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MACACONA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · MACACONA / PUNTARENAS · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-PUNTARENAS-ESPARZA-MACACONA

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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
MACACONA / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-648c95177a0c77472bd1593f
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA35.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA24.8%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA6.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.8%
Results for event-5b6edae070edfd80a30a8e57
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202455535.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202446629.9%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202438624.8%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241066.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024442.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL51.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO17.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.7%
Results for event-b5bd740c6d0fb5e8c2c546fe
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202073251.5%3Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202025017.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202021715.3%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201138%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020715%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020382.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO30.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.2%
Results for event-8355bbef1cb34e9a1d88ad92
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201638133%3Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201634830.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201623720.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016988.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016554.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016373.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

30.540–100 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=5.716120745022479, oldest_gap=2.854671280276815, previous_gap=33.91977480647431

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.02percentage 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=[[29.929351316634552,35.64547206165703,0,0,0,24.791265253693,0,0,0,0,6.8079640333975595,0,2.825947334617855],[51.51301900070373,15.270935960591133,0,0,2.674173117522871,7.952146375791696,0,0,0,17.593244194229417,0,0,4.9964813511611545],[32.95847750865052,20.501730103806228,8.477508650519031,4.757785467128028,0,0,3.2006920415224913,0,0,30.103806228373703,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.18percentage 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=[[29.929351316634552,35.64547206165703,0,0,0,24.791265253693,0,0,0,0,6.8079640333975595,0,2.825947334617855],[51.51301900070373,15.270935960591133,0,0,2.674173117522871,7.952146375791696,0,0,0,17.593244194229417,0,0,4.9964813511611545],[32.95847750865052,20.501730103806228,8.477508650519031,4.757785467128028,0,0,3.2006920415224913,0,0,30.103806228373703,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.1percentage 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=[[29.929351316634552,35.64547206165703,0,0,0,24.791265253693,0,0,0,0,6.8079640333975595,0,2.825947334617855],[51.51301900070373,15.270935960591133,0,0,2.674173117522871,7.952146375791696,0,0,0,17.593244194229417,0,0,4.9964813511611545],[32.95847750865052,20.501730103806228,8.477508650519031,4.757785467128028,0,0,3.2006920415224913,0,0,30.103806228373703,0,0,0]]

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?
DIANA STEPHANNIE QUESADA ARROYOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARLOS ERNESTO ZAMORA BENAVIDESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANA PATRICIA SOSA ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN DAVID QUESADA ARROYOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA VICTORIA CARVAJAL QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DELIA BAEZA ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
MILEIBY CORTES CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WILBER JONATHAN GUERRERO BARQUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
VANESSA VILLALOBOS MARTINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MICHELLE REBECA BARRANTES ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
CHRISTIAN BADILLA BARRANTESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YULIANA MARIA MAYORGA CHAVARRIASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVEDYN CASTILLO BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JONATHAN CHINCHILLA CISNEROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA PATRICIA SOSA ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
CLOTILDE MONTOYA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LIDIETH RUIZ DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARVIN PICADO MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KEVIN ALBERTO CUBERO AGUIRRECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
SIU JEEN LEE QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
TATIANA LUCRECIA SIMPSON RUIZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CHRISTIAN BADILLA BARRANTESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ENRIQUE HERRERA CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDIETH RUIZ DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA LUCIA VILLALOBOS ULATECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
ALEJANDRO CAMACHO GOULDCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CINDY DE JESUS DIAZ PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAINOR BOGANTES LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSVALDO ADRIAN RAMIREZ PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
MAYBETH DENISSE OLMAZO LOPEZCONCEJALES 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. “MACACONA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-ESPARZA-MACACONA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sebae58f972, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S57ca1931f2, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sdda285fd65.