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COLINAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
COLINAS / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-590869f99e0c4427680a9fad
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 NACIONAL54.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA25.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA12.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.3%
Results for event-4918b56188dbc3a3d90d51c1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202415554.2%4Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247425.9%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243612.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024217.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL82.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.8%
Results for event-6ee0f9c97c7e39686347de31
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202029282.5%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205214.7%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020102.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA29.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA23.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.8%
Results for event-038732783d1860f00f4fc70d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611744.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167929.8%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166123%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620.8%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=28.32167832167832, oldest_gap=14.339622641509436, previous_gap=67.79661016949152

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.8percentage 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: 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=[[54.19580419580419,0,0,0,0,25.874125874125873,0,0,0,0,12.587412587412587,0,7.3426573426573425],[82.48587570621469,14.689265536723164,0,0,2.824858757062147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[44.15094339622642,29.81132075471698,23.0188679245283,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.2641509433962264,0,0,0.7547169811320755]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.16percentage 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=[[54.19580419580419,0,0,0,0,25.874125874125873,0,0,0,0,12.587412587412587,0,7.3426573426573425],[82.48587570621469,14.689265536723164,0,0,2.824858757062147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[44.15094339622642,29.81132075471698,23.0188679245283,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.2641509433962264,0,0,0.7547169811320755]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.48percentage 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=[[54.19580419580419,0,0,0,0,25.874125874125873,0,0,0,0,12.587412587412587,0,7.3426573426573425],[82.48587570621469,14.689265536723164,0,0,2.824858757062147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[44.15094339622642,29.81132075471698,23.0188679245283,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.2641509433962264,0,0,0.7547169811320755]]

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?
BENJAMIN NUÑEZ QUESADASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESTER CAMACHO MONTENEGROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FLORA FONSECA GAMBOACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROBERTO GAMBOA AMADORCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SAILYN MARIA BARRANTES MONTENEGROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE PABLO RUIZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ILLIANA MORA GODINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANKLIN BOLIVAR RODRIGUEZ MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
AMALIA AMADOR PICADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIBEL RUIZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
ROBERTO GAMBOA AMADORSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ILLIANA MORA GODINEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MISAEL BALDERRAMA DUARTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERIKA ISAURA MENDEZ MENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GEOVANNY MONTENEGRO CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRANKLIN BOLIVAR RODRIGUEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YESENIA CRUZ NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MICHAEL MENDEZ FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
AMALIA AMADOR PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANNIA GOMEZ AGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROBERTO GAMBOA AMADORSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESTER CAMACHO MONTENEGROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RAMON CAMPOS PRENDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LILIANA GOMEZ FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ILLIANA MORA GODINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANKLIN BOLIVAR RODRIGUEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ELIZABETH VALVERDE GAMBOACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUCAS AGUERO FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SILVIA MATA AGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NURIA DELGADO BADILLACONCEJALES 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. “COLINAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-BUENOS-AIRES-COLINAS. 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.