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CHOMES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CHOMES / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-194b018a6c2cf9633f84a8ed
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

  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA29.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA25.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.9%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL5.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.0%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE2.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.7%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO2.6%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO2.3%
Results for event-0168f3b8d01af6efb8cadd42
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202439329.6%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433625.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202431823.9%1Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024795.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024665%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024362.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024362.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024342.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024302.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA41.3%
  • UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORES25.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.2%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.3%
Results for event-3418e656a5247e777b3f2640
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202054541.3%3Recorded
UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033225.2%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202015912.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020937.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020856.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020463.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020423.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020171.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN9.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.0%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL7.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.7%
  • DE LOS TRABAJADORES2.8%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS2.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.6%
Results for event-f137405ba73f598f4cc5f95a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201648538.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632125.6%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161169.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161008%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016957.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016725.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DE LOS TRABAJADOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016352.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016252%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201670.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

56.370–100 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=4.292168674698797, oldest_gap=13.05732484076433, previous_gap=16.148597422289612

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.04percentage 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=[[23.94578313253012,25.301204819277107,0,0,0,2.710843373493976,0,0,0,0,29.593373493975903,2.5602409638554215,15.888554216867469],[12.054586808188022,41.31918119787718,0,0,3.4874905231235784,3.184230477634572,0,1.288855193328279,0,6.444275966641395,0,0,32.221379833206974],[25.55732484076433,38.61464968152866,5.732484076433121,0,0,0,0.5573248407643312,7.563694267515924,0,7.961783439490445,0,0,14.012738853503185]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.58percentage 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=[[23.94578313253012,25.301204819277107,0,0,0,2.710843373493976,0,0,0,0,29.593373493975903,2.5602409638554215,15.888554216867469],[12.054586808188022,41.31918119787718,0,0,3.4874905231235784,3.184230477634572,0,1.288855193328279,0,6.444275966641395,0,0,32.221379833206974],[25.55732484076433,38.61464968152866,5.732484076433121,0,0,0,0.5573248407643312,7.563694267515924,0,7.961783439490445,0,0,14.012738853503185]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.81percentage 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=[[23.94578313253012,25.301204819277107,0,0,0,2.710843373493976,0,0,0,0,29.593373493975903,2.5602409638554215,15.888554216867469],[12.054586808188022,41.31918119787718,0,0,3.4874905231235784,3.184230477634572,0,1.288855193328279,0,6.444275966641395,0,0,32.221379833206974],[25.55732484076433,38.61464968152866,5.732484076433121,0,0,0,0.5573248407643312,7.563694267515924,0,7.961783439490445,0,0,14.012738853503185]]

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?
XIOMARA ALFARO MARINSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
WILBER DAN VELASQUEZ VELASQUEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
EDUARDO JERONIMO LEDEZMA GATGENSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
CELICA PEÑA MONGECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
ERNESTO MEDRANO AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ARLIN VIVIANA JIMENEZ LEDEZMACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CHRISTIAN MANUEL CAMPOS ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ISABEL CONTRERAS VILLARREALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
CRISANTA ROJAS ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
PAULA JOSSETTE VARGAS RUIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL LUIS ALVARADO ARIASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CRISANTA ROJAS ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ARGERIE FIGUEROA MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ADILIA TENORIO CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VICTOR FROILAN MOJICA COREACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESprincipal
FABIANA MARCELA VARGAS RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESprincipal
VALENTINA GARCIA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESsubstitute
OLMAN RAMIREZ AGUIRRECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESsubstitute
MIGUEL LUIS ALVARADO ARIASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CRISANTA ROJAS ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DAISY CAMBRONERO SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VICTOR FROILAN MOJICA COREACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
XIOMARA ALFARO MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RICARDO ENRIQUE URIBE OLIVASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JESUS AGUILAR VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROSIBEL ALVARADO UMANZORCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WALTER ANTONIO SOLANO GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CINDY GABRIELA TENORIO BARQUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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