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SAN PABLO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SAN PABLO / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-dd4a14618ccb74f46a6b4615
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 CRISTIANA48.6%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA20.2%
  • NANDAYURE PROGRESA16.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.1%
Results for event-7979c9cb6a836065ebc5af4e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202443748.6%3Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418220.2%1Recorded
NANDAYURE PROGRESAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414416%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202413615.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NANDAYURE PROGRESA31.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL17.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA13.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS8.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.7%
Results for event-568055bcc8bba96d3fdd4232
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NANDAYURE PROGRESAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202027031%2Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202015517.8%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012814.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012614.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202011313%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020738.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202060.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN39.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO17.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA14.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.8%
Results for event-478df133983c5f9005399f86
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201628639.2%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613518.5%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201612517.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610214%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016466.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016354.8%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=28.36484983314794, oldest_gap=20.713305898491086, previous_gap=13.20321469575201

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.58percentage 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=[[15.127919911012237,48.60956618464961,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36.26251390433815],[14.695752009184845,14.466130884041332,0,0.6888633754305397,17.795637198622273,12.973593570608497,0,0,0,0,0,0,39.38002296211251],[18.51851851851852,6.310013717421125,13.991769547325102,17.146776406035666,0,0,0,0,0,4.801097393689986,0,0,39.231824417009605]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.07percentage 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=[[15.127919911012237,48.60956618464961,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36.26251390433815],[14.695752009184845,14.466130884041332,0,0.6888633754305397,17.795637198622273,12.973593570608497,0,0,0,0,0,0,39.38002296211251],[18.51851851851852,6.310013717421125,13.991769547325102,17.146776406035666,0,0,0,0,0,4.801097393689986,0,0,39.231824417009605]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.82percentage 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=[[15.127919911012237,48.60956618464961,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36.26251390433815],[14.695752009184845,14.466130884041332,0,0.6888633754305397,17.795637198622273,12.973593570608497,0,0,0,0,0,0,39.38002296211251],[18.51851851851852,6.310013717421125,13.991769547325102,17.146776406035666,0,0,0,0,0,4.801097393689986,0,0,39.231824417009605]]

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?
JUAN BAUTISTA GOMEZ FONSECASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MERY JAMES BATISTA CASTROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELBER JOSE CRUZ MARTINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YLCEN ERIS SAENZ CORTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANKLIN BRAIS VALLEJOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAprincipal
EDUARDO MATARRITA MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
CEDIR JOSUE BALTODANO SALASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROGER MAURICIO PICADO TORRESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JORGE ROSALES VILLEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAsubstitute
CAROLINA CRUZ PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
ANDRY YELENA BRICEÑO RAMOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
JOHAN TALI SALINAS ROSALESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
JUAN BAUTISTA CRUZ CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
YORDAN ROSALES RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YAZMIN YARENIS CORTES ROSALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILSON PEREZ RIVASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MERY JAMES BATISTA CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
JONATHAN JOSUE GOMEZ BRAISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXIS OPORTA ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDITH ENRIQUEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DUNIA LISBETTE DIAZ FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ADRIAN ALEJANDRO BALTODANO PEREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
OMAR JESUS SAENZ SALGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
INGRID DE LOS ANGELES ALVAREZ DALORZOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ALVARO ENRIQUE GOMEZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEX FABRICIO ROSALES CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
ROSAURA CRISTINA ALANIS ROSALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
GERARDO EMILIANO MATA DALORZOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
GRETTEL MARIA ALVARADO GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANGELICA DE LOS ANGELES BRICEÑO BATRESCONCEJALES 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. “SAN PABLO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-NANDAYURE-SAN-PABLO. 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.