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SANTA RITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SANTA RITA / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-c1c24c17948037cd443b778f
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 CRISTIANA45.9%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA22.1%
  • NANDAYURE PROGRESA18.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL10.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.5%
Results for event-84651853a515622614b822bc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202439145.9%3Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418822.1%1Recorded
NANDAYURE PROGRESAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416118.9%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249110.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024212.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NANDAYURE PROGRESA34.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS12.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL8.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.7%
Results for event-46ce5d43298197996e14d600
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NANDAYURE PROGRESAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202031334.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202021724.2%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202011412.7%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020879.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020808.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020798.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202060.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN26.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO21.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA14.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA2.2%
Results for event-05de7f47f22a192378c849f6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621828.8%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620426.9%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616121.2%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610914.4%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016496.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016172.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

11.530–100 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=23.826291079812204, oldest_gap=1.8469656992084431, previous_gap=10.714285714285715

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.96percentage 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=[[10.68075117370892,45.89201877934272,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43.42723004694836],[24.21875,8.928571428571429,0,0.6696428571428571,8.816964285714286,9.709821428571429,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.65625],[28.759894459102902,2.242744063324538,14.379947229551451,21.240105540897098,0,0,0,0,0,6.464379947229552,0,0,26.91292875989446]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.96percentage 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=[[10.68075117370892,45.89201877934272,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43.42723004694836],[24.21875,8.928571428571429,0,0.6696428571428571,8.816964285714286,9.709821428571429,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.65625],[28.759894459102902,2.242744063324538,14.379947229551451,21.240105540897098,0,0,0,0,0,6.464379947229552,0,0,26.91292875989446]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.46percentage 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=[[10.68075117370892,45.89201877934272,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43.42723004694836],[24.21875,8.928571428571429,0,0.6696428571428571,8.816964285714286,9.709821428571429,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.65625],[28.759894459102902,2.242744063324538,14.379947229551451,21.240105540897098,0,0,0,0,0,6.464379947229552,0,0,26.91292875989446]]

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?
IRENE SOFIA FAJARDO SEQUEIRASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALVARO ALVARADO ENRIQUEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARTIN RODOLFO ROSALES ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIAMALIA LIZANO ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALCIDES UGALDE LEONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAprincipal
JORGE LUIS MATARRITA ROSALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
GUILMAR JESUS ENRIQUEZ BALTODANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIÓN GUANACASTECAsubstitute
LIGIA GRANADOS QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
JOSE MIGUEL FAJARDO SEQUEIRASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
ILSE MATARRITA BUZANOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
WENDEL JESUS GOMEZ DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
MONICA ANDREA GOMEZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
GERARDO SEQUEIRA TORRESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LEANDRO BARRANTES GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
WILLY DONALDO GOMEZ SIBAJACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
FLORIBETH MATARRITA BUZANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
ANA SOBEIDA PEREZ MONTIELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROYNER JESUS ZUÑIGA ALEMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
GILBERT SALAZAR ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALICE HAYDEE QUESADA SALAZARSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESUS PERALTA HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VIDAL ANDRES ELIZONDO PERALTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
JESSICA GOMEZ GODOYCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
SOCORRO PEREZ MONTIELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARLENE CORDERO MONTIELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE MIGUEL FAJARDO SEQUEIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
PEDRO BALTODANO TORRESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
STEVEN DUARTE CONTRERASCONCEJALES 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. “SANTA RITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-NANDAYURE-SANTA-RITA. 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.