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COBANO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
COBANO / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-9b474bf9a0bee3dacb6369f9
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 REPÚBLICA41.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA40.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL10.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA5.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.7%
Results for event-54e5779292018d02af49db18
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,21041.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,19240.7%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202431110.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241655.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024511.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA28.2%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL23.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA22.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.9%
  • UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORES9.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.0%
Results for event-9e3b48fa95acd6eef65bacf8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202086428.2%2Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202070623.1%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202068622.4%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202045714.9%1Recorded
UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202819.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020371.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020301%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN19.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA17.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO12.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL3.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.9%
Results for event-1b32e385393bac348456eba5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201658525.6%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201644319.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201642018.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640817.9%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201627712.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016813.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016672.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

87.30–100 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=0.6145442130419951, oldest_gap=6.225339763261729, previous_gap=5.161711858869648

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

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: 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=[[10.617958347558893,40.69648344144759,0,0,0,41.311027654489585,0,0,0,0,5.633321952884944,0,1.7412086036189827],[14.929761515844495,28.22606991179353,0,0,1.2087553087226397,22.4109768049657,0,23.064358052923883,0,0,0,0,10.160078405749754],[25.646646207803595,18.41297676457694,17.886891714160456,0,0,0,2.937308198158702,3.551074090311267,0,12.143796580447173,0,0,19.421306444541866]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

52.95percentage 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=[[10.617958347558893,40.69648344144759,0,0,0,41.311027654489585,0,0,0,0,5.633321952884944,0,1.7412086036189827],[14.929761515844495,28.22606991179353,0,0,1.2087553087226397,22.4109768049657,0,23.064358052923883,0,0,0,0,10.160078405749754],[25.646646207803595,18.41297676457694,17.886891714160456,0,0,0,2.937308198158702,3.551074090311267,0,12.143796580447173,0,0,19.421306444541866]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.97percentage 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=[[10.617958347558893,40.69648344144759,0,0,0,41.311027654489585,0,0,0,0,5.633321952884944,0,1.7412086036189827],[14.929761515844495,28.22606991179353,0,0,1.2087553087226397,22.4109768049657,0,23.064358052923883,0,0,0,0,10.160078405749754],[25.646646207803595,18.41297676457694,17.886891714160456,0,0,0,2.937308198158702,3.551074090311267,0,12.143796580447173,0,0,19.421306444541866]]

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?
MINOR CENTENO SANDISINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
OLGA PATRICIA MONCADA LEDEZMASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
RICHARD ALBERTO MORA MORACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
DENIA MARIA VILLALOBOS BARAHONACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
CARLOS MAURICIO DUARTE DUARTECONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANGIE VANESSA BONILLA SANTANACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL DURAN BALTODANOCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
IVANIA PRENDAS QUESADACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
MARIO DELGADO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DIANA CAROLINA SALAS IBARRACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ERIC FRANCIS SALAZAR RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAGALLY RODRIGUEZ ROJASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EDUARDO SANCHEZ SEGURACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WILLIAM MORALES CASTROCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MINOR CENTENO SANDICONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
MANUEL ALFREDO OVARES ELIZONDOCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS MAURICIO DUARTE DUARTECONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CRISTEL GABRIELA SALAZAR CORTESCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KEMILY REBECA SEGURA BRICEÑOCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
LUCIBETH SOLIS PEREZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAGOBERTO VILLALOBOS MAYORGASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DUNIA CAMPOS SALASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCENETT CASTRILLO MENACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELADIO ANTONIO PICADO RAMIREZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
FERNANDO QUESADA LOPEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VIRGINIA VARGAS ACOSTACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ROLVIN SALAZAR RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
IVANNIA RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ANA IRIS STELLER SEGURACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MANUEL ALFREDO OVARES ELIZONDOCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES 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. “COBANO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-PUNTARENAS-COBANO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S44a3d3187e, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sa66fe5007b, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S15dd345bda.