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MANSIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · MANSIÓN / GUANACASTE · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-GUANACASTE-NICOYA-MANSION

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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
MANSIÓN / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-3bee30bd30144713d4c81e1f
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 NICOYA36.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.6%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA10.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.1%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.3%
Results for event-faeedfd1b14be7db745f7613
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LA GRAN NICOYAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202452236.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433523.5%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430821.6%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414810.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024483.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024332.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024302.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202440.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.7%
  • LA GRAN NICOYA19.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.4%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL12.9%
  • COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYA11.1%
  • GUANACASTE PRIMERO8.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.9%
Results for event-d9de1bfd07620ddc3016d71f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040923.7%2Recorded
LA GRAN NICOYAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033919.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202028316.4%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202022312.9%1Recorded
COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019111.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
GUANACASTE PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201478.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020663.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020331.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020321.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL43.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA25.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO17.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.2%
Results for event-ca3179f7221fd3d79f23e1b3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201679743.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201646025.2%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632717.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161478.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016945.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

45.390–100 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=13.095238095238095, oldest_gap=18.465753424657535, previous_gap=4.062681369704006

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

18.51percentage 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=[[23.4593837535014,21.568627450980394,0,0,0,2.310924369747899,0,0,0,0,2.100840336134454,0,50.56022408963585],[23.737666860127685,16.424840394660475,0,0,1.8572257690075449,3.8305281485780616,0,12.942542077771328,0,1.9152640742890308,0,0,39.291932675565874],[43.67123287671233,25.205479452054796,8.054794520547945,17.91780821917808,0,0,0,0,0,5.1506849315068495,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

57.92percentage 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=[[23.4593837535014,21.568627450980394,0,0,0,2.310924369747899,0,0,0,0,2.100840336134454,0,50.56022408963585],[23.737666860127685,16.424840394660475,0,0,1.8572257690075449,3.8305281485780616,0,12.942542077771328,0,1.9152640742890308,0,0,39.291932675565874],[43.67123287671233,25.205479452054796,8.054794520547945,17.91780821917808,0,0,0,0,0,5.1506849315068495,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.22percentage 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=[[23.4593837535014,21.568627450980394,0,0,0,2.310924369747899,0,0,0,0,2.100840336134454,0,50.56022408963585],[23.737666860127685,16.424840394660475,0,0,1.8572257690075449,3.8305281485780616,0,12.942542077771328,0,1.9152640742890308,0,0,39.291932675565874],[43.67123287671233,25.205479452054796,8.054794520547945,17.91780821917808,0,0,0,0,0,5.1506849315068495,0,0,0]]

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.

Officeholder observations
PersonRoleAs ofAffiliationPrincipal?
JARBEY LUIS ROJAS VARGASSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
YORLENY OBREGON MENDOZASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
JUAN LUIS MOLINA ABADIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
SARA VENEGAS SOTOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
RUNIAR DEL CARMEN JAEN VILLAGRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SABINA HERNANDEZ ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SANTO GUTIERREZ ENRIQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
EYLEEN REBECA MORAGA SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
VICTOR HUGO JUAREZ GARCIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MILEIDY CARRILLO GUTIERREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SANTO GUTIERREZ ENRIQUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GABRIELA ACOSTA JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA NAZARETH GUTIERREZ BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE LUIS CORTES CORTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
ELMER GARRO DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
NEMESIS MORAGA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSIE ESTEBAN CASTILLO DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YORLENY OBREGON MENDOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
BERNAL TORRES TORRESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALEXANDRA AGUERO CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SANTO GUTIERREZ ENRIQUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KEIRY MELANIA JIMENEZ MATARRITASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DILEY ROJAS MESENCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDGAR PEREZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VIRGINIA ROJAS ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA HAYDEE MATARRITA VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ JUAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANGELICA ELIZABEL VILLARROEL ROMEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ARMANDO TAPIA PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OLGA MARIA SEQUEIRA CASTRILLOCONCEJALES 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. “MANSIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-NICOYA-MANSION. 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.