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JACÓ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · JACÓ / PUNTARENAS · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-PUNTARENAS-GARABITO-JACO

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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
JACÓ / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b7b4029289090aec345418c0
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

  • PUEBLO GARABITO35.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS8.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA7.7%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA0.5%
Results for event-07c7c78d1913aea8ce89b2f2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PUEBLO GARABITOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,30335.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,25734.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202445112.4%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243058.4%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242817.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024340.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024170.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.0%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL21.6%
  • PUEBLO GARABITO20.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL8.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.1%
Results for event-236b933501af86dd1af50e8e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,21934%3Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202077621.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO GARABITOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202072120.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202049113.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203068.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020762.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL42.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.5%
  • PUEBLO GARABITO17.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO9.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.3%
  • GARABITO ECOLÓGICO2.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE0.7%
Results for event-c3b014b273f5bf1dc9dc8f1b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,33142.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201667621.5%1Recorded
PUEBLO GARABITOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201654517.4%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162989.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161053.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
GARABITO ECOLÓGICOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016892.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016742.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016230.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

67.280–100 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=1.2609649122807056, oldest_gap=20.853231454950652, previous_gap=12.343271106157708

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

53.4percentage 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=[[12.362938596491228,34.45723684210526,0,0,0,0.46600877192982454,0,0,0,0,7.702850877192983,0,45.010964912280706],[33.96489272777933,13.68069100027863,0,0,8.526051825020897,2.117581499024798,0,21.62162162162162,0,0,0,0,20.089161326274727],[42.375039796243236,21.521808341292584,3.3428844317096464,0,0,0,2.355937599490608,0,0,9.487424387137855,0,0,20.916905444126076]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.27percentage 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=[[12.362938596491228,34.45723684210526,0,0,0,0.46600877192982454,0,0,0,0,7.702850877192983,0,45.010964912280706],[33.96489272777933,13.68069100027863,0,0,8.526051825020897,2.117581499024798,0,21.62162162162162,0,0,0,0,20.089161326274727],[42.375039796243236,21.521808341292584,3.3428844317096464,0,0,0,2.355937599490608,0,0,9.487424387137855,0,0,20.916905444126076]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

42.83percentage 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=[[12.362938596491228,34.45723684210526,0,0,0,0.46600877192982454,0,0,0,0,7.702850877192983,0,45.010964912280706],[33.96489272777933,13.68069100027863,0,0,8.526051825020897,2.117581499024798,0,21.62162162162162,0,0,0,0,20.089161326274727],[42.375039796243236,21.521808341292584,3.3428844317096464,0,0,0,2.355937599490608,0,0,9.487424387137855,0,0,20.916905444126076]]

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?
MARIA DEL ROSARIO SERRANO CHINCHILLASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024PUEBLO GARABITOprincipal
THOMAS BRICKER GHORMLEY HESSELLSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024PUEBLO GARABITOsubstitute
JUAN DE JESUS CALDERON DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024PUEBLO GARABITOprincipal
PEGGY GABRIELA SOLIS GAMAZOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024PUEBLO GARABITOprincipal
HORACIO UMAÑA AGUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ABIGAIL LEON ORTEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
FRANCISCO ARIAS FALLASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PUEBLO GARABITOsubstitute
MARIA ANGEL CHAVES VILLAGRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PUEBLO GARABITOsubstitute
JOSE JESUS JIMENEZ SANDICONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HILARY MENDEZ SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
YAMILETH JIMENEZ RANGELSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NOGUI ALEXIS SOLANO ALTAMIRANOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
TITO FABIAN SANCHEZ CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EVELYN MARIA TORRES MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SERGIO SERRANO PAEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020PUEBLO GARABITOprincipal
HENRY GERARDO CHAVES MELENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CINTHIA MORALES BADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GUIDO ALPIZAR RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MONICA DE JESUS MADRIGAL PACHECOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020PUEBLO GARABITOsubstitute
SHIRLEY CAMPOS ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALCIDES NARANJO SERRANOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARTA LUZ ALVARADO ACUÑASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE DAVID CORRALES JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FLOR MARIA MORA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YANAN CAMARENO LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WAGNER DIAZ DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016PUEBLO GARABITOprincipal
JORGE LUIS VILLAGRA RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA GABRIELA PICADO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO ORDOÑEZ QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CESAR VARGAS COTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016PUEBLO GARABITOsubstitute

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. “JACÓ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-GARABITO-JACO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S2b13170450, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S71b83560bd, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S1aa7f7feeb.