648]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.34percentage 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=[[27.314285714285713,13.257142857142858,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16.114285714285714,4.457142857142857,38.857142857142854],[28.10810810810811,15.855855855855856,7.837837837837838,0.9009009009009009,5.7657657657657655,9.54954954954955,0,15.495495495495495,0,5.675675675675675,0,0,10.81081081081081],[48.43581445523193,14.670981661272924,16.181229773462782,3.344120819848975,0,0,3.559870550161812,0,5.393743257820928,0,0,0,8.414239482200648]]

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?
REBECA CASTILLO RODRIGUEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SIVIANNY JIMENEZ MORALESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESUS ROMERO DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GILBERTH ENRIQUE CHAVARRIA NOGUERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA LIBERIAprincipal
LUIS MANUEL JIMENEZ CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
JULIO CESAR PADILLA CANTILLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIO RUIZ RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN BAUTISTA STELLER CHAVESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA LIBERIAsubstitute
YURIETH MARIA RAMIREZ VASQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
MARIO ENRIQUE RIVERA STELLERCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
REBECA CASTILLO RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO MARTINEZ VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ISAIAS FRANCISCO RIVAS LARIOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ODILIE VANESSA QUIROS MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CELSO JUNEZ MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE GREIVIN CHAVARRIA CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
RIGOBERTO DIAZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARITZA GAZO MENOCALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DANIEL SALVADOR PEREZ AVILESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXANDRA MARIA CERDAS ESPINALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
GIOVANNI CASTILLO MELENDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAYLI DE LOS ANGELES MORALES MARTINEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CELSO JUNEZ MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIBETH CASTILLO MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JESUS ROMERO DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
EDUARDO HERNANDEZ VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAGARETTE MEDRANO MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SECUNDINO VILLARREAL GUEVARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAVIER RUIZ OLIVARESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ZULEMA DE LA O RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES 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. “CAÑAS DULCES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-LIBERIA-CANAS-DULCES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sbaae876e4e, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S07514f98e1, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S4fbcc1c3ce.