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BELÉN DE NOSARITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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Costa Rica · BELÉN DE NOSARITA / GUANACASTE · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-GUANACASTE-NICOYA-BELEN-DE-NOSARITA
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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
- BELÉN DE NOSARITA / GUANACASTE
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-819b16d4e88bacc7f6f4c916
- 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
- LA GRAN NICOYA44.6%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA28.0%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.7%
- LIBERAL PROGRESISTA3.8%
- UNIÓN GUANACASTECA3.5%
- AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.7%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA GRAN NICOYA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 341 | 44.6% | 3 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 214 | 28% | 1 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 120 | 15.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 29 | 3.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIÓN GUANACASTECA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 27 | 3.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 21 | 2.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 12 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA32.8%
- LA GRAN NICOYA22.0%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.0%
- INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL9.3%
- COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYA6.5%
- GUANACASTE PRIMERO3.9%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.4%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.0%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.7%
- UNIÓN GUANACASTECA0.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 329 | 32.8% | 3 | Recorded |
| LA GRAN NICOYA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 221 | 22% | 1 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 221 | 22% | 1 | Recorded |
| INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 93 | 9.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 65 | 6.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| GUANACASTE PRIMERO | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 39 | 3.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 14 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 10 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 7 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIÓN GUANACASTECA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 4 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL53.9%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA28.5%
- FRENTE AMPLIO7.1%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.5%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 552 | 53.9% | 4 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 292 | 28.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 73 | 7.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 67 | 6.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 41 | 4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI21.30–100 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=16.623036649214658, oldest_gap=25.365853658536583, previous_gap=10.767696909272182
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility22.09percentage 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=[[15.706806282722512,28.01047120418848,0,0,0,1.5706806282722514,0,0,0,0,3.7958115183246073,0,50.916230366492144],[22.033898305084747,32.80159521435693,0,0,0.9970089730807578,1.3958125623130608,0,9.272183449651047,0,0.6979062811565304,0,0,32.80159521435693],[53.853658536585364,28.48780487804878,6.536585365853658,7.121951219512195,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility48.78percentage 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=[[15.706806282722512,28.01047120418848,0,0,0,1.5706806282722514,0,0,0,0,3.7958115183246073,0,50.916230366492144],[22.033898305084747,32.80159521435693,0,0,0.9970089730807578,1.3958125623130608,0,9.272183449651047,0,0.6979062811565304,0,0,32.80159521435693],[53.853658536585364,28.48780487804878,6.536585365853658,7.121951219512195,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility35.43percentage 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=[[15.706806282722512,28.01047120418848,0,0,0,1.5706806282722514,0,0,0,0,3.7958115183246073,0,50.916230366492144],[22.033898305084747,32.80159521435693,0,0,0.9970089730807578,1.3958125623130608,0,9.272183449651047,0,0.6979062811565304,0,0,32.80159521435693],[53.853658536585364,28.48780487804878,6.536585365853658,7.121951219512195,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARIANA CARRERA VARGAS | SINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA | 2024 | LA GRAN NICOYA | principal |
| DENNIS MAURICIO PEREZ HERNANDEZ | SINDICATURAS SUPLENTE | 2024 | LA GRAN NICOYA | substitute |
| XIOMARA VILLEGAS BERMUDEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LA GRAN NICOYA | principal |
| EMANUEL SUAREZ VENEGAS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LA GRAN NICOYA | principal |
| EDUARDO LOPEZ LOPEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| JACQUELINE GUTIERREZ JIMENEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MAIDA YANINI ESPINOZA CASTRILLO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LA GRAN NICOYA | substitute |
| ROBERTO ROJAS VILLALOBOS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LA GRAN NICOYA | substitute |
| ADRIAN ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| MARIO VARGAS DELGADO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| LUIS ESPINOZA VENEGAS | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| DIANA CAROLINA ENRIQUEZ CARRILLO | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| LUIS ALBERTO JIMENEZ BERMUDEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MARIA DEL SOCORRO AGUERO JIMENEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| XIOMARA VILLEGAS BERMUDEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LA GRAN NICOYA | principal |
| BOLIVAR GONZALEZ ARGUEDAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| CINDIA DE LOS ANGELES HERNANDEZ TORRES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| EDGAR VILLALOBOS ARAYA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| EDWIN MAURICIO RUIZ RIOS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LA GRAN NICOYA | substitute |
| LUIS FERNANDO CAMPOS PEREZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| DANILO JIMENEZ VILLALOBOS | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| VICTORIA VASQUEZ ESPINOZA | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| RAMON VASQUEZ ESPINOZA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| NERY DIAZ BARRANTES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| URIEL PEREZ SIBAJA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| SANTOS HERNANDEZ MENDOZA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MAURICIO MIRANDA DIAZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| KATHERINE ENRIQUEZ CARRILLO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| LUIS ALBERTO BRIONES CASARES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| LUIS DIEGO JIMENEZ MONGE | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
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
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- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8290/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202016.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2024 · rights unknown
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- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
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Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “BELÉN DE NOSARITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-NICOYA-BELEN-DE-NOSARITA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S633101f6a9, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S7b48e1d956, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S58fa941744.