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MAYORGA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
MAYORGA / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-bd27096ee967e67192c37581
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 NACIONAL36.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.8%
  • LIBERIA UNIDA20.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA11.7%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA5.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.7%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO1.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.7%
Results for event-61ba010b9c2c7d42315d5167
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417236%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410421.8%1Recorded
LIBERIA UNIDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249820.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245611.7%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024245%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202481.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202481.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202481.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS17.3%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA12.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL7.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.4%
Results for event-1c8c41b44db4c41475728f41
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012324.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202011021.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208717.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206312.5%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020397.8%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020326.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020224.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020142.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020122.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL43.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA13.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO6.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.9%
Results for event-042958b7c65e853adc5a87fb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613643.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610031.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164313.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016196.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201692.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201661.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

47.690–100 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=14.225941422594143, oldest_gap=11.501597444089455, previous_gap=2.5896414342629512

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.87percentage 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=[[35.98326359832636,21.757322175732217,0,0,0,1.6736401673640167,0,0,0,0,11.715481171548117,1.6736401673640167,27.196652719665273],[24.50199203187251,21.91235059760956,4.382470119521912,0,6.374501992031872,2.3904382470119523,0,7.768924302788845,0,2.7888446215139444,0,0,29.8804780876494],[43.45047923322684,31.94888178913738,13.738019169329073,2.8753993610223643,0,0,6.0702875399361025,0,0,1.9169329073482428,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.29percentage 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=[[35.98326359832636,21.757322175732217,0,0,0,1.6736401673640167,0,0,0,0,11.715481171548117,1.6736401673640167,27.196652719665273],[24.50199203187251,21.91235059760956,4.382470119521912,0,6.374501992031872,2.3904382470119523,0,7.768924302788845,0,2.7888446215139444,0,0,29.8804780876494],[43.45047923322684,31.94888178913738,13.738019169329073,2.8753993610223643,0,0,6.0702875399361025,0,0,1.9169329073482428,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.08percentage 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=[[35.98326359832636,21.757322175732217,0,0,0,1.6736401673640167,0,0,0,0,11.715481171548117,1.6736401673640167,27.196652719665273],[24.50199203187251,21.91235059760956,4.382470119521912,0,6.374501992031872,2.3904382470119523,0,7.768924302788845,0,2.7888446215139444,0,0,29.8804780876494],[43.45047923322684,31.94888178913738,13.738019169329073,2.8753993610223643,0,0,6.0702875399361025,0,0,1.9169329073482428,0,0,0]]

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?
ADELA EMILCE VARGAS BRIZUELASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DOUGLAS OCTAVIO URBINA ANDINOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROGER ALEXANDER PEÑA ERASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARYAN PRISCILA BARQUERO PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
STEFANIE ROXANA PICHARDO GUADAMUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
INGRID YESSENIA SALAZAR ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
ROGER MARIN MARINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA JOSE LOPEZ VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SIRZA FELIZA DIAZ GUIDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ERROL GUILLERMO DIAZ ERASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
LUIS ANGEL ROJAS RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EVELYN IRENE URTECHO LEITONSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YORLENY CHAVARRIA NOGUERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TITO PONCE MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CYNTHIA VALDELOMAR BRIZUELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN GUANACASTECAprincipal
MARJORIE HAYDEE CHAVARRIA GUIDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESTEFANA PAOLA GUIDO CARBONEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ESTEBAN DIONISIO HERRERA LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FREDDY RAUL RUIZ ORTIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN GUANACASTECAsubstitute
FRANCISCO ANTONIO IBARRA MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROGER MARIN MARINSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SILVIA PATRICIA RIVAS VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVELYN IRENE URTECHO LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALFONSO ENRIQUE BRIZUELA CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HENRY CASTILLO CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ILTER PERALTA LEALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARIA DEL ROSARIO GARCIA GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTOR JULIO WAGGON DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GAUDY ALEJANDRA LEIVA ROSALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MANUEL ANTONIO MORA VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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. “MAYORGA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-LIBERIA-MAYORGA. 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.