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ZAPOTAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ZAPOTAL / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-797926d6a92e85cd29da07a2
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 CRISTIANA44.6%
  • NANDAYURE PROGRESA24.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.0%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA12.1%
Results for event-1f50df2207fa5806fa96fb41
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202421144.6%3Recorded
NANDAYURE PROGRESAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411524.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249019%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245712.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NANDAYURE PROGRESA44.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL11.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.1%
Results for event-c7856153dae61b5178c09e41
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NANDAYURE PROGRESAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202023144%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012323.4%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207614.5%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206111.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020234.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020112.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO25.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN19.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA18.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.1%
Results for event-924236cad51f1436c234b323
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614030.7%2Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611725.7%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168919.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168218%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016235%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201651.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

5.730–100 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=20.29598308668076, oldest_gap=5.043859649122805, previous_gap=20.571428571428573

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.73percentage 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=[[19.027484143763214,44.60887949260042,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36.36363636363637],[14.476190476190476,23.428571428571427,0,0,11.619047619047619,4.380952380952381,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.095238095238095],[30.70175438596491,5.043859649122807,17.982456140350877,25.657894736842106,0,0,0,0,0,1.0964912280701755,0,0,19.517543859649123]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

60.96percentage 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=[[19.027484143763214,44.60887949260042,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36.36363636363637],[14.476190476190476,23.428571428571427,0,0,11.619047619047619,4.380952380952381,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.095238095238095],[30.70175438596491,5.043859649122807,17.982456140350877,25.657894736842106,0,0,0,0,0,1.0964912280701755,0,0,19.517543859649123]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.35percentage 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: 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=[[19.027484143763214,44.60887949260042,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36.36363636363637],[14.476190476190476,23.428571428571427,0,0,11.619047619047619,4.380952380952381,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.095238095238095],[30.70175438596491,5.043859649122807,17.982456140350877,25.657894736842106,0,0,0,0,0,1.0964912280701755,0,0,19.517543859649123]]

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?
RUBEN ALEXIS PALMA BERMUDEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MILAGRO GONZALEZ RAMIREZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CINDY DE LOS ANGELES JIMENEZ AGUIRRECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JESSICA CASTILLO PALMACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YENDRY DEL CARMEN NUÑEZ CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
MONICA MARIA TENCIO SIBAJACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FULVIO ALVAREZ VENEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
MERY HELEN CHACON VENEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN ELIAN JIMENEZ SALGADOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
VIVIANA ARGUEDAS SALGADOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
SIDAR ARGUEDAS SALGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
ROXANA DEL CARMEN GRANADOS CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAprincipal
ROGELIO ESPINOZA LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SANDRA DEL MILAGRO MORA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
REYES VILLAGRA ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
JORGE ARTURO ESPINOZA HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NANDAYURE PROGRESAsubstitute
ROMELIA ARGUEDAS GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FLORA ROJAS FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN JIMENEZ PRENDASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
XENIA MARIA SIBAJA CHACONSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO SIBAJA CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RONULFO HERNANDEZ GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
ROSA DAMARIS SOTO VALENCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
CARLOS ARGUEDAS CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MERY HELEN CHACON VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEIDY PATRICIA BERMUDEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
MIGUEL ANGEL SOTO CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
YERALDYN CAMBRONERO CRUZCONCEJALES 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. “ZAPOTAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-NANDAYURE-ZAPOTAL. 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.