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TEMPATE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
TEMPATE / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-6c7d3488a094e35c9efa2774
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.5%
  • AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑO14.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS11.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.4%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA3.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.6%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO1.5%
Results for event-99d838ca7460f617b6a61428
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202450838.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202428121.5%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202419514.9%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414911.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024836.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024483.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024211.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024201.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA29.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.4%
  • AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑO19.0%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL12.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.7%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA0.7%
Results for event-cbc1394c2b9379064ba367b0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040129.4%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202032023.4%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202026019%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017312.7%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202013910.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020362.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020171.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020100.7%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 NACIONAL33.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA28.6%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL15.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.5%
Results for event-e538eb4c3a6ab1375a6729de
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201643833.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637728.6%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620615.6%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161289.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016896.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016393%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016362.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201660.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

36.60–100 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=17.394636015325673, oldest_gap=4.624715693707351, previous_gap=5.934065934065934

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.75percentage 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=[[21.532567049808428,38.9272030651341,0,0,0,6.360153256704981,0,0,0,0,0,1.5325670498084292,31.647509578544064],[23.44322344322344,29.377289377289376,10.183150183150182,0,1.2454212454212454,2.6373626373626373,0,12.673992673992673,0,0.7326007326007326,0,0,19.706959706959708],[33.206974981046244,28.582259287338893,9.704321455648218,2.7293404094010616,0,0,0.45489006823351025,15.61789234268385,0,2.9567854435178167,0,0,6.747536012130402]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

18.12percentage 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=[[21.532567049808428,38.9272030651341,0,0,0,6.360153256704981,0,0,0,0,0,1.5325670498084292,31.647509578544064],[23.44322344322344,29.377289377289376,10.183150183150182,0,1.2454212454212454,2.6373626373626373,0,12.673992673992673,0,0.7326007326007326,0,0,19.706959706959708],[33.206974981046244,28.582259287338893,9.704321455648218,2.7293404094010616,0,0,0.45489006823351025,15.61789234268385,0,2.9567854435178167,0,0,6.747536012130402]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.43percentage 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=[[21.532567049808428,38.9272030651341,0,0,0,6.360153256704981,0,0,0,0,0,1.5325670498084292,31.647509578544064],[23.44322344322344,29.377289377289376,10.183150183150182,0,1.2454212454212454,2.6373626373626373,0,12.673992673992673,0,0.7326007326007326,0,0,19.706959706959708],[33.206974981046244,28.582259287338893,9.704321455648218,2.7293404094010616,0,0,0.45489006823351025,15.61789234268385,0,2.9567854435178167,0,0,6.747536012130402]]

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?
MARIA EUNICE MORAGA DUARTESINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOHNNY RIOS CERDASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE ANTONIO MORAGA MORENOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARTINA VALERIN RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALLAN JOSE ZELAYA RIVASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WENDY ARAYA AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOprincipal
WALNER VALERIN ORTIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELSI MARIA VILLARREAL JIRONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CESAR ANDRES ZUÑIGA RIOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTA FLORA ROSALES GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOsubstitute
MARIA EUNICE MORAGA DUARTESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EDVIN ARTURO SEGURA RIVASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA FERNANDA BRICEÑO ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SADI CERDAS RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ARELIS BALTODANO VALERINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOprincipal
ROBERTO JOSE MARTINEZ BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JAIME LUIS MORAGA JUAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE ANTONIO MORAGA MORENOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS EDUARDO ZUÑIGA RIOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020AUTÉNTICO SANTACRUCEÑOsubstitute
IVANIA MARIA ALFARO COTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WARNER RODRIGUEZ ANGULOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CLAUDIA BEATRIZ MORENO PERALTASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ISABEL MORENO VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JARI RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELSI MARIA VILLARREAL JIRONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ARLEY JIRON DAVILACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YORJANIS BRAN DUARTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADRIANA PAOLA CERDAS BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADALBERTO BARRANTES BRANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WILLY GERARDO RIVAS ALVAREZCONCEJALES 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. “TEMPATE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-SANTA-CRUZ-TEMPATE. 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.