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NACASCOLO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
NACASCOLO / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-5397322df62304866c54f99d
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 NACIONAL28.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA14.8%
  • NUEVA LIBERIA12.3%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA6.3%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO5.6%
  • LIBERIA UNIDA4.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.8%
Results for event-2dd584cd7578135bd63ebbae
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412828.6%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410824.2%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246614.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA LIBERIAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245512.3%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024286.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024255.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERIA UNIDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024204.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024173.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL17.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.2%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA3.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.4%
Results for event-f42ee54112240eb77eb983b4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202016127.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012721.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010617.9%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020579.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020355.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020345.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020315.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020233.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020101.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202081.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL39.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA28.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO6.8%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN6.1%
Results for event-6b43e8fab54abf1b38663310
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618739.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613528.5%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165511.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016367.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016326.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016296.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

72.480–100 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=4.47427293064877, oldest_gap=10.970464135021096, previous_gap=5.743243243243246

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.72percentage 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=[[28.635346756152124,24.161073825503355,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.765100671140939,5.592841163310962,26.845637583892618],[27.195945945945947,21.4527027027027,9.628378378378379,1.6891891891891893,1.3513513513513513,5.236486486486487,0,17.905405405405407,0,5.912162162162162,0,0,9.628378378378379],[39.45147679324894,28.481012658227847,11.603375527426161,0,0,0,6.751054852320675,0,6.118143459915612,7.594936708860759,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.81percentage 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=[[28.635346756152124,24.161073825503355,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.765100671140939,5.592841163310962,26.845637583892618],[27.195945945945947,21.4527027027027,9.628378378378379,1.6891891891891893,1.3513513513513513,5.236486486486487,0,17.905405405405407,0,5.912162162162162,0,0,9.628378378378379],[39.45147679324894,28.481012658227847,11.603375527426161,0,0,0,6.751054852320675,0,6.118143459915612,7.594936708860759,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.77percentage 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: 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=[[28.635346756152124,24.161073825503355,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14.765100671140939,5.592841163310962,26.845637583892618],[27.195945945945947,21.4527027027027,9.628378378378379,1.6891891891891893,1.3513513513513513,5.236486486486487,0,17.905405405405407,0,5.912162162162162,0,0,9.628378378378379],[39.45147679324894,28.481012658227847,11.603375527426161,0,0,0,6.751054852320675,0,6.118143459915612,7.594936708860759,0,0,0]]

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?
ALFONSO ESPINOZA MEDINASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HELEN DAVILA VIALESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KAREN LARA CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO GARCIA MORENOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAYRA ROMANO CORONADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA IRENE SERRANO CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA LIBERIAprincipal
MARIA JOSE MEDINA VIALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KEYLIN JOSE GARCIA CERDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTA EUGENIA GUTIERREZ HERRERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ORIETA CASTAÑEDA VIALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA LIBERIAsubstitute
MIGUEL ANGEL LARA CASTAÑEDASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GLADYS GOMEZ RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KARLA VANESSA PIÑA GUIDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS GERARDO GARCIA MAIRENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSMAN GERARDO MURILLO GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA EMILIA LARA LARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO GARCIA MORENOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NANCY ALEJANDRA VIALES ROSALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAYRA ROMANO CORONADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN JESUS RODRIGUEZ ROMANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA VICTORIA CORDERO ESPINOZASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL LARA CASTAÑEDASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSMAN GERARDO MURILLO GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NOYLEE RODRIGUEZ RIVASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA GABRIELA CASTAÑEDA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE FRANCISCO RIVERA VICTORCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE EVARISTO GARCIA GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTA EUGENIA GUTIERREZ HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRO VIALES ROSALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JULIA YANELLI RAMIREZ GARCIACONCEJALES 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. “NACASCOLO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-LIBERIA-NACASCOLO. 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.