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PITAHAYA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PITAHAYA / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-bbef91aa22087da25fc5d4e1
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 CRISTIANA47.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA25.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.9%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE1.4%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL0.6%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.6%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO0.5%
Results for event-276b9f3b4b986ec5f61c591e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202431147.4%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416925.8%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411617.7%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024213.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024192.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202491.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202440.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202440.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORES32.4%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL25.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO11.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL8.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.5%
Results for event-ba43c28d363ec8fb24e46974
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202025332.4%3Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019625.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202016320.9%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208711.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020658.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020121.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL45.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA28.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL7.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO4.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.8%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS0.8%
Results for event-cc871db57889c727686f78b0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201627145.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201617228.7%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166911.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016427%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016244%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016172.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201650.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

15.850–100 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=21.646341463414632, oldest_gap=16.499999999999996, previous_gap=7.30769230769231

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

63.44percentage 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=[[17.682926829268293,47.40853658536585,0,0,0,2.8963414634146343,0,0,0,0,25.76219512195122,0.4573170731707317,5.792682926829268],[8.333333333333334,20.897435897435898,0,0,0,1.5384615384615385,0,25.128205128205128,0,11.153846153846153,0,0,32.94871794871795],[45.166666666666664,28.666666666666668,11.5,0,0,0,4,7,0,2.8333333333333335,0,0,0.8333333333333334]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

60.1percentage 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=[[17.682926829268293,47.40853658536585,0,0,0,2.8963414634146343,0,0,0,0,25.76219512195122,0.4573170731707317,5.792682926829268],[8.333333333333334,20.897435897435898,0,0,0,1.5384615384615385,0,25.128205128205128,0,11.153846153846153,0,0,32.94871794871795],[45.166666666666664,28.666666666666668,11.5,0,0,0,4,7,0,2.8333333333333335,0,0,0.8333333333333334]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

61.77percentage 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=[[17.682926829268293,47.40853658536585,0,0,0,2.8963414634146343,0,0,0,0,25.76219512195122,0.4573170731707317,5.792682926829268],[8.333333333333334,20.897435897435898,0,0,0,1.5384615384615385,0,25.128205128205128,0,11.153846153846153,0,0,32.94871794871795],[45.166666666666664,28.666666666666668,11.5,0,0,0,4,7,0,2.8333333333333335,0,0,0.8333333333333334]]

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?
NESTOR ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ MONTANOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIBEL ALFARO PRENDASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE JESUS LOPEZ ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROSA EUGENIA BONILLA RUIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YENCY LORENA RIOS VARELACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
MAYBETH VARGAS LOPEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE LUIS QUIROS MUÑOZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MILEIDY SEGURA VARELACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
CECY KARINA ABARCA ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GUILLERMO ANDREY RIVERA CHAVARRIASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESprincipal
FABIOLA MONTERO ALFAROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL ARIAS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESprincipal
GABRIELA GINETTE FONSECA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESprincipal
FRESSIA TATIANA ZUMBADO QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VIRGINIA AGUERO VALLEJOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUZ MARINA MARTINEZ ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESsubstitute
ROGER CENTENO ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESsubstitute
VINICIO GABRIEL GOMEZ BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELPIDIO SANCHEZ ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NESTOR ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ MONTANOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROMELIA PEREZ DOMINGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HELDER JOSE GARCIA BALTODANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRESSIA TATIANA ZUMBADO QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALVARO JESUS OBANDO MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OLGA DAMARIS ZUMBADO VALLEJOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BLANCA NIEVES SEGURA VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO GOMEZ CARMONACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSA EUGENIA BONILLA RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OSCAR RAFAEL RAMIREZ ROBLESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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