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CARMONA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CARMONA / GUANACASTE · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-GUANACASTE-NANDAYURE-CARMONA

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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
CARMONA / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-19cc42f1283a2922915f1580
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA43.8%
  • NANDAYURE PROGRESA23.2%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA16.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.8%
Results for event-203ad56e2268d23c35d37cfc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202457643.8%3Recorded
NANDAYURE PROGRESAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430523.2%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202421516.4%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202419414.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024241.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NANDAYURE PROGRESA42.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS6.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.8%
Results for event-a92de789ea9599861553f93c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NANDAYURE PROGRESAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202057242.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202045833.9%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201077.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020886.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020765.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020513.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN36.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO26.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.1%
Results for event-36a8d341b9f505c4cac2e9ee
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201643636.6%3Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201631226.2%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621317.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613211.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016605%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016373.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

20.270–100 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=20.624048706240483, oldest_gap=10.42016806722689, previous_gap=8.43195266272189

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.92percentage 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=[[14.76407914764079,43.83561643835616,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41.40030441400305],[33.875739644970416,7.914201183431953,0,0,3.772189349112426,5.621301775147929,0,0,0,0,0,0,48.81656804733728],[17.899159663865547,3.1092436974789917,11.092436974789916,26.218487394957982,0,0,0,0,0,5.042016806722689,0,0,36.63865546218487]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

42.35percentage 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=[[14.76407914764079,43.83561643835616,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41.40030441400305],[33.875739644970416,7.914201183431953,0,0,3.772189349112426,5.621301775147929,0,0,0,0,0,0,48.81656804733728],[17.899159663865547,3.1092436974789917,11.092436974789916,26.218487394957982,0,0,0,0,0,5.042016806722689,0,0,36.63865546218487]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.14percentage 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=[[14.76407914764079,43.83561643835616,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41.40030441400305],[33.875739644970416,7.914201183431953,0,0,3.772189349112426,5.621301775147929,0,0,0,0,0,0,48.81656804733728],[17.899159663865547,3.1092436974789917,11.092436974789916,26.218487394957982,0,0,0,0,0,5.042016806722689,0,0,36.63865546218487]]

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?
YEIMY DAYELI CONTRERAS ARTAVIASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARCO STIVEN CORTES CASTILLOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CINTHYA TATIANA RAMIREZ HERRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO ROJAS PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YERLIN GRANADOS ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
ROSA EMILIA CHAVES VILLEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAprincipal
YERANNIA DE LOS ANGELES ZUÑIGA PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE MAURICIO CUBERO ARGUEDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARTIN QUESADA GARCIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES SOLORZANO UGALDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAsubstitute
JEISON GERARDO CARRILLO VILLAGRASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
DAMIAN GUERRERO CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
MONSERRAT ELIZONDO MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
OLDEMAR QUIROS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NAILIA ANDREINA VENEGAS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATHERIN MARIA SIBAJA PACHECOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
GERALD ALBERTO MONTIEL VALLEJOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
JEFFERSON VEGA VILLAGRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KENSY YAILIN VEGA VILLAGRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GEOVANNI CHAVARRIA SIBAJASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
DIDIANA ALPIZAR CARRILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
JEISON GERARDO CARRILLO VILLAGRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
JULIANA CONTRERAS CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MARICRUZ MORA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
FRANCISCO VILLEGAS VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YAMILETH VILLEGAS AGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO ROJAS CESPEDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
WILSON GUERRERO FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
FRANCINI GUERRERO CHAVEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “CARMONA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-NANDAYURE-CARMONA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S244e53cbb9, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S1d3d2f9b38, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S99094b3c8e.