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PORVENIR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PORVENIR / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-31f36dfcfffc8bb36fb353ac
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 CRISTIANA76.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL11.1%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA10.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.0%
Results for event-c6a84385babd31d9223c8df0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441776.1%5Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246111.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245910.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024112%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA58.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.4%
  • NANDAYURE PROGRESA16.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.4%
Results for event-e51fffb29ddc8e47fcb7269d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202029758.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010320.4%1Recorded
NANDAYURE PROGRESAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208216.2%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202091.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202081.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202051%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202020.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL50.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA18.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO15.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN13.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA1.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.5%
Results for event-72f314bf5123f97a386f86dc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201622350.7%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168318.9%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166715.2%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165813.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=64.96350364963503, oldest_gap=31.818181818181817, previous_gap=38.33992094861661

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

17.4percentage 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=[[11.13138686131387,76.0948905109489,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.773722627737227],[20.35573122529644,58.69565217391305,0,0.3952569169960474,1.5810276679841897,0.9881422924901185,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.98418972332016],[50.68181818181818,1.5909090909090908,18.863636363636363,15.227272727272727,0,0,0,0,0,0.45454545454545453,0,0,13.181818181818182]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

64.48percentage 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=[[11.13138686131387,76.0948905109489,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.773722627737227],[20.35573122529644,58.69565217391305,0,0.3952569169960474,1.5810276679841897,0.9881422924901185,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.98418972332016],[50.68181818181818,1.5909090909090908,18.863636363636363,15.227272727272727,0,0,0,0,0,0.45454545454545453,0,0,13.181818181818182]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.94percentage 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=[[11.13138686131387,76.0948905109489,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.773722627737227],[20.35573122529644,58.69565217391305,0,0.3952569169960474,1.5810276679841897,0.9881422924901185,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.98418972332016],[50.68181818181818,1.5909090909090908,18.863636363636363,15.227272727272727,0,0,0,0,0,0.45454545454545453,0,0,13.181818181818182]]

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?
CARLOS ANTONIO CORTES CORDEROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GRACIELA ALVARADO NAVARROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GABRIELA MARIA RAMIREZ ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN VARGAS CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SONIA JUANITA BRENES CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GUILLERMO VARGAS CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARLOS ANTONIO CORTES CORDEROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JACQUELINE GARCIA ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GUILLERMO VARGAS CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SONIA JUANITA BRENES CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DANIEL CHAVES ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HERNY GERARDO ALVARADO ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
ALEXIS ALVARADO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RUTH SIBAJA UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
MAINOR GRANADOS AGUEROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LEIDI MARIA JIMENEZ RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DANIEL CHAVES ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KEYDA MARIA RAMIREZ HERRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAMARIS LEAL ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
OLMAN ABARCA VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
GRICEL ALVARADO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO VARGAS CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PRISCILA ALVARADO ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
NURIA DEL CARMEN HERRERA MAYORGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute

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