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PIEDRAS BLANCAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PIEDRAS BLANCAS / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a8ef838a171afdfb64e199c3
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 REPÚBLICA33.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA21.6%
  • ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVA16.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL11.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.3%
Results for event-410d07db64b3e3ea9dedf48c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441633.5%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426821.6%1Recorded
ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420116.2%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414411.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024776.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024715.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024665.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA48.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO13.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.3%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL3.2%
Results for event-4f07da78191091d07d8a32ab
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202063548.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202032524.9%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017013%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202013510.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020423.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.3%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS19.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE12.6%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL5.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.4%
Results for event-92658d97d5c23cd4c024990b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201623723%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201623022.3%1Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620019.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615715.2%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613012.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016585.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016151.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

28.360–100 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=11.906677393403058, oldest_gap=0.6789524733268664, previous_gap=23.718439173680185

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

50.89percentage 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=[[11.584875301689461,6.1946902654867255,0,0,0,33.467417538214,0,0,0,0,21.560740144810943,0,27.19227674979887],[24.86610558530987,0,0,0,0,10.328997704667177,0,3.2134659525631215,0,13.006885998469778,0,0,48.584544758990056],[22.30843840931135,22.987390882638216,15.227934044616877,0,0,0,0.3879728419010669,5.62560620756547,0,1.454898157129001,0,0,32.00775945683802]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.02percentage 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=[[11.584875301689461,6.1946902654867255,0,0,0,33.467417538214,0,0,0,0,21.560740144810943,0,27.19227674979887],[24.86610558530987,0,0,0,0,10.328997704667177,0,3.2134659525631215,0,13.006885998469778,0,0,48.584544758990056],[22.30843840931135,22.987390882638216,15.227934044616877,0,0,0,0.3879728419010669,5.62560620756547,0,1.454898157129001,0,0,32.00775945683802]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.95percentage 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=[[11.584875301689461,6.1946902654867255,0,0,0,33.467417538214,0,0,0,0,21.560740144810943,0,27.19227674979887],[24.86610558530987,0,0,0,0,10.328997704667177,0,3.2134659525631215,0,13.006885998469778,0,0,48.584544758990056],[22.30843840931135,22.987390882638216,15.227934044616877,0,0,0,0.3879728419010669,5.62560620756547,0,1.454898157129001,0,0,32.00775945683802]]

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?
ENOQUER ALVARADO UVASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
KATTIA BADILLA CARVAJALSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
VICTOR OLIVIER QUIROS OTAROLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
CINDY LORENA VILCHEZ AGUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
NORMAN JULIO LORIA MURILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
MERCEDES CARBALLO BARRIENTOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAprincipal
JUAN ANGEL ZUÑIGA ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
MARITRIZ GARITA BARBOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
ANNIA MARIA SAENZ BARBOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
IVO JIMENEZ AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAsubstitute
FREDDY FRANCISCO ZUÑIGA ARTAVIASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
IXCENIT CONCEPCION MARTINEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
DENIS GODINEZ LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
LIDIA ROSA MARIN GRANADOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
DONALD ALBERTO GUEVARA MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NOEMY ALPIZAR MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
FREDDY ARIAS FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
JESSICA MUÑOZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
HERMES BEITA DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCISCO JOSE OTERO PERALTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
JOSE ALBERTO ROSALES CHAVESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YAMILETH PORRAS MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HERMES BEITA DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SHIRLEY GUADAMUZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA JANE DIAZ SALDAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016VIVA PUNTARENASprincipal
MARIEL OBANDO MENDOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
EDWIN ZUÑIGA CECILIANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
PAMELA DE LOS ANGELES LIRA GUADAMUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GREIVIN VILLALOBOS GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016VIVA PUNTARENASsubstitute
ARACELLY ARCE SEQUEIRACONCEJALES 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. “PIEDRAS BLANCAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-OSA-PIEDRAS-BLANCAS. 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.