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SIERPE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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SIERPE — 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: 13.4/100. 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 56.7 points; earlier interval 54.7 points; two-interval mean 55.7 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
LIBERAL PROGRESISTA23833.57%2
ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVA13619.18%1
NUEVA REPÚBLICA11015.51%1
UNIDOS PODEMOS10614.95%1
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL8211.57%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA283.95%0
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA91.27%0

Result source · PDF page 556; district 3 · 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
RAQUEL ACUÑA FLORESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIALIBERAL PROGRESISTANoDeclaration
DOUGLAS GERARDO CERDAS CHAVARRIASINDICATURAS SUPLENTELIBERAL PROGRESISTAYesDeclaration
WENDY KARINA URTECHO ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASLIBERAL PROGRESISTANoDeclaration
BRUNO VEGA PIROLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVANoDeclaration
OLMAN YEISON VARGAS ARTAVIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASNUEVA REPÚBLICANoDeclaration
GERMAN MUÑOZ GUADAMUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
OSVALDO VILLALOBOS MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERAL PROGRESISTAYesDeclaration
SILVIA GRACIELA GOMEZ ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL ACTIVAYesDeclaration
JERSON NUÑEZ ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESNUEVA REPÚBLICAYesDeclaration
JAVIER DELGADO HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
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
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33647.12%4
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA15922.30%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO15121.18%1
NUEVA GENERACIÓN679.40%0

Result source · Sheet 4.78; district 3 · 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
ELMER UVA BEITASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
RAQUEL ACUÑA FLORESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
ROSIBEL MONGE ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MICHAEL SANDI PARAJELESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
HILARY HERMILIETH URTECHO ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
DAISY ROJAS SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANONoDeclaration
MAYRA EUGENIA VEGA FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
CARLOS FERNANDO MONTERO AVILACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
EDITH CERDAS CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARCOS ANTONIO FUENTES ABARCACONCEJALES 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 CRISTIANA26234.93%3
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16922.53%1
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11114.80%1
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO9913.20%0
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE506.67%0
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL263.47%0
VIVA PUNTARENAS222.93%0
FRENTE AMPLIO111.47%0

Result source · Sheet 4.77; district 3 · 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
ELMER UVA BEITASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
RAQUEL ACUÑA FLORESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTEUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
KAROL GRISEL MUÑOZ DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
KENNER CHAVES ROSALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
ROSIBEL MONGE ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LETICIA PEREZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
ALVARO BARBOZA MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
CANDIDA AGUIRRE AGUIRRECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
MARIA DEL ROCIO PIROLA AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
YUJANA AMADOR RIOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration

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