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PAVÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · PAVÓN / PUNTARENAS · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-PUNTARENAS-GOLFITO-PAVON

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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
PAVÓN / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-f4a1546d0354379e13f07095
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 CRISTIANA45.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA33.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL7.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA5.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.4%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO2.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.2%
Results for event-616f077694668edf74056036
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202490345.1%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202467633.7%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241557.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241145.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024884.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024422.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024251.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL36.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL6.0%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA2.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.4%
Results for event-688f2dfe608c8c70dd73a1a2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202071536.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202051226.4%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202022111.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201829.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201387.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201176%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020502.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202080.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL40.9%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS31.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.6%
Results for event-b72014386d3a522c881c190c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201658240.9%3Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201644231.1%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616611.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016765.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016745.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016453.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016372.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

45.410–100 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=11.33300049925112, oldest_gap=9.845288326300984, previous_gap=10.447761194029848

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

68.54percentage 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=[[7.738392411382925,45.08237643534698,0,0,0,33.74937593609586,0,0,0,0,5.691462805791313,0,7.738392411382925],[26.351003602676276,11.374163664436438,7.102418939783839,0,36.79876479670612,9.366958311888832,0,6.02161605764282,0,0,0,0,2.985074626865672],[40.92827004219409,5.344585091420535,11.673699015471167,5.20393811533052,0,0,3.1645569620253164,0,0,0,0,0,33.68495077355837]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

58.22percentage 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=[[7.738392411382925,45.08237643534698,0,0,0,33.74937593609586,0,0,0,0,5.691462805791313,0,7.738392411382925],[26.351003602676276,11.374163664436438,7.102418939783839,0,36.79876479670612,9.366958311888832,0,6.02161605764282,0,0,0,0,2.985074626865672],[40.92827004219409,5.344585091420535,11.673699015471167,5.20393811533052,0,0,3.1645569620253164,0,0,0,0,0,33.68495077355837]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

63.38percentage 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=[[7.738392411382925,45.08237643534698,0,0,0,33.74937593609586,0,0,0,0,5.691462805791313,0,7.738392411382925],[26.351003602676276,11.374163664436438,7.102418939783839,0,36.79876479670612,9.366958311888832,0,6.02161605764282,0,0,0,0,2.985074626865672],[40.92827004219409,5.344585091420535,11.673699015471167,5.20393811533052,0,0,3.1645569620253164,0,0,0,0,0,33.68495077355837]]

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?
RODOLFO VENEGAS ROSALESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VIRGINIA CERDAS ESPINOZASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EDIER GAMBOA ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JULIANA ANDRADE MONTEZUMACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARCIA OLIMPIA HERNANDEZ OTEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ALEXIS CARRILLO VALENCIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
MELVIN ANTONIO PEREZ GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KATIA VANESSA ASTUA SANDICONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NORMA LOBO MAYORGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
GIAN CARLOS GAMBOA GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
DAVID MORA CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA DAYANA JIMENEZ JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RONNY GERARDO MENDOZA VICTORCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RUTH SANCHEZ RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TANIA VANESSA RAMIREZ BLANCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DEIVER RODRIGUEZ HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SARAY MENDOZA VICTORCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM MARTIN VARGAS CUBILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JANVIER HERNANDEZ FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WENDOLIN VERONICA JIMENEZ MORERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAVID MORA CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IDALIA ANDRADE DE GRACIASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXIS GERARDO MENDOZA BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FELICITA DE LOS ANGELES MORALES ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROLANDO BEJERANO SANTIAGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016VIVA PUNTARENASprincipal
ANIXIA PORRAS ROSALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016VIVA PUNTARENASprincipal
MARIO ATENCIO SANTOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ENID ORTEGA TORRESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEAN CARLOS MUÑOZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016VIVA PUNTARENASsubstitute
MARIBEL JIMENEZ VINDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016VIVA PUNTARENASsubstitute

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. “PAVÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-GOLFITO-PAVON. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sd35d009ef2, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S3caf2612e9, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sbdf46a544b.