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PUNTARENAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PUNTARENAS / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-f39a240d832e5f469f0487ea
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 PROGRESISTA22.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA14.7%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE10.5%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL8.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.1%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO3.2%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.3%
Results for event-758bdbea332725bde45d74cd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202459422.3%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202448918.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202444916.9%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202439114.7%1Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202427910.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242278.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241355.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024853.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202490.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.7%
  • UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORES18.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO14.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL10.7%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL4.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.0%
Results for event-b8d335f9485fe3fd38c56280
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202094829.7%2Recorded
UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202059318.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202059018.5%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202046114.4%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202034310.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201294%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201294%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO14.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.9%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS11.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO10.0%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN5.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.8%
Results for event-1f98516b0429b655272b8991
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671524.4%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201660420.6%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201643014.7%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201634811.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632411.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201629410%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161685.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016250.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016240.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

69.580–100 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=3.9503386004514667, oldest_gap=3.7858117326057297, previous_gap=11.11807077983088

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

42.1percentage 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: 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=[[18.397291196388263,16.892400300978178,0,0,0,5.07900677200903,0,0,0,0,22.34762979683973,3.197893152746426,34.08577878103838],[29.689946758534294,18.477920450986534,0,0,10.742248668963358,4.040087691825869,0,4.040087691825869,0,14.437832759160663,0,0,18.571875978703414],[20.600272851296044,24.386084583901773,11.869031377899045,10.027285129604365,0,0,0.8185538881309686,0,5.729877216916781,14.665757162346521,0,0,11.903137789904502]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.58percentage 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=[[18.397291196388263,16.892400300978178,0,0,0,5.07900677200903,0,0,0,0,22.34762979683973,3.197893152746426,34.08577878103838],[29.689946758534294,18.477920450986534,0,0,10.742248668963358,4.040087691825869,0,4.040087691825869,0,14.437832759160663,0,0,18.571875978703414],[20.600272851296044,24.386084583901773,11.869031377899045,10.027285129604365,0,0,0.8185538881309686,0,5.729877216916781,14.665757162346521,0,0,11.903137789904502]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.34percentage 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=[[18.397291196388263,16.892400300978178,0,0,0,5.07900677200903,0,0,0,0,22.34762979683973,3.197893152746426,34.08577878103838],[29.689946758534294,18.477920450986534,0,0,10.742248668963358,4.040087691825869,0,4.040087691825869,0,14.437832759160663,0,0,18.571875978703414],[20.600272851296044,24.386084583901773,11.869031377899045,10.027285129604365,0,0,0.8185538881309686,0,5.729877216916781,14.665757162346521,0,0,11.903137789904502]]

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?
EULALIA MATARRITA CORONADOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
EDUARDO ANTONIO SEVILLA GALIANOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ARIEL JOSE HERNANDEZ CASCANTECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
GERMAN GARCIA HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LORENA ARGENTINA GUTIERREZ GUTIERREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIBEL MASIS LUNACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
CARLOS LUIS RODRIGUEZ CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
HENRY ALEXIS LARA MADRIGALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EUGENIO RAMIREZ ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KARINA SALINAS PRENDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
NATALIA ALVAREZ QUESADASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXIS VILLALTA LEZAMASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES CONTRERAS REYESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KRISSIA MARIA LOPEZ SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESprincipal
HELEODORA ALEMAN ALEMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FREDDY AGUIRRE PERALTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
DAYANA DE LOS ANGELES BOSQUES MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCO AURELIO ESPINACH SUÑOLCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN DE PUNTARENENSES EMPRENDEDORESsubstitute
ALEJANDRA CARRILLO ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
LIDIA MATILDE CABRALES RIOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EUGENIO RAMIREZ ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ABRIL DEL MAR CHACON SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUNIOR SANTAMARIA CASANOVACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAURICIO ALBERTO MORA MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DENNIS FERNANDO VIQUEZ GAIRAUDCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
FRANCISCO GUTIERREZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HELEODORA ALEMAN ALEMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ILIANETTE CANESSA ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAUDY VERONICA QUIROS BOSQUECONCEJALES 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. “PUNTARENAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-PUNTARENAS-PUNTARENAS. 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.