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SANTA ROSA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SANTA ROSA / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b343933c153fb47f17e51c2c
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 NACIONAL50.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA28.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA21.3%
Results for event-6012fbb4d21102e2be881678
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426450.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414628%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411121.3%1Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL66.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA11.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.9%
Results for event-c938d1a8a0e935a8b28b9a9a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030666.4%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207015.2%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205311.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020326.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO28.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.0%
Results for event-c5499096dc7c9371eac8dfe7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201624644.6%4Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615528.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165610.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016519.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016448%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=22.648752399232244, oldest_gap=16.485507246376816, previous_gap=51.19305856832972

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.14percentage 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=[[50.67178502879079,28.023032629558543,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21.30518234165067],[66.37744034707158,15.184381778741866,0,0,6.941431670281996,11.496746203904555,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[44.56521739130435,10.144927536231885,9.23913043478261,0,0,0,28.079710144927535,0,0,7.971014492753623,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.29percentage 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=[[50.67178502879079,28.023032629558543,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21.30518234165067],[66.37744034707158,15.184381778741866,0,0,6.941431670281996,11.496746203904555,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[44.56521739130435,10.144927536231885,9.23913043478261,0,0,0,28.079710144927535,0,0,7.971014492753623,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.72percentage 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=[[50.67178502879079,28.023032629558543,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21.30518234165067],[66.37744034707158,15.184381778741866,0,0,6.941431670281996,11.496746203904555,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[44.56521739130435,10.144927536231885,9.23913043478261,0,0,0,28.079710144927535,0,0,7.971014492753623,0,0,0]]

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?
ELEOMAR MUÑOZ JIMENEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DORA SIDENIA SOTO ARCESINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCELA MARIA ARIAS ARCECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DEIBY RICARDO RODRIGUEZ ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YEIMELIN FABIOLA CRUZ ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HANNIA PRISCILLA GONZALEZ ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
JESSICA MARIA CHAVES BERMUDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRO CALVO ARCECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIALIS LOPEZ BARAHONACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LENDA MARIA CHAVARRIA QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS SALAS CHARPENTIERSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANAIS ISABEL DELGADO CERDASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARVIN JOSE MUÑOZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CINDY MARIA DUARTE RIZOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE LOPEZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OSCAR LUIS LOPEZ MEJIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES JIMENEZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAYKOL JOSE PRENDAS PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUVIGILDA RIZO ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA GUADALUPE GUZMAN ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS SALAS CHARPENTIERSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIZEL DE LOS ANGELES FERNANDEZ CHAVESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARVIN JOSE MUÑOZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JESSICA DE LOS ANGELES ROJAS LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FELIX RIZO LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
MARIO LOPEZ ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA CHAVES ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JORGE LOPEZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES JIMENEZ MORALESCONCEJALES 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. “SANTA ROSA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-TILARAN-SANTA-ROSA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S824bd62330, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S72c72d56b8, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sa556305885.