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CHIRA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CHIRA / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-52feb0c5ee5b8b1cf01652e7
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 NACIONAL34.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.6%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL16.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA15.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA13.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.9%
Results for event-ce27e0f3bf588b478cdea138
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202419034.4%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249717.6%1Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248916.1%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248515.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247513.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024162.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA24.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL10.1%
  • UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORES9.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.7%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL6.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.2%
Results for event-70020433d4c67249f99b7992
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017634.9%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012524.8%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205110.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020469.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020448.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020316.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020316.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL41.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA26.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO17.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.0%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS1.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.7%
Results for event-456b72b43504a53f4ee68bb2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201622541.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614526.6%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169517.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016315.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016285.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016112%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

26.950–100 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=16.84782608695652, oldest_gap=14.652014652014653, previous_gap=10.119047619047617

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.86percentage 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=[[34.42028985507246,17.57246376811594,0,0,0,13.58695652173913,0,0,0,0,15.398550724637682,0,19.02173913043478],[10.119047619047619,34.92063492063492,0,0,0,24.8015873015873,0,6.150793650793651,0,6.150793650793651,0,0,17.857142857142854],[41.20879120879121,26.55677655677656,5.677655677655678,5.128205128205129,0,0,0.7326007326007326,2.0146520146520146,0,17.399267399267398,0,0,1.2820512820512822]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

53.88percentage 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=[[34.42028985507246,17.57246376811594,0,0,0,13.58695652173913,0,0,0,0,15.398550724637682,0,19.02173913043478],[10.119047619047619,34.92063492063492,0,0,0,24.8015873015873,0,6.150793650793651,0,6.150793650793651,0,0,17.857142857142854],[41.20879120879121,26.55677655677656,5.677655677655678,5.128205128205129,0,0,0.7326007326007326,2.0146520146520146,0,17.399267399267398,0,0,1.2820512820512822]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.37percentage 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=[[34.42028985507246,17.57246376811594,0,0,0,13.58695652173913,0,0,0,0,15.398550724637682,0,19.02173913043478],[10.119047619047619,34.92063492063492,0,0,0,24.8015873015873,0,6.150793650793651,0,6.150793650793651,0,0,17.857142857142854],[41.20879120879121,26.55677655677656,5.677655677655678,5.128205128205129,0,0,0.7326007326007326,2.0146520146520146,0,17.399267399267398,0,0,1.2820512820512822]]

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 ANTONIO MATARRITA MORERASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA GRACIELA MEDINA MATARRITASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA JOSEFA HERNANDEZ MEDINACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAYNOR REYES MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANGIE MIRLENIA VILLALOBOS SEQUEIRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
RAMONA AUDALIA PERALTA VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
MARIA MERCEDES ABARCA MASISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO MEDINA MATARRITACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELSA ESPINOZA MATARRITACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
ISABEL CRUZ DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ESTEBAN MONTES GARCIASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BELIA DIAZ ABARCASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KARINA QUIROS CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CESAR MEDINA MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OLGER EDUARDO MASIS MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
LAURY TAMAR ROMERO CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
YESENIA FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GLORIA DIAZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
RICARDO ANTONIO VARELA DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
FELIX MONTES GARCIASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DELFA TREJOS SOLANOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HAROLD RENE CRUZ DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATHERINE ALVAREZ REYESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VICTOR LUIS PEREZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GIOVANNI REYES PERALTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
GLORIA ESTELA PEREZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROY ELIAS AGUILAR MEDINACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SHIRLEY MONTES PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ADRIAN GERARDO MEDRANO MEDRANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute

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. “CHIRA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-PUNTARENAS-CHIRA. 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.