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CORREDOR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CORREDOR / PUNTARENAS · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-PUNTARENAS-CORREDORES-CORREDOR

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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
CORREDOR / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-30a858432fdc7594130f93fb
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 NACIONAL46.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA21.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.5%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.8%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.8%
Results for event-d8921b3c3b537812b2fc09e0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,38146.8%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,08721.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,04520.6%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242314.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241953.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241442.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL59.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA14.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL7.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.3%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.0%
Results for event-f23922fe232e2d3db4cc3419
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,40959.7%4Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202085114.9%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204017%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203977%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201953.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201913.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201142%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020941.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020571%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA29.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.1%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE8.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO6.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.1%
Results for event-268cae5b5163eff3f80cb56f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,49931.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,38929.2%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201655011.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164319.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163978.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163016.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161954.1%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=25.457407043084793, oldest_gap=2.3099538009239815, previous_gap=44.806445962515326

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.54percentage 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=[[46.842415896124336,20.558725162305723,0,0,0,21.385008853039544,0,0,0,0,2.832972653944521,0,8.380877434585875],[59.71273427920827,6.953932387458399,0.9984235417761429,1.6465230338062709,7.023997197407602,14.90628831669294,0,1.9968470835522858,0,0,0,0,6.76125416009809],[31.478370432591348,29.168416631667366,11.549769004619908,9.050818983620328,0,0,6.32087358252835,0,0,4.094918101637967,0,0,8.336833263334734]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

52.16percentage 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=[[46.842415896124336,20.558725162305723,0,0,0,21.385008853039544,0,0,0,0,2.832972653944521,0,8.380877434585875],[59.71273427920827,6.953932387458399,0.9984235417761429,1.6465230338062709,7.023997197407602,14.90628831669294,0,1.9968470835522858,0,0,0,0,6.76125416009809],[31.478370432591348,29.168416631667366,11.549769004619908,9.050818983620328,0,0,6.32087358252835,0,0,4.094918101637967,0,0,8.336833263334734]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.35percentage 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=[[46.842415896124336,20.558725162305723,0,0,0,21.385008853039544,0,0,0,0,2.832972653944521,0,8.380877434585875],[59.71273427920827,6.953932387458399,0.9984235417761429,1.6465230338062709,7.023997197407602,14.90628831669294,0,1.9968470835522858,0,0,0,0,6.76125416009809],[31.478370432591348,29.168416631667366,11.549769004619908,9.050818983620328,0,0,6.32087358252835,0,0,4.094918101637967,0,0,8.336833263334734]]

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?
BENITO MONTEZUMA MONTEZUMASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DULCE MARIA MARCHENA MURILLOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MICHAEL JESUS SERRANO MESENCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDIA RUIZ BEJARANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE RAFAEL MOSCOSO VARELACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ANYELO ADAN ROJAS JUAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WUENDER KEYLOR MUÑOZ JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SAMMY JOE NICKY JIMENEZ GRANADOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ISIDRO GERARDO BARBOZA BADILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
TONY SANCHEZ BEJARANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE WALTER MARIN FIGUEROASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DULCE MARIA MARCHENA MURILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RIGOBERTO MARIN VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YENDRY VANESSA GAMBOA ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ALONSO MUÑOZ DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
REY LOPEZ UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
CRISTIAN OCTAVIO NUÑEZ ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIRIAM BUSTOS VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JARBI TORUÑO GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANIA SIBAJA VALDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JOSE WALTER MARIN FIGUEROASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JANNETT QUESADA FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS GERARDO VARGAS GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VIRGINIA MARIA ROJAS CORELLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VERA VIOLETA MELENDEZ ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FELIX EDUARDO FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MILLER CHAVES ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANYURI LOPEZ LEONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARVIN EDUARDO ARAYA ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA ESTERLINA PEREZ BLANCOCONCEJALES 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. “CORREDOR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-CORREDORES-CORREDOR. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sf5f251e42d, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S3d4062c068, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S0ad40f7ff5.