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PUERTO VIEJO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PUERTO VIEJO / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-531782718343047b201e6ceb
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 NACIONAL49.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.9%
  • AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑO7.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.4%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO5.1%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO4.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.5%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA0.5%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.4%
Results for event-a66786d109f63d439ca9075f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,96949.6%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202486821.9%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243107.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242556.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242025.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241824.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241012.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024471.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024190.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024160.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA19.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN12.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE7.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.3%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL0.9%
Results for event-343d7c0fa3e42f451a4f4874
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,38437.1%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202072519.4%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202047412.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202043111.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202677.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202095.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020852.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020762%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020491.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020340.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN12.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.9%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.0%
Results for event-43d772bc2e4bedb21b6933b8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,44744.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201663419.4%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201641912.8%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162969%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162607.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161183.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016993%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=27.739984882842023, oldest_gap=24.839596700274974, previous_gap=17.648634172469205

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.96percentage 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=[[49.609473418997226,21.869488536155202,0.47871000251952633,0,0,2.54472159234064,0,0,0,0,0,5.08944318468128,20.408163265306126],[37.06480985538297,11.542581681842528,5.597214783074451,1.3122656668452062,0,19.416175682913764,0,0.9105516871987145,0,2.2763792179967863,0,0,21.880021424745582],[44.210204705163456,19.37060800488848,9.043690803544148,7.943782462572563,0,0,0,0,0,3.0247479376718607,0,0,16.406966086159485]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.8percentage 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=[[49.609473418997226,21.869488536155202,0.47871000251952633,0,0,2.54472159234064,0,0,0,0,0,5.08944318468128,20.408163265306126],[37.06480985538297,11.542581681842528,5.597214783074451,1.3122656668452062,0,19.416175682913764,0,0.9105516871987145,0,2.2763792179967863,0,0,21.880021424745582],[44.210204705163456,19.37060800488848,9.043690803544148,7.943782462572563,0,0,0,0,0,3.0247479376718607,0,0,16.406966086159485]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.88percentage 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=[[49.609473418997226,21.869488536155202,0.47871000251952633,0,0,2.54472159234064,0,0,0,0,0,5.08944318468128,20.408163265306126],[37.06480985538297,11.542581681842528,5.597214783074451,1.3122656668452062,0,19.416175682913764,0,0.9105516871987145,0,2.2763792179967863,0,0,21.880021424745582],[44.210204705163456,19.37060800488848,9.043690803544148,7.943782462572563,0,0,0,0,0,3.0247479376718607,0,0,16.406966086159485]]

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?
JAVIER GERARDO ESTRADA ESTRADASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OLGA MARTA DUARTE THOMPSONSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARVELY JOHANNA MARTINEZ MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIAN FRANCISCO GARCIA VICTORCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAYRA SEGURA MADRIGALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA CECILIA GOMEZ GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YOJAIDY FONSECA BERMUDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO MORALES ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RACHELL VANESSA SOTO NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DONALDO ROMERO ENRIQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RODOLFO MANZANARES CLARKSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YERLIN ARLETTE URBINA MENDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ALEXANDER MAYORGA BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA SANCHEZ TRAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
REINA ISABEL MATTUS MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
FREDDY VARELA MUÑOZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
IRENE GOMEZ MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SIXTO ALEMAN FAJARDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR DANIEL QUIROS ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
MARTHA LORENA MIRANDA SERRANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
RODOLFO MANZANARES CLARKSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YERLIN ARLETTE URBINA MENDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALICIA MARIA ARROYO MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ALEXANDER MAYORGA BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS DIEGO RODRIGUEZ LAGOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ISIDRO CALDERON HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
SHIRLEY LORENA ALVARADO NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAIME VARGAS RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YOHAIDY MARIELA GOMEZ ACUÑACONCEJALES 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. “PUERTO VIEJO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SARAPIQUI-PUERTO-VIEJO. 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.