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PIEDRAS BLANCAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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PIEDRAS BLANCAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.

Election expectation2028-02-06
Imported event records3
Usable vote comparison cycles3 of 3
Seat comparison cycles3 of 3

Historical competition

Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.

Provisional imported-series CI: 28.4/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.

Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 50.9 points; earlier interval 41.0 points; two-interval mean 46.0 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

Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.

Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.

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.

Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Electoral event evidence

Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.

2024-02-04 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
NUEVA REPÚBLICA41633.47%3
LIBERAL PROGRESISTA26821.56%1
ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVA20116.17%1
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14411.58%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA776.19%0
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA715.71%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS665.31%0

Result source · PDF page 557; district 5 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
ENOQUER ALVARADO UVASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIONUEVA REPÚBLICANoDeclaration
KATTIA BADILLA CARVAJALSINDICATURAS SUPLENTENUEVA REPÚBLICAYesDeclaration
VICTOR OLIVIER QUIROS OTAROLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASNUEVA REPÚBLICANoDeclaration
CINDY LORENA VILCHEZ AGUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASNUEVA REPÚBLICANoDeclaration
NORMAN JULIO LORIA MURILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASLIBERAL PROGRESISTANoDeclaration
MERCEDES CARBALLO BARRIENTOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVANoDeclaration
JUAN ANGEL ZUÑIGA ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESNUEVA REPÚBLICAYesDeclaration
MARITRIZ GARITA BARBOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESNUEVA REPÚBLICAYesDeclaration
ANNIA MARIA SAENZ BARBOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERAL PROGRESISTAYesDeclaration
IVO JIMENEZ AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAYesDeclaration
2020-02-02 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA63548.58%3
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32524.87%1
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO17013.01%1
NUEVA REPÚBLICA13510.33%0
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL423.21%0

Result source · Sheet 4.78; district 5 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
FREDDY FRANCISCO ZUÑIGA ARTAVIASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANANoDeclaration
IXCENIT CONCEPCION MARTINEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTEALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
DENIS GODINEZ LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANANoDeclaration
LIDIA ROSA MARIN GRANADOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANANoDeclaration
DONALD ALBERTO GUEVARA MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
NOEMY ALPIZAR MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANONoDeclaration
FREDDY ARIAS FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
JESSICA MUÑOZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
HERMES BEITA DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
FRANCISCO JOSE OTERO PERALTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESREPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOYesDeclaration
2016-02-07 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23722.99%2
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23022.31%1
VIVA PUNTARENAS20019.40%1
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15715.23%1
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE13012.61%0
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL585.63%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO151.45%0
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO40.39%0

Result source · Sheet 4.77; district 5 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
JOSE ALBERTO ROSALES CHAVESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
YAMILETH PORRAS MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTEUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
HERMES BEITA DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
SHIRLEY GUADAMUZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ANA JANE DIAZ SALDAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)VIVA PUNTARENASNoDeclaration
MARIEL OBANDO MENDOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
EDWIN ZUÑIGA CECILIANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
PAMELA DE LOS ANGELES LIRA GUADAMUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
GREIVIN VILLALOBOS GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESVIVA PUNTARENASYesDeclaration
ARACELLY ARCE SEQUEIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-PUNTARENAS-OSA-PIEDRAS-BLANCAS.