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NOSARA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
NOSARA / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-af05c08e1e1dae6156c5a164
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 NICOYA43.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA15.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL10.6%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA8.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA7.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.6%
Results for event-61fbc9c820094c6dd0c2a0e6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LA GRAN NICOYAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202448943%4Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417215.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202413411.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412110.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024948.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024867.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024413.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL64.5%
  • LA GRAN NICOYA10.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.1%
  • GUANACASTE PRIMERO6.2%
  • COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYA4.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.7%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA0.7%
Results for event-845c7a18423efbfd6f4bd8b7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202085264.5%5Recorded
LA GRAN NICOYAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014410.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020947.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
GUANACASTE PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020826.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR NICOYAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020544.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020352.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020272%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020231.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202090.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL54.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN23.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO11.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.9%
Results for event-4ae0ab7d84d54bdb500f8346
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201663754.2%4Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201627723.6%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613311.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016756.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016423.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016110.9%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=27.880386983289362, oldest_gap=30.638297872340424, previous_gap=53.63636363636364

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

58.6percentage 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=[[10.642040457343887,11.785400175901495,0,0,0,3.6059806508355323,0,0,0,0,7.563764291996482,0,66.4028144239226],[64.54545454545455,7.121212121212121,0,0,2.0454545454545454,1.7424242424242424,0,2.6515151515151514,0,0,0,0,21.893939393939394],[54.212765957446805,6.382978723404255,3.574468085106383,11.319148936170214,0,0,0,0,0,0.9361702127659575,0,0,23.574468085106382]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

17.51percentage 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: 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=[[10.642040457343887,11.785400175901495,0,0,0,3.6059806508355323,0,0,0,0,7.563764291996482,0,66.4028144239226],[64.54545454545455,7.121212121212121,0,0,2.0454545454545454,1.7424242424242424,0,2.6515151515151514,0,0,0,0,21.893939393939394],[54.212765957446805,6.382978723404255,3.574468085106383,11.319148936170214,0,0,0,0,0,0.9361702127659575,0,0,23.574468085106382]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.06percentage 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=[[10.642040457343887,11.785400175901495,0,0,0,3.6059806508355323,0,0,0,0,7.563764291996482,0,66.4028144239226],[64.54545454545455,7.121212121212121,0,0,2.0454545454545454,1.7424242424242424,0,2.6515151515151514,0,0,0,0,21.893939393939394],[54.212765957446805,6.382978723404255,3.574468085106383,11.319148936170214,0,0,0,0,0,0.9361702127659575,0,0,23.574468085106382]]

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?
VALENTIN RAMIREZ SALASSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
ADRIANA MARIA CAMARENO RODRIGUEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
BERNY RAFAEL NAVARRO NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
MARIEL GUADALUPE MARIN MATACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
EFRAIN JOSE AVILES MONTIELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LA GRAN NICOYAprincipal
JOSE DIONISIO REYES AVILESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
MOISES SALVADOR ESTRADA RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
BETSY LOPEZ CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
ROY GERARDO ALVARADO ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LA GRAN NICOYAsubstitute
MILTON ANDRES BADILLA OBANDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
MARCOS TULIO AVILA ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIZABETH MOLINA RANGELSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUZ MARINA CORDERO JASLINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN LUIS RAMIREZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SANTOS OFELIA OBANDO CASTRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROLDAN ANTONIO UGALDE LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JACKELINE GUTIERREZ MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ISIDRO LOPEZ RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
IVANNIA CABEZAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JHONNY CHACON JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCOS TULIO AVILA ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ELENA MATAMOROS RUIZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUZ MARINA CORDERO JASLINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN LUIS RAMIREZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CINTHYA MATAMOROS MEDINACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RONULFO RUIZ CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
CINDY MARIA CARRILLO ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROLDAN ANTONIO LOPEZ LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DEL SOCORRO ROSALES DINARTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VALENTIN RAMIREZ SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute

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