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CUAJINIQUIL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CUAJINIQUIL / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-65c27c9f0bdc27799aad3e27
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

  • AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑO50.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.2%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA2.2%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO1.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.0%
Results for event-71f9d10fd4ee5e55233c7bb9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433650.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202421231.7%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024375.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024355.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024152.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024152.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024111.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202471%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL17.8%
  • AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑO17.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.5%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA0.6%
Results for event-1653a17bd0b0550406b663fa
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202026838.8%3Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012317.8%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202011817.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207811.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020466.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020365.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020172.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL21.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO17.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO12.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.7%
Results for event-6c1634c27a8347f790c5d780
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621633.5%2Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613721.2%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611117.2%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168312.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016528.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016355.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016111.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

6.670–100 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=18.562874251497004, oldest_gap=12.24806201550388, previous_gap=21.01449275362319

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.1percentage 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: 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=[[31.736526946107784,5.2395209580838324,0,0,0,2.245508982035928,0,0,0,0,0,1.6467065868263473,59.131736526946106],[38.84057971014493,11.304347826086957,5.217391304347826,0,6.666666666666667,2.463768115942029,0,17.82608695652174,0,0,0,0,17.681159420289855],[33.48837209302326,8.062015503875969,5.426356589147287,17.209302325581394,0,0,1.7054263565891472,21.24031007751938,0,12.868217054263566,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.41percentage 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=[[31.736526946107784,5.2395209580838324,0,0,0,2.245508982035928,0,0,0,0,0,1.6467065868263473,59.131736526946106],[38.84057971014493,11.304347826086957,5.217391304347826,0,6.666666666666667,2.463768115942029,0,17.82608695652174,0,0,0,0,17.681159420289855],[33.48837209302326,8.062015503875969,5.426356589147287,17.209302325581394,0,0,1.7054263565891472,21.24031007751938,0,12.868217054263566,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.25percentage 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=[[31.736526946107784,5.2395209580838324,0,0,0,2.245508982035928,0,0,0,0,0,1.6467065868263473,59.131736526946106],[38.84057971014493,11.304347826086957,5.217391304347826,0,6.666666666666667,2.463768115942029,0,17.82608695652174,0,0,0,0,17.681159420289855],[33.48837209302326,8.062015503875969,5.426356589147287,17.209302325581394,0,0,1.7054263565891472,21.24031007751938,0,12.868217054263566,0,0,0]]

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?
EDWIN GOMEZ COREASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOprincipal
YEIMY GISELLE VALERIN RODRIGUEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOsubstitute
ANA LUCIA ORTIZ ORTIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOprincipal
WALTER MARTINEZ HERRERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOprincipal
MARIA ELENA GUTIERREZ MATARRITACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARLON GERARDO ORTIZ LOPEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA FERNANDA LOPEZ VALVERDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOsubstitute
JORGE LUIS CASTILLO CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOsubstitute
MARIA ISABEL MORA CABALCETACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOUVANIE SANCHEZ CRUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YESSIE JOSUE MARIN ELIZONDOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VIRGINIA GOMEZ GOMEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HENRY GARCIA ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESTEFANIA MUÑOZ GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NARCISO GILBER LEIVA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VERMICINIA GOMEZ ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOprincipal
EFRAIN MORA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA JUSTINA ELIZONDO CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSELYN ANDREA GOMEZ ORTIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE FRANDER VILLAFUERTE VALLADARESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOsubstitute
VIRGINIA GOMEZ GOMEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS ESPINOZA GUTIERREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HENRY GARCIA ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YEHUDY ALBERTO CALDERON MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WALTER MARTINEZ HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
ROSA LUXINIA RUIZ ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
JUAN JOSE ANGULO GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA CRISTINA DINARTE OBANDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELIUTH VALERIN RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
DANIEL EDUARDO COREA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute

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