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BORUCA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
BORUCA / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b1ac5d12280be980f4687f2d
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 NACIONAL46.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA22.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA18.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.4%
Results for event-98885b8b8e58cdc3ed5a40ba
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426746.5%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412922.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410818.8%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024457.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024254.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL43.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS13.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.8%
Results for event-807f83574b5ebdec0d5fcb25
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202026443.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019231.5%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208513.9%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020345.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020172.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020132.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202050.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.6%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS10.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.6%
Results for event-36bfdc67cf941390fd845c82
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201619536.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613424.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168415.6%1Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165810.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016376.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016173.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016142.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

4.510–100 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=24.041811846689896, oldest_gap=11.317254174397032, previous_gap=11.803278688524593

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.28percentage 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=[[46.51567944250871,0,0,0,0,18.81533101045296,0,0,0,4.355400696864112,22.473867595818817,0,7.839721254355401],[43.278688524590166,31.475409836065573,0,2.1311475409836067,5.573770491803279,2.7868852459016393,0,0,0,0.819672131147541,0,0,13.934426229508198],[36.178107606679035,24.860853432282003,15.584415584415584,3.1539888682745825,0,0,2.5974025974025974,0,0,6.8645640074211505,0,0,10.760667903525047]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.25percentage 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=[[46.51567944250871,0,0,0,0,18.81533101045296,0,0,0,4.355400696864112,22.473867595818817,0,7.839721254355401],[43.278688524590166,31.475409836065573,0,2.1311475409836067,5.573770491803279,2.7868852459016393,0,0,0,0.819672131147541,0,0,13.934426229508198],[36.178107606679035,24.860853432282003,15.584415584415584,3.1539888682745825,0,0,2.5974025974025974,0,0,6.8645640074211505,0,0,10.760667903525047]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.26percentage 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: 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=[[46.51567944250871,0,0,0,0,18.81533101045296,0,0,0,4.355400696864112,22.473867595818817,0,7.839721254355401],[43.278688524590166,31.475409836065573,0,2.1311475409836067,5.573770491803279,2.7868852459016393,0,0,0,0.819672131147541,0,0,13.934426229508198],[36.178107606679035,24.860853432282003,15.584415584415584,3.1539888682745825,0,0,2.5974025974025974,0,0,6.8645640074211505,0,0,10.760667903525047]]

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?
MILENY GONZALEZ LAZAROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GILBERTO LEIVA MORALESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE RODRIGO ROJAS MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA JUANA LAZARO LAZAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE FRANK BRENES SUAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
JAZMIN AMADOR ABARCACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ADILIO MORALES ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA FERNANDEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROLANDO LAZARO ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
GILBERTO LEIVA MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIANA LAZARO MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE RIGOBERTO LEIVA CEDEÑOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MILENY GONZALEZ LAZAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YANCY MARIA GONZALEZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LEDVIN LEIVA MAROTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
SEIDY ROJAS LEIVACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE DEMETRIO LAZARO ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA JUANA LAZARO LAZAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HILDA MORALES NAVASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
GRACE MAROTO SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE DANILO ROJAS ROJASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN MARIA GARCIA BARQUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARITA ROJAS MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VICTOR DANIEL LEIVA LEIVACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DINORAH ROJAS MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JUDITH MAYELA TENCIO UREÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCIS DE LOS ANGELES FERNANDEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROLANDO LAZARO ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RIGOBERTO MORA RIVERACONCEJALES 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. “BORUCA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-BUENOS-AIRES-BORUCA. 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.