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CURUBANDÉ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CURUBANDÉ / GUANACASTE · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-GUANACASTE-LIBERIA-CURUBANDE

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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
CURUBANDÉ / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-7180c0a3431e75e59f4dd0fa
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 NACIONAL28.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA14.0%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA13.1%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO9.4%
  • NUEVA LIBERIA8.8%
  • LIBERIA UNIDA3.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.8%
Results for event-ba733abfbf3f1a69e1e8cb16
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417828%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412920.3%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248914%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248313.1%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024609.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA LIBERIAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024568.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERIA UNIDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024223.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024182.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO9.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL9.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL8.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.0%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA7.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.5%
Results for event-1c1b6ab6eb688b83583f2f1c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202021828.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017523.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020759.9%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020709.2%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020638.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020618%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020547.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020243.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020192.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL46.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA29.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.5%
Results for event-e4dff26aebfab4ad91746926
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201626146.2%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616529.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611921.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016203.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

59.860–100 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=7.716535433070867, oldest_gap=16.991150442477878, previous_gap=5.665349143610012

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

42.04percentage 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=[[28.031496062992126,20.31496062992126,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.015748031496063,9.448818897637794,28.188976377952756],[28.722002635046113,23.0566534914361,3.1620553359683794,0,8.300395256916996,8.036890645586297,0,9.22266139657444,0,9.881422924901186,0,0,9.617918313570488],[46.19469026548673,21.061946902654867,29.20353982300885,0,0,0,3.5398230088495577,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.05percentage 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=[[28.031496062992126,20.31496062992126,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.015748031496063,9.448818897637794,28.188976377952756],[28.722002635046113,23.0566534914361,3.1620553359683794,0,8.300395256916996,8.036890645586297,0,9.22266139657444,0,9.881422924901186,0,0,9.617918313570488],[46.19469026548673,21.061946902654867,29.20353982300885,0,0,0,3.5398230088495577,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.54percentage 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=[[28.031496062992126,20.31496062992126,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.015748031496063,9.448818897637794,28.188976377952756],[28.722002635046113,23.0566534914361,3.1620553359683794,0,8.300395256916996,8.036890645586297,0,9.22266139657444,0,9.881422924901186,0,0,9.617918313570488],[46.19469026548673,21.061946902654867,29.20353982300885,0,0,0,3.5398230088495577,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
VALENTINA NATALIA MARIN MUÑOZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JONATHAN CHAVES ALPIZARSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS CHAVES PAIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANUEL VILLEGAS DIJERESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
IRIANA ZAMBRANA BALTODANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
WARNER GOMEZ GUEVARACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAprincipal
JUAN DE DIOS BUSTO VICTORCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEANDRO MORALES ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JULIO CESAR CASTILLO NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
WILLIAM DAVID CAMPOS LOPEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAsubstitute
CARLOS ALBERTO GONZALEZ ROJASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VALENTINA NATALIA MARIN MUÑOZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JORGE LUIS ZAMBRANA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDIA RODRIGUEZ CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DARWING ALVARADO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
YORLENY DEL CARMEN CHAVARRIA CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JONATHAN CHAVES ALPIZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KARLA VANESSA CHAVARRIA VIALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FLORIBET RODRIGUEZ DE LA OCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
JOSE DEL CARMEN CHAVARRIA CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAXIMILIANO ZUÑIGA RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KARINA MAGDALENA SANCHEZ SERRANOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MATEO MARTIN FOURNIER PALMACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAILYN MARCELA ARIAS ACOSTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAYANA FABIOLA JIMENEZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
DAVID ADOLFO ORELLANA HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ELIANA MARIA JIMENEZ CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JORGE LUIS ZAMBRANA BALTODANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OLMAN JAVIER VILLALOBOS CORTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ROSA IRENE CARAVACA WHITTECONCEJALES 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. “CURUBANDÉ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-LIBERIA-CURUBANDE. 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.