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PARRITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PARRITA / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-25c69945ce741d836bcdfa8b
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 REPÚBLICA24.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS16.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA9.6%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO6.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.6%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.9%
Results for event-cc6d542eac42d3735cf5d4c6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,49524%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,32221.2%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,04416.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,00116.1%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245989.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244216.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242874.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024570.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL35.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA22.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS18.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN PARRITEÑA5.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.9%
Results for event-45d621fda276e2150beec584
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,18635.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,38322.5%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,13118.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202061510%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203866.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN PARRITEÑAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203415.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201181.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.1%
  • PARRITA INDEPENDIENTE18.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN PARRITEÑA7.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO7.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.8%
Results for event-cd4959f535bd06b9f8a9781c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,76033.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201699519.1%1Recorded
PARRITA INDEPENDIENTEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201693618%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164268.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN PARRITEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164017.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163837.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162084%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016931.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

64.760–100 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=2.779116465863453, oldest_gap=14.705882352941174, previous_gap=13.035714285714288

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.4percentage 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=[[21.23694779116466,16.080321285140563,0,0,0,24.016064257028113,0,0,0,0,9.606425702811245,6.763052208835341,22.29718875502008],[35.48701298701299,22.4512987012987,1.9155844155844155,0,6.266233766233766,9.983766233766234,0,0,0,0,0,0,23.896103896103895],[33.833141099577084,19.12725874663591,8.189158016147635,0,0,0,7.362552864282968,0,0,1.7877739331026528,0,0,29.70011534025375]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

21.23percentage 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=[[21.23694779116466,16.080321285140563,0,0,0,24.016064257028113,0,0,0,0,9.606425702811245,6.763052208835341,22.29718875502008],[35.48701298701299,22.4512987012987,1.9155844155844155,0,6.266233766233766,9.983766233766234,0,0,0,0,0,0,23.896103896103895],[33.833141099577084,19.12725874663591,8.189158016147635,0,0,0,7.362552864282968,0,0,1.7877739331026528,0,0,29.70011534025375]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.81percentage 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=[[21.23694779116466,16.080321285140563,0,0,0,24.016064257028113,0,0,0,0,9.606425702811245,6.763052208835341,22.29718875502008],[35.48701298701299,22.4512987012987,1.9155844155844155,0,6.266233766233766,9.983766233766234,0,0,0,0,0,0,23.896103896103895],[33.833141099577084,19.12725874663591,8.189158016147635,0,0,0,7.362552864282968,0,0,1.7877739331026528,0,0,29.70011534025375]]

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?
SERGIO RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ESTER GABRIELA HERNANDEZ AGUEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
CARLOS ALBERTO ZUÑIGA LEONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
FLOR DE MARIA GONZALEZ BERMUDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KIMBERLY GUISELLE SOTO ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LIDIA CESPEDES DURANCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JESUS ORLANDO SOLANO TORRESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
KARINA MARIA NARANJO PRADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SUSAN NICOLLE ESQUIVEL ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MAGALLY AGUERO OTAROLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALBERTO CERDAS RIOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GABRIELA TORRES ASTUASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDITH CALVO MONGECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN JOSE TORRES HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESLYN PATRICIA BOLAÑOS MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GABRIELA MARTINEZ CARMONACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LAURA PATRICIA PIEDRA MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RICARDO ABRAHAM CALDERON CALVOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RAFAEL ALONSO MARCHENA PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROY ADOLFO SANCHEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
NELSON MASIS CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KARLEN VANESSA VALVERDE AGUILARSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OMAR ELIZONDO MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERARDINA SANCHEZ SANDOVALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA MENDEZ ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ESMERALDA LOBO GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016PARRITA INDEPENDIENTEprincipal
VICTOR ALVARADO CUBILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LAURA ALEJANDRA ALVARADO AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADOLFO HIDALGO PARRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CLARA VALVERDE SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016PARRITA INDEPENDIENTEsubstitute

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. “PARRITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-PARRITA-PARRITA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sab106faffa, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sf367543efd, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S3ad9da0ef5.