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ACAPULCO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ACAPULCO / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-6da471a92ea823af26de8f0b
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA24.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA11.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.2%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL2.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO1.0%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE0.3%
Results for event-f514570f32df00107b7deb5a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411938.9%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247624.8%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244414.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243511.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024227.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202462%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202431%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA45.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO19.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.2%
  • UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORES3.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.5%
Results for event-5c1335d1a8aa133fa0769250
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202018345.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010525.9%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207919.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020215.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020163.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202020.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA43.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA13.0%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS7.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.7%
Results for event-bc940a763a0ac81e3afa3281
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618943.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614433.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165613%1Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016347.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201661.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

23.820–100 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=14.052287581699343, oldest_gap=10.416666666666664, previous_gap=19.211822660098523

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.13percentage 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=[[14.379084967320262,38.888888888888886,0,0,0,11.437908496732026,0,0,0,0,24.836601307189543,0,10.457516339869281],[25.862068965517242,45.073891625615765,0,0,0,5.172413793103448,0,0,0,19.458128078817733,0,0,4.433497536945813],[33.333333333333336,43.75,12.962962962962964,0,0,0,1.3888888888888888,0,0,0.6944444444444444,0,0,7.87037037037037]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.26percentage 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=[[14.379084967320262,38.888888888888886,0,0,0,11.437908496732026,0,0,0,0,24.836601307189543,0,10.457516339869281],[25.862068965517242,45.073891625615765,0,0,0,5.172413793103448,0,0,0,19.458128078817733,0,0,4.433497536945813],[33.333333333333336,43.75,12.962962962962964,0,0,0,1.3888888888888888,0,0,0.6944444444444444,0,0,7.87037037037037]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.19percentage 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=[[14.379084967320262,38.888888888888886,0,0,0,11.437908496732026,0,0,0,0,24.836601307189543,0,10.457516339869281],[25.862068965517242,45.073891625615765,0,0,0,5.172413793103448,0,0,0,19.458128078817733,0,0,4.433497536945813],[33.333333333333336,43.75,12.962962962962964,0,0,0,1.3888888888888888,0,0,0.6944444444444444,0,0,7.87037037037037]]

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?
MARIA ELIZABETH QUIROS AGUIRRESINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HERNAN SUAREZ GUTIERREZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FLOR MARIA CASTRO VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JORGE GERARDO OBANDO ARROYOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DARLIN MAURICIO VEGA SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
GAUDY DANIELA LORIA VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ARLYN CANALES GUTIERREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JORGE HERNANDEZ CRUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
YARITZA PAOLA ARROYO ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GUILLERMO RAMIREZ MANZANARESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA MARCELA CALDERON CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JAVIER ANDREY VILLEGAS RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DULMAN JAVIER SERRANO CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA EUGENIA VICTOR VICTORCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CAROLINA ARAYA SEGARESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
GISELLE CASTRO VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSSELINE PRISCILLA RAMIREZ MADRIGALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM OSWALDO GUTIERREZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
GUILLERMO RAMIREZ MANZANARESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EYLIN GUTIERREZ GUIDOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RAUL ALEXANDER JIMENEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA ELIZABETH QUIROS AGUIRRECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WALTER ENRIQUE CENTENO ANCHIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORDAN ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
HERNAN SUAREZ GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANA MARCELA CALDERON CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALICIA SEGURA OVIEDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GISELLE CASTRO VEGACONCEJALES 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. “ACAPULCO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-PUNTARENAS-ACAPULCO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sc527ac990c, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sfee52062a5, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S58d798e1e7.