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LAUREL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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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
LAUREL / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-f56c8fef7295822b9b91cbee
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 REPÚBLICA40.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS8.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA3.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.5%
Results for event-a3ecb13f6186fea3e1ed5a00
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202480340.2%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202464532.3%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202424212.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241668.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024733.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024713.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL47.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA18.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL9.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS8.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.4%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.1%
Results for event-51f0f571c5f0c622e837de62
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,17647.6%4Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202045218.3%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202379.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202299.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202098.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201094.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020311.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020281.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL35.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA27.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE21.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.0%
Results for event-f042de5f22daf80d9ff155e4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201680135.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662227.8%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201649021.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162099.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016703.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016442%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

28.350–100 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=7.899999999999999, oldest_gap=8.005366726296959, previous_gap=29.299878591663294

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.34percentage 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=[[32.25,12.1,0,0,0,40.15,0,0,0,0,3.65,0,11.850000000000001],[47.59206798866855,9.267503035208417,0,1.13314447592068,9.591258599757184,18.29218939700526,0,1.2545528126264671,0,0,0,0,12.869283690813436],[35.82289803220036,27.817531305903398,9.347048300536672,3.1305903398926653,0,0,1.9677996422182469,0,0,0,0,0,21.91413237924866]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.91percentage 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=[[32.25,12.1,0,0,0,40.15,0,0,0,0,3.65,0,11.850000000000001],[47.59206798866855,9.267503035208417,0,1.13314447592068,9.591258599757184,18.29218939700526,0,1.2545528126264671,0,0,0,0,12.869283690813436],[35.82289803220036,27.817531305903398,9.347048300536672,3.1305903398926653,0,0,1.9677996422182469,0,0,0,0,0,21.91413237924866]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.62percentage 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=[[32.25,12.1,0,0,0,40.15,0,0,0,0,3.65,0,11.850000000000001],[47.59206798866855,9.267503035208417,0,1.13314447592068,9.591258599757184,18.29218939700526,0,1.2545528126264671,0,0,0,0,12.869283690813436],[35.82289803220036,27.817531305903398,9.347048300536672,3.1305903398926653,0,0,1.9677996422182469,0,0,0,0,0,21.91413237924866]]

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?
CARLOS ANDREIS RUIZ UMAÑASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
LEONCIA DE LOS ANGELES VALVERDE SANDISINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JEISON BARRANTES HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
VERONICA MONTIEL SEQUEIRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ALEXIS JIMENEZ ZURDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MORELIA BEJARANO JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROBIN JEREMIAS SANTOS GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
KIMBERLY TATIANA BRENES PICADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
GERSON DAVID ESPINOZA MADRIGALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LIZETH ALVARADO ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM JIMENEZ HERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA TERESA TIJERINO LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OLGITA MILAGROS QUIROS UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SANTIAGO ALFONSO HERRERA CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA DE LOS ANGELES CARMONA SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALVARO VEGA GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
LAURA GISELA ROJAS CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS GOMEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KATTIA KARINA GRIJALBA ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LINETH JIMENEZ QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
WILLIAM JIMENEZ HERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ELIZABETH GUIDO BATRESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NIDIA RIVAS GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SANTIAGO ALFONSO HERRERA CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RONALD ALBERTO CASTILLO RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HUBETH RANGEL BRIONESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
REBECA FLORES ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTOR JULIO ALFARO MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELVIS SANTIAGO HERRERA DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANAIS ALVAREZ VILLARREALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute

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