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BUENOS AIRES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
BUENOS AIRES / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-54d69b9af093f83ed43e15c6
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 REPÚBLICA29.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA19.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA17.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO9.8%
Results for event-dc5921eed9fb9ec551ae8ca1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,39329.8%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,10423.6%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202491619.6%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202480417.2%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244589.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL45.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO16.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL10.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.7%
Results for event-407a50da9b598d2e73631c63
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,52845.2%3Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202094116.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202076213.6%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202057810.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203766.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203075.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020961.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA25.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.7%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS6.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.7%
Results for event-89bde4babfeada1acc0dba85
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,27525.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,19823.7%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,12522.3%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164378.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163917.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163116.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161803.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161392.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

38.090–100 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=6.181818181818183, oldest_gap=1.522943037974681, previous_gap=28.400143163922692

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

54.37percentage 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: 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=[[23.614973262032084,0,0,0,0,29.796791443850267,0,0,0,9.796791443850267,17.197860962566846,0,19.593582887700535],[45.23979957050823,13.636363636363637,0,1.717967072297781,10.343593414459557,6.728704366499642,0,0,0,16.83965640658554,0,0,5.493915533285612],[22.250791139240505,23.694620253164558,25.21756329113924,3.560126582278481,0,0,2.7492088607594938,0,0,8.643196202531646,0,0,13.884493670886076]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.26percentage 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: 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=[[23.614973262032084,0,0,0,0,29.796791443850267,0,0,0,9.796791443850267,17.197860962566846,0,19.593582887700535],[45.23979957050823,13.636363636363637,0,1.717967072297781,10.343593414459557,6.728704366499642,0,0,0,16.83965640658554,0,0,5.493915533285612],[22.250791139240505,23.694620253164558,25.21756329113924,3.560126582278481,0,0,2.7492088607594938,0,0,8.643196202531646,0,0,13.884493670886076]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.31percentage 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=[[23.614973262032084,0,0,0,0,29.796791443850267,0,0,0,9.796791443850267,17.197860962566846,0,19.593582887700535],[45.23979957050823,13.636363636363637,0,1.717967072297781,10.343593414459557,6.728704366499642,0,0,0,16.83965640658554,0,0,5.493915533285612],[22.250791139240505,23.694620253164558,25.21756329113924,3.560126582278481,0,0,2.7492088607594938,0,0,8.643196202531646,0,0,13.884493670886076]]

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?
AURORA ZUÑIGA VARGASSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
RODNEY ALEXIS ROJAS MORALESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
MELANY TORRES ORTIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
RAQUEL LILLIANA VIDAL REYESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
XENIA ESPINOZA ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
ROY ROJAS FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
KAROL VANESSA ARIAS BORBONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
ANNIA PEREZ BEITACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YORLENI PINTO BARBOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
LUIS EDUARDO LEZCANO FALLASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
JESUS MARIA UREÑA MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA CECILIA VASQUEZ CARVAJALSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAIRO ISAI RODRIGUEZ BADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HEYLING ORTIZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAFAEL RETANA MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
ALVIN ANDREY LEIVA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WILMAN CABRERA ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DIDIER ORTIZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ZUÑIGA CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
LILIAN CALDERON ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HECTOR JOSE SANCHEZ SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ADRIANA SOLIS SOLANOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
YAHANARA BEITA VIDALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JUAN LUIS ALVAREZ BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
BRAULIO MADRIGAL VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FREDDY MARTIN CARDOZA SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALBERTO WHITTINGHAM WILLIAMSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
XINIA GUZMAN GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
SANDRA CHINCHILLA ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NIXIE BEITA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “BUENOS AIRES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-BUENOS-AIRES-BUENOS-AIRES. 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.