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ARANCIBIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ARANCIBIA / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-793b71c52cbd9ff92c851a97
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL47.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA37.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA8.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.6%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.6%
Results for event-8a73818880f3a705c3699d26
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411847.6%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249337.5%2Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024228.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202472.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA66.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA0.3%
Results for event-7ce9a8bc225d9e6a7b24deec
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019566.3%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209231.3%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202062%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA50.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA21.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.0%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS0.3%
Results for event-a84d4f7efe9e8cd0661cec31
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614950.5%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167625.8%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166321.4%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

4.830–100 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=10.08064516129032, oldest_gap=24.745762711864405, previous_gap=35.03401360544217

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.87percentage 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=[[47.58064516129032,37.5,0,0,0,1.6129032258064515,0,0,0,0,8.870967741935484,0,4.435483870967742],[31.292517006802722,66.3265306122449,0,0,2.0408163265306123,0.3401360544217687,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[25.76271186440678,50.50847457627118,21.35593220338983,0,0,0,2.0338983050847457,0,0,0,0,0,0.3389830508474576]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.73percentage 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=[[47.58064516129032,37.5,0,0,0,1.6129032258064515,0,0,0,0,8.870967741935484,0,4.435483870967742],[31.292517006802722,66.3265306122449,0,0,2.0408163265306123,0.3401360544217687,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[25.76271186440678,50.50847457627118,21.35593220338983,0,0,0,2.0338983050847457,0,0,0,0,0,0.3389830508474576]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.3percentage 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=[[47.58064516129032,37.5,0,0,0,1.6129032258064515,0,0,0,0,8.870967741935484,0,4.435483870967742],[31.292517006802722,66.3265306122449,0,0,2.0408163265306123,0.3401360544217687,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[25.76271186440678,50.50847457627118,21.35593220338983,0,0,0,2.0338983050847457,0,0,0,0,0,0.3389830508474576]]

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?
INES VIVIANA ELIZONDO SOLANOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILMER GERARDO SALAS VILLALOBOSSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDUARDO LUIS UREÑA BENAVIDESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARLEN SIBAJA LEDEZMACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDWIN ANTONIO CRUZ VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ESTEFANIA DEL CARMEN JIMENEZ LOPEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANCISCO SALAS VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEIDY ALVARADO VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN ANTONIO CRUZ VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GLADYS VILLALOBOS FALLASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ESPERANZA JIMENEZ BADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN ROBERTO JIMENEZ SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BELEIDA CRUZ ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS ANGEL UREÑA LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GREIVIN VILLALOBOS FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CELENIA DEL CARMEN BENAVIDES VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
PEDRO MIGUEL CRUZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JENZELI MOYA SOLISSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BERNABE CRUZ JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EDWIN ANTONIO CRUZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DENIA MARIA HERRERA CHAVERRICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LETICIA JIMENEZ MOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CINTHIA MAYELA LORIA ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARCELINO LEDEZMA ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DEBORA SIBAJA FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ARLEY MENDEZ ANCHIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YEISON ALBERTO SOLANO RAMIREZCONCEJALES 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. “ARANCIBIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-PUNTARENAS-ARANCIBIA. 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.