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PALMAR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PALMAR / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-50eb79e77877df8faa6310f3
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

  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA41.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA18.8%
  • ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVA14.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL7.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.5%
Results for event-57f94e7088cb290315e95b9d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,44341.2%4Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202465818.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202451114.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202435010%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242547.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241664.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241223.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA30.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO24.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA7.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.8%
Results for event-5115fbed7762c06cfd7967c9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,08830.5%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,05929.7%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202088524.8%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202627.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202055.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020641.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA30.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.2%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS19.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE7.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.0%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL4.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.8%
Results for event-ab161eb7b92f4d716e75e1c2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201694530.2%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201666321.2%1Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201660819.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162899.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162217.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161585%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161284.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016953%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016260.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

27.070–100 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=22.402968036529682, oldest_gap=9.000957548675391, previous_gap=0.8139208532135846

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

62.6percentage 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=[[7.248858447488584,9.988584474885844,0,0,0,41.18150684931507,0,0,0,0,18.77853881278539,0,22.802511415525114],[29.722144260454673,0,0,0,0,7.353353915239967,0,1.7962391243334268,0,24.83861914117317,0,0,36.289643558798765],[21.16182572614108,30.16278327481647,9.22438557293329,5.043089690392595,0,0,0.8298755186721992,4.085541015001596,0,3.032237472071497,0,0,26.460261729971272]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.55percentage 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=[[7.248858447488584,9.988584474885844,0,0,0,41.18150684931507,0,0,0,0,18.77853881278539,0,22.802511415525114],[29.722144260454673,0,0,0,0,7.353353915239967,0,1.7962391243334268,0,24.83861914117317,0,0,36.289643558798765],[21.16182572614108,30.16278327481647,9.22438557293329,5.043089690392595,0,0,0.8298755186721992,4.085541015001596,0,3.032237472071497,0,0,26.460261729971272]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

55.07percentage 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=[[7.248858447488584,9.988584474885844,0,0,0,41.18150684931507,0,0,0,0,18.77853881278539,0,22.802511415525114],[29.722144260454673,0,0,0,0,7.353353915239967,0,1.7962391243334268,0,24.83861914117317,0,0,36.289643558798765],[21.16182572614108,30.16278327481647,9.22438557293329,5.043089690392595,0,0,0.8298755186721992,4.085541015001596,0,3.032237472071497,0,0,26.460261729971272]]

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?
ANA ORTIZ ESQUIVELSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
WALTER DIAZ MATARRITASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
SISY ANGIE QUESADA DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ALLAN ANTONIO JUAREZ PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
GLADYS VILLALOBOS VINDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
LOURDES CALVO CALVOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAprincipal
ELIETH RUEDA NAVASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
ELIAS JIMENEZ BADILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JEIMY CAMPOS CORRALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
YOHAN JOSUE VARGAS QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAsubstitute
JUAN MANUEL ROSALES SEGURASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
GRETEL VANESSA MASIS ARIASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
VIRGINIA CHAVES MAIRENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
DENNIS GERARDO ARROYO CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
MARTHA EUGENIA QUIROS AVILESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MOISES MORALES MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
JORGE MARIO JIMENEZ CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
LIDIETH BOLIVAR SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
VISNEY BENAVIDES BENAVIDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARITZA GUTIERREZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
MANUEL LOPEZ ARANASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GISELLE CABRERA MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EDITH BLANCO BARQUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANKLIN DIAZ GRIJALBACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
TAIRIS CHAVARRIA VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ESTEBANA ZUÑIGA ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016VIVA PUNTARENASprincipal
HEILY GRIJALBA MONTERREYCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DELBERT ZUÑIGA VILLACHICACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DAMARIS MORA LAZAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BRYAN SOLIS PEREZCONCEJALES 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. “PALMAR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-OSA-PALMAR. 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.