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BAHÍA DRAKE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 DRAKE / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-f55f008e54d31c757408565f
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

  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA26.0%
  • ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVA22.3%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA14.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS10.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL7.0%
Results for event-3c20088adf34e8f075aa4fa7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202413126%1Recorded
ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411222.3%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247114.1%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245410.7%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245110.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024499.7%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024357%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN27.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA22.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO11.1%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA6.7%
Results for event-7d9b71f8242ca04e361c6be7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202015032.5%3Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012627.3%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010322.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205111.1%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020316.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA22.2%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL6.9%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS4.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.8%
Results for event-07d658420fcbbf9f816ed29b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201617538.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610623.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610022.2%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016316.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016224.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016173.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

73.210–100 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=3.7773359840954264, oldest_gap=15.299334811529935, previous_gap=5.206073752711493

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.85percentage 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=[[6.958250497017892,9.74155069582505,0,0,0,10.139165009940358,0,0,0,0,26.043737574552683,0,47.11729622266401],[32.53796095444685,0,0,0,0,22.342733188720175,0,0,0,11.062906724511931,0,0,34.05639913232104],[38.80266075388027,23.503325942350333,22.172949002217294,0,0,0,0,6.873614190687362,0,3.7694013303769403,0,0,4.878048780487805]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

58.81percentage 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=[[6.958250497017892,9.74155069582505,0,0,0,10.139165009940358,0,0,0,0,26.043737574552683,0,47.11729622266401],[32.53796095444685,0,0,0,0,22.342733188720175,0,0,0,11.062906724511931,0,0,34.05639913232104],[38.80266075388027,23.503325942350333,22.172949002217294,0,0,0,0,6.873614190687362,0,3.7694013303769403,0,0,4.878048780487805]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

53.83percentage 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=[[6.958250497017892,9.74155069582505,0,0,0,10.139165009940358,0,0,0,0,26.043737574552683,0,47.11729622266401],[32.53796095444685,0,0,0,0,22.342733188720175,0,0,0,11.062906724511931,0,0,34.05639913232104],[38.80266075388027,23.503325942350333,22.172949002217294,0,0,0,0,6.873614190687362,0,3.7694013303769403,0,0,4.878048780487805]]

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 CRISTINA GARRO SALAZARSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
UBER MURILLO PALMASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
RAQUEL QUIROS VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAprincipal
FELIX ANGEL MOSQUERA RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
JESSIKA EVELYN CABEZAS PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
SANDRA CRISTINA GARCIA MARTINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ENRIQUE UREÑA GRANADOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAsubstitute
EVELYN YORLENY MONTERO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
JORGE RODOLFO VALDEZ PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
KEYLIN MARIA PEREZ CARRILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CRISTOBAL ATENCIO BERMUDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEANNETTE CHAVES AGUEROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LLEINER VIANNEY JIMENEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DINIA MARIA MONGE BALTODANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELBA MARIA SALGUERA CHEVEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
HELICIO PALACIOS GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
VINCENT EVANS CAMPOS BOLAÑOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GABRIELA ATENCIO FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ANGEL SANCHEZ SUAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
VICTOR MANUEL JIMENEZ CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
LUCAS GOMEZ JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEANNETTE CHAVES AGUEROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LISANDRO DARIO ARAYA CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JESSICA ANCHIA MONTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EUSEBIO ESTANLY MORENOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARMEN MARIA AMAYA CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
EVARISTO CERDAS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DINIA MARIA MONGE BALTODANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VINCENT EVANS CAMPOS BOLAÑOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS MONTERO MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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