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BIOLLEY — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · BIOLLEY / PUNTARENAS · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-PUNTARENAS-BUENOS-AIRES-BIOLLEY

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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
BIOLLEY / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-8eb66479d69a33a6d4bddb66
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

  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA31.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA23.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA15.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.7%
Results for event-05de3d501bc3ce480ec5b69d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417631.7%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412923.2%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412923.2%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248515.3%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024376.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL56.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.8%
Results for event-2784b16f9510108b61ebae41
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202038456.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202023834.9%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020345%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020263.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL55.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA25.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA17.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.1%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS0.7%
Results for event-c5c897890c9010c8cd1dbd7f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201631255.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614125%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610117.9%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201661.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

27.370–100 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=8.453237410071942, oldest_gap=30.319148936170215, previous_gap=21.407624633431084

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

71.81percentage 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=[[23.201438848920862,0,0,0,0,31.654676258992804,0,0,0,6.654676258992806,15.287769784172662,0,23.201438848920862],[56.3049853372434,34.89736070381232,0,0,3.812316715542522,4.9853372434017595,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[55.319148936170215,25,17.907801418439718,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.0638297872340425,0,0,0.7092198581560284]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

19.68percentage 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=[[23.201438848920862,0,0,0,0,31.654676258992804,0,0,0,6.654676258992806,15.287769784172662,0,23.201438848920862],[56.3049853372434,34.89736070381232,0,0,3.812316715542522,4.9853372434017595,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[55.319148936170215,25,17.907801418439718,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.0638297872340425,0,0,0.7092198581560284]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.75percentage 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: 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=[[23.201438848920862,0,0,0,0,31.654676258992804,0,0,0,6.654676258992806,15.287769784172662,0,23.201438848920862],[56.3049853372434,34.89736070381232,0,0,3.812316715542522,4.9853372434017595,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[55.319148936170215,25,17.907801418439718,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.0638297872340425,0,0,0.7092198581560284]]

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?
TERESITA MAYORGA ANCHIASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
WIL FREDDY CANO MORALESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL ALTAMIRANO SANTOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERIC ANTONIO GUZMAN HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
ZELMIRA BEJARANO QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
ROSIBEL BEJARANO QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
CARLOS MANUEL JIMENEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE JIMMY UREÑA QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
ANA GABRIELA MUÑOZ MENDOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
MARIA ODILIE MATARRITA NUÑEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL ALTAMIRANO SANTOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ODILI RUBI AVILASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS MANUEL JIMENEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BLANCA ROSA AVILA TENORIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA GABRIELA MUÑOZ MENDOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MYNOR SIBAJA LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YAJAIRA JIMENEZ CORTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GABRIEL JESUS MIRANDA OJEDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MONICA RAMIREZ VILLAFUERTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
VICTOR HUGO RIVERA SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL ALTAMIRANO SANTOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ODILI RUBI AVILASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO ALVARADO SANDICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BLANCA ROSA AVILA TENORIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS DIEGO ROJAS BADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA GABRIELA MUÑOZ MENDOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ELISA GAMBOA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CELIMO MONTOYA CAMBRONEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ CARRASCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CRISTHIAN BERMUDEZ VILLANUEVACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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. “BIOLLEY — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-BUENOS-AIRES-BIOLLEY. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sfa58a101ac, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S9befea0f03, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S90454a984c.