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QUEPOS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
QUEPOS / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-ff2b7ee3a32c432dd4db6b3b
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 CRISTIANA40.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA23.3%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO5.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.2%
Results for event-a7ff724b2a730d8b3ad9a5f2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,55340.5%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,49823.8%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,46723.3%1Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243425.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242994.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241382.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.9%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL14.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL6.0%
  • ACUERDO DE ALIANZA DE QUEPOS4.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.0%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA0.7%
Results for event-3060dc169c7787bb53dc61c1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,77825.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,71224.9%1Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,01014.7%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206589.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204877.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204146%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACUERDO DE ALIANZA DE QUEPOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203314.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202163.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201362%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020691%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020510.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE16.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL13.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.0%
  • ACUERDO DE ALIANZA DE QUEPOS6.1%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN5.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.9%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS4.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.8%
Results for event-dc15618eff951dd60862a4fd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,04219.2%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201693017.2%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201689516.5%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201670613%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164338%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACUERDO DE ALIANZA DE QUEPOScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163286.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162825.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162664.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162164%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161713.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161502.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

47.260–100 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=16.754009845958393, oldest_gap=2.0668019929876387, previous_gap=0.9618187117458454

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.3percentage 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=[[23.789105923455615,40.54311576941401,0,0,0,23.29680800381134,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.37097030331904],[25.91081317400175,24.948994462255904,1.0055377440979307,0,3.1477703293500436,9.58904109589041,0,6.0332264645875835,0,1.9819294666278053,0,0,27.382687263188572],[19.22863997047426,17.16183797748662,2.768038383465584,0,0,0,3.155563757150766,13.02823399151135,5.203912160915298,4.908654733345636,0,0,34.54511902565049]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.21percentage 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=[[23.789105923455615,40.54311576941401,0,0,0,23.29680800381134,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.37097030331904],[25.91081317400175,24.948994462255904,1.0055377440979307,0,3.1477703293500436,9.58904109589041,0,6.0332264645875835,0,1.9819294666278053,0,0,27.382687263188572],[19.22863997047426,17.16183797748662,2.768038383465584,0,0,0,3.155563757150766,13.02823399151135,5.203912160915298,4.908654733345636,0,0,34.54511902565049]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.25percentage 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=[[23.789105923455615,40.54311576941401,0,0,0,23.29680800381134,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.37097030331904],[25.91081317400175,24.948994462255904,1.0055377440979307,0,3.1477703293500436,9.58904109589041,0,6.0332264645875835,0,1.9819294666278053,0,0,27.382687263188572],[19.22863997047426,17.16183797748662,2.768038383465584,0,0,0,3.155563757150766,13.02823399151135,5.203912160915298,4.908654733345636,0,0,34.54511902565049]]

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?
JUAN ANTONIO HERNANDEZ ROJASSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FLOR MARIA CARRANZA CAMBRONEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE DANILO ARGUEDAS ORTEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SHIRLEY VALVERDE AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LIDIA CAMPOS PADILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLA VANESSA ARIAS CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
DOWGLAS ALBERTO ESPINOZA FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
IRIS VANESSA VALVERDE CUBILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
TRACY RAQUEL GUTIERREZ CARVAJALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DINIA YADIRA CUBILLO ARLEYCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
DIXON ESPINOZA CORDEROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DIANA CANALES LARASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JONATHAN ANDRES CARDENAS MERLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUDITH CHAVARRIA PORTUGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILFREDO ROJAS MADRIGALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OSCAR ENRIQUE ORTIZ ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020JUSTICIA SOCIALprincipal
VICTOR FERNANDEZ ABARCACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OLGA CELENIA GONZALEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ZULAY LEDEZMA VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
IRIS VANESSA VALVERDE CUBILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020JUSTICIA SOCIALsubstitute
JOSE MANUEL JARA MORASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DANIELA CECILIANO GUIDOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RONALD CHAVES RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SUSANA ZUÑIGA ARAUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
TRACY RAQUEL GUTIERREZ CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
CARLOS ZUÑIGA LEALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BLANCA ROSA CUBILLO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FABIO DE LOS ANGELES LOPEZ VILLEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GILBERT CASTELLON OBANDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
ESMERALDA CHACON JARKINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016INTEGRACIÓN 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. “QUEPOS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-QUEPOS-QUEPOS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S4c30f96877, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sb76560691a, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S882ec7184d.