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BOLSÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · BOLSÓN / GUANACASTE · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-GUANACASTE-SANTA-CRUZ-BOLSON

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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
BOLSÓN / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b2fe63f97472f664448b4ce0
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.3%
  • AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑO26.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS15.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.4%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO4.9%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA1.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA0.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA0.6%
Results for event-097c54e17bd427069f7c6705
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420538.3%3Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202413926%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248415.7%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024356.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024295.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024264.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202491.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202450.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL43.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.4%
  • AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑO12.3%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL10.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.5%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA0.2%
Results for event-fae8e5f4f9d6da80536c1918
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202028843.6%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014121.4%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208112.3%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206810.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020436.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020182.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020172.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL40.3%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL24.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO5.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.0%
Results for event-711166d3d397c4eda8a1e23a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201627440.3%3Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616624.4%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016629.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016446.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016405.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016385.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016294.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016274%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

21.640–100 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=12.336448598130843, oldest_gap=15.882352941176475, previous_gap=22.27272727272727

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.11percentage 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=[[38.3177570093458,5.420560747663552,0,0,0,6.542056074766355,0,0,0,0,0.5607476635514018,4.859813084112149,44.299065420560744],[43.63636363636363,21.363636363636363,6.515151515151516,0,2.5757575757575757,2.727272727272727,0,10.303030303030303,0,0.45454545454545453,0,0,12.424242424242426],[40.294117647058826,9.117647058823529,6.470588235294118,3.9705882352941178,0,0,5.882352941176471,24.41176470588235,0,5.588235294117647,0,0,4.264705882352941]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.1percentage 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=[[38.3177570093458,5.420560747663552,0,0,0,6.542056074766355,0,0,0,0,0.5607476635514018,4.859813084112149,44.299065420560744],[43.63636363636363,21.363636363636363,6.515151515151516,0,2.5757575757575757,2.727272727272727,0,10.303030303030303,0,0.45454545454545453,0,0,12.424242424242426],[40.294117647058826,9.117647058823529,6.470588235294118,3.9705882352941178,0,0,5.882352941176471,24.41176470588235,0,5.588235294117647,0,0,4.264705882352941]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.1percentage 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=[[38.3177570093458,5.420560747663552,0,0,0,6.542056074766355,0,0,0,0,0.5607476635514018,4.859813084112149,44.299065420560744],[43.63636363636363,21.363636363636363,6.515151515151516,0,2.5757575757575757,2.727272727272727,0,10.303030303030303,0,0.45454545454545453,0,0,12.424242424242426],[40.294117647058826,9.117647058823529,6.470588235294118,3.9705882352941178,0,0,5.882352941176471,24.41176470588235,0,5.588235294117647,0,0,4.264705882352941]]

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?
CARLOS ANDRES LARA RAMIREZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ILEANA FONSECA MATARRITASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YAHAIRA RAMIREZ FLORESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CRISTIAN ALBERTO JIMENEZ MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BIBIANA GUTIERREZ CASCANTECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOprincipal
MARTIN JOSUE VILLEGAS MUÑOZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
SIANNY GABRIELA RAMIREZ VILLEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VINICIO RODRIGO GUEVARA LARACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
AURA MARIA GUTIERREZ DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOsubstitute
BERNARDO FRANCISCO PEREZ ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ARTURO LARA RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CAROLINA FONSECA ORTEGASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GUILLERMO BONILLA MARCHENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ANTONIETA DIAZ GALLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERICK FABRICIO GUTIERREZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KATHERIN GUTIERREZ VILLEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOprincipal
CARLOS ANDRES LARA RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
IVANNIA BARRANTES JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FLOR DE MARIA SANCHEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NEISMY MILENA VILLEGAS CORTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOsubstitute
CAROLINA FONSECA ORTEGASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ARTURO LARA RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE MIGUEL PEÑA CONTRERASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAREN VANESSA CASCANTE VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDIA MARIA BRICEÑO GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RUBEN RUIZ RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KARLA MARIA JIMENEZ MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE FRANCISCO SANCHEZ FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DIDIER CASCANTE BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
REINA ARELY HERNANDEZ SALINASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016INTEGRACIÓN 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. “BOLSÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-SANTA-CRUZ-BOLSON. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S0d8290dcc9, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S58324d9946, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S8fa18fc813.