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BRUNKA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
BRUNKA / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e437d52da619fd06169ac6c9
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 NACIONAL34.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA33.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA21.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.1%
Results for event-30c6070688914958e801c155
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202428034.4%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202427033.2%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417621.6%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024627.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024253.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL67.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS7.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.8%
Results for event-af850012c826f632b492b249
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202072267.2%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202011610.8%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020918.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020837.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020333.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020302.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL45.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA40.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.2%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS2.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.7%
Results for event-b3a995ddce570b7e7c4ff629
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637645.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201633740.6%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168510.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016182.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016141.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

9.40–100 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=1.2300123001230006, oldest_gap=4.698795180722897, previous_gap=56.37209302325582

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.68percentage 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: 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=[[34.44034440344404,0,0,0,0,33.210332103321036,0,0,0,3.075030750307503,21.648216482164823,0,7.626076260762607],[67.16279069767442,10.790697674418604,0,0,3.0697674418604652,8.465116279069768,0,0,0,2.7906976744186047,0,0,7.72093023255814],[45.30120481927711,40.602409638554214,10.240963855421686,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.6867469879518073,0,0,2.1686746987951806]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.05percentage 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=[[34.44034440344404,0,0,0,0,33.210332103321036,0,0,0,3.075030750307503,21.648216482164823,0,7.626076260762607],[67.16279069767442,10.790697674418604,0,0,3.0697674418604652,8.465116279069768,0,0,0,2.7906976744186047,0,0,7.72093023255814],[45.30120481927711,40.602409638554214,10.240963855421686,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.6867469879518073,0,0,2.1686746987951806]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.37percentage 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=[[34.44034440344404,0,0,0,0,33.210332103321036,0,0,0,3.075030750307503,21.648216482164823,0,7.626076260762607],[67.16279069767442,10.790697674418604,0,0,3.0697674418604652,8.465116279069768,0,0,0,2.7906976744186047,0,0,7.72093023255814],[45.30120481927711,40.602409638554214,10.240963855421686,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.6867469879518073,0,0,2.1686746987951806]]

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?
MARJORIE AMADOR PICADOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FARLEN RAFAEL ALTAMIRANO LEIVASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARLON ADRIAN CALDERON CARVAJALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GEISEL YULIANA SIBAJA VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA MILENA DELGADO HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
GABRIELA VILLALTA JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
JOSTYN PEREZ FALLASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCINI MARIA CORDERO ELIZONDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
STIFANNY MARIA AGUERO TORRESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
YOLANDA ROMERO UREÑACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
RANDALL RODRIGUEZ MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARJORIE AMADOR PICADOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YOLANDA ROMERO UREÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE LUIS CASTILLO VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TERESA CASTRO HINRICHSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARVIN QUESADA VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARY LUZ AMADOR SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE FRANCISCO ZUÑIGA ESTRADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIBEL HERNANDEZ ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BERNY FERNANDEZ TORRESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RANDALL RODRIGUEZ MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARY LUZ AMADOR SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAIME ALBERTO MOYA CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIBEL HERNANDEZ ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARVIN QUESADA VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DEILYN YILENIA MESEN DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SIDEY ARROYO VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LIDIER GERARDO MORA BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO CARVAJAL BLANCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA VERONICA CARRANZA ROJASCONCEJALES 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. “BRUNKA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-BUENOS-AIRES-BRUNKA. 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.