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NICOYA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
NICOYA / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-5034974281bf9607b8e4d099
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 NICOYA54.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.8%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA2.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.6%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.5%
Results for event-d28bcb91e90002d715aaf05a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LA GRAN NICOYAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244,66754.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,39216.2%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,32215.4%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244174.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244174.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242162.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241351.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024400.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LA GRAN NICOYA36.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.0%
  • COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYA10.4%
  • GUANACASTE PRIMERO9.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.4%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA2.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.4%
Results for event-3834eff64b819f8f324ceeb7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LA GRAN NICOYAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,22036.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,34015.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,22514%1Recorded
COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202091610.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
GUANACASTE PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208049.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203844.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202432.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202202.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202192.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202102.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA40.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.4%
Results for event-008ec4968d4d03e05edf68c2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,51140.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,24737.9%2Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167729%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166707.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163784.4%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=38.05484545665814, oldest_gap=3.0776404756353415, previous_gap=21.409862202482632

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

7.39percentage 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=[[15.36137578433651,16.17476179409714,0,0,0,4.84545665814548,0,0,0,0,1.5686730188240763,0,62.049732744596795],[13.950575105341077,15.26022093155677,0,0,2.5054094066734995,4.373078237102836,0,2.3915271609156132,0,2.494021182097711,0,0,59.02516797631249],[37.852646304499885,40.930286780135226,7.810678479832129,8.999766845418513,0,0,0,0,0,4.406621590114246,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

68.3percentage 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=[[15.36137578433651,16.17476179409714,0,0,0,4.84545665814548,0,0,0,0,1.5686730188240763,0,62.049732744596795],[13.950575105341077,15.26022093155677,0,0,2.5054094066734995,4.373078237102836,0,2.3915271609156132,0,2.494021182097711,0,0,59.02516797631249],[37.852646304499885,40.930286780135226,7.810678479832129,8.999766845418513,0,0,0,0,0,4.406621590114246,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.84percentage 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=[[15.36137578433651,16.17476179409714,0,0,0,4.84545665814548,0,0,0,0,1.5686730188240763,0,62.049732744596795],[13.950575105341077,15.26022093155677,0,0,2.5054094066734995,4.373078237102836,0,2.3915271609156132,0,2.494021182097711,0,0,59.02516797631249],[37.852646304499885,40.930286780135226,7.810678479832129,8.999766845418513,0,0,0,0,0,4.406621590114246,0,0,0]]

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?
JACKELINE LOPEZ ZUÑIGASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
JOEL ANTONIO ARIAS LEALSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
MAGALLY MATARRITA BLANCOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO MARIN BALTODANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
ANDREY GERARDO LOPEZ CABALCETACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FLORENTINO GRANADOS GRANADOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES RODRIGUEZ SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
SAUL GARCIA JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
NESTOR AGUILAR FLORESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA ANGELA SEQUEIRA BARBOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JACKELINE LOPEZ ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
MARIA LUZMILDA ZUÑIGA MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
GEISELA DEL CARMEN REYES SALINASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
MIGUEL JIMENEZ SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO AGUERO QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE WELMER ZUÑIGA MORERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
GLADYS IVETH ROSALES ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
ESTHER MARIA MUÑOZ ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OTILIO ZUÑIGA ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RONNY GUEVARA SEQUEIRASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DEL CARMEN CASTRO SEQUEIRASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JUAN RAMON CRUZ LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LAURA VANESSA RIVERA ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FLORIBETH RUIZ MOLINACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERIC ADRIAN FAJARDO GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA PACIFICA MAYORGA PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SILVINO TORRES DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARTA ISABEL LOPEZ CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS GERARDO JIMENEZ AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “NICOYA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-NICOYA-NICOYA. 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.