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SIERPE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SIERPE / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e39eb7de59feef5d673686ea
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 PROGRESISTA33.6%
  • ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVA19.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA15.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS15.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL11.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.3%
Results for event-8acc85626d616e22fec02aa1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202423833.6%2Recorded
ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202413619.2%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411015.5%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410615%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248211.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024283.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202491.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL47.1%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA22.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO21.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN9.4%
Results for event-f636803e529334ec7330484a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033647.1%4Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202015922.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202015121.2%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020679.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA14.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO13.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE6.7%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL3.5%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS2.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.5%
Results for event-45b00281f93c6712515baf26
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201626234.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616922.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611114.8%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169913.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016506.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016263.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016222.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016111.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

13.40–100 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=14.386459802538788, oldest_gap=12.399999999999995, previous_gap=24.82468443197756

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

56.74percentage 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=[[11.56558533145275,3.9492242595204514,0,0,0,15.514809590973202,0,0,0,0,33.568406205923836,0,35.401974612129756],[47.12482468443198,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21.1781206171108,0,0,31.697054698457222],[22.533333333333335,34.93333333333333,14.8,1.4666666666666666,0,0,0,3.466666666666667,0,13.2,0,0,9.6]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

54.67percentage 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=[[11.56558533145275,3.9492242595204514,0,0,0,15.514809590973202,0,0,0,0,33.568406205923836,0,35.401974612129756],[47.12482468443198,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21.1781206171108,0,0,31.697054698457222],[22.533333333333335,34.93333333333333,14.8,1.4666666666666666,0,0,0,3.466666666666667,0,13.2,0,0,9.6]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

55.7percentage 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=[[11.56558533145275,3.9492242595204514,0,0,0,15.514809590973202,0,0,0,0,33.568406205923836,0,35.401974612129756],[47.12482468443198,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21.1781206171108,0,0,31.697054698457222],[22.533333333333335,34.93333333333333,14.8,1.4666666666666666,0,0,0,3.466666666666667,0,13.2,0,0,9.6]]

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?
RAQUEL ACUÑA FLORESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
DOUGLAS GERARDO CERDAS CHAVARRIASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
WENDY KARINA URTECHO ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
BRUNO VEGA PIROLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAprincipal
OLMAN YEISON VARGAS ARTAVIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
GERMAN MUÑOZ GUADAMUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
OSVALDO VILLALOBOS MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
SILVIA GRACIELA GOMEZ ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAsubstitute
JERSON NUÑEZ ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JAVIER DELGADO HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ELMER UVA BEITASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAQUEL ACUÑA FLORESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSIBEL MONGE ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MICHAEL SANDI PARAJELESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HILARY HERMILIETH URTECHO ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAISY ROJAS SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MAYRA EUGENIA VEGA FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS FERNANDO MONTERO AVILACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDITH CERDAS CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCOS ANTONIO FUENTES ABARCACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
ELMER UVA BEITASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RAQUEL ACUÑA FLORESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KAROL GRISEL MUÑOZ DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KENNER CHAVES ROSALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROSIBEL MONGE ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LETICIA PEREZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ALVARO BARBOZA MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CANDIDA AGUIRRE AGUIRRECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA DEL ROCIO PIROLA AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YUJANA AMADOR RIOSCONCEJALES 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. “SIERPE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-OSA-SIERPE. 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.