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BAHÍA BALLENA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · BAHÍA BALLENA / PUNTARENAS · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-PUNTARENAS-OSA-BAHIA-BALLENA

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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
BAHÍA BALLENA / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-2407ba82b2ab82a64ffa34f7
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

  • ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVA58.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA12.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA8.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL5.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA2.0%
Results for event-981174549e1a74aa79f58098
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202475158.7%4Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416312.7%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241259.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241098.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024665.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024413.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024252%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL39.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN19.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO17.4%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL15.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.1%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA3.4%
Results for event-1bced0d1365c0f0da46c879f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202032939.7%3Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202016019.3%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014417.4%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012515.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020425.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020283.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA41.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.3%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS9.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.6%
Results for event-28c6ab7366396098ee46860c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201634641.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630436.3%2Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016819.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016576.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016323.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016131.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201650.6%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=45.9375, oldest_gap=5.011933174224339, previous_gap=20.410628019323674

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

72.14percentage 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=[[5.15625,1.953125,0,0,0,9.765625,0,0,0,0,12.734375,0,70.390625],[39.734299516908216,0,0,0,5.072463768115942,0,0,15.096618357487923,0,17.391304347826086,0,0,22.705314009661837],[36.27684964200478,6.801909307875895,41.288782816229116,0,0,0,0,1.5513126491646778,0,0.5966587112171837,0,0,13.484486873508352]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.09percentage 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=[[5.15625,1.953125,0,0,0,9.765625,0,0,0,0,12.734375,0,70.390625],[39.734299516908216,0,0,0,5.072463768115942,0,0,15.096618357487923,0,17.391304347826086,0,0,22.705314009661837],[36.27684964200478,6.801909307875895,41.288782816229116,0,0,0,0,1.5513126491646778,0,0.5966587112171837,0,0,13.484486873508352]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

60.11percentage 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=[[5.15625,1.953125,0,0,0,9.765625,0,0,0,0,12.734375,0,70.390625],[39.734299516908216,0,0,0,5.072463768115942,0,0,15.096618357487923,0,17.391304347826086,0,0,22.705314009661837],[36.27684964200478,6.801909307875895,41.288782816229116,0,0,0,0,1.5513126491646778,0,0.5966587112171837,0,0,13.484486873508352]]

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?
ESTER VINDAS AGUILARSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAprincipal
DOUGLAS ADRIAN QUESADA MEZASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAsubstitute
KELVIN ALBERTO VASQUEZ BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAprincipal
MARIA MAGDALENA CASCANTE RAMOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAprincipal
JESUS ANTONIO SALAZAR VALVERDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAprincipal
AGNES IRINA ALVAREZ ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
YAMILETH MEZA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAsubstitute
GRACE MAYELA GRANADOS HIDALGOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO DUARTE FONSECASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JENIFFER BEATRIZ RAMIREZ VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERICK ALBERTO CASTRO CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ASDRUBAL MONTOYA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MILENA QUESADA PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MAXIMINO VASQUEZ UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SHIRLEY VASQUEZ SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOHNNY UMAÑA PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
FELIPE ANTONIO BARRANTES VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
GRACE MAYELA GRANADOS HIDALGOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
VIDAL JIMENEZ CARRANZASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA VICTORIA CALDERON JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ROY FRANCISCO VARGAS CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
YAMILETH MEZA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERICK ALBERTO CASTRO CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROXANA GODINEZ ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
YEINER UMAÑA PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO DUARTE FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LIZETH ESTRELLA VALVERDE MEJIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “BAHÍA BALLENA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-OSA-BAHIA-BALLENA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S0c991617ac, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S8b0bbb75a0, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S44a18b931d.