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CUREÑA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CUREÑA / HEREDIA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-HEREDIA-SARAPIQUI-CURENA

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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
CUREÑA / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-1119e4207f26b51e19592a1b
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 CRISTIANA55.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.2%
  • AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑO8.8%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.9%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.4%
Results for event-16a2dc1b39e98cd296dd0032
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412755.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247332.2%2Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024208.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA40.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA0.6%
Results for event-b2ecd44faea91edbd0a4e5da
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206940.1%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206638.4%4Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020137.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020127%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202063.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202052.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL52.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA36.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE0.8%
Results for event-a2c44f7a5b6eb9724b7bad83
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167052.6%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164936.8%2Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016139.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

18.120–100 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=23.78854625550661, oldest_gap=15.78947368421052, previous_gap=1.7441860465116292

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

17.26percentage 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=[[32.158590308370044,55.947136563876654,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.894273127753303],[38.372093023255815,40.116279069767444,7.558139534883721,0,0,0.5813953488372093,0,0,0,2.9069767441860463,0,0,10.465116279069768],[52.63157894736842,36.8421052631579,0,9.774436090225564,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.7518796992481203]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.03percentage 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=[[32.158590308370044,55.947136563876654,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.894273127753303],[38.372093023255815,40.116279069767444,7.558139534883721,0,0,0.5813953488372093,0,0,0,2.9069767441860463,0,0,10.465116279069768],[52.63157894736842,36.8421052631579,0,9.774436090225564,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.7518796992481203]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

20.65percentage 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=[[32.158590308370044,55.947136563876654,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.894273127753303],[38.372093023255815,40.116279069767444,7.558139534883721,0,0,0.5813953488372093,0,0,0,2.9069767441860463,0,0,10.465116279069768],[52.63157894736842,36.8421052631579,0,9.774436090225564,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.7518796992481203]]

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?
MAURICIO VIQUEZ SALAZARSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARTHA ELENA ENRIQUEZ LOPEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MAYBELIN KARINA ESQUIVEL BADILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KEILOR GEOVANNI HERNANDEZ ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WILFRED OTAROLA VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GEILYN ROCIO VEGA MENACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RODINEY LEIVA LOPEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANGELA DUARTE SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAURICIO VIQUEZ SALAZARSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARTHA ELENA ENRIQUEZ LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GEINER DANILO CARBALLO RETANACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LETICIA ELENA RIVERA RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KEILOR GEOVANNI HERNANDEZ ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAREN CAMBRONERO MONTOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
REINIER ANTONIO BARRANTES SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDREA MARIA ALVAREZ ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTA BEATRIZ LAO JARQUINSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROMAN ANTONIO OTAROLA MURILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KEILOR GEOVANNI HERNANDEZ ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIBEL MARILYN MENDOZA LUQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PEDRO ROBERTO MORALES CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARTHA ELENA ENRIQUEZ LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LETICIA ELENA RIVERA RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL VANEGAS RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARGARITA SALAZAR VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DANIEL OBANDO MOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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. “CUREÑA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SARAPIQUI-CURENA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S1f0dbc3cdb, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S1b8332808e, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S70a2f56f2f.