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SAVEGRE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SAVEGRE / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-2c06e54ee41f8079b2a54b03
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 CRISTIANA47.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA15.1%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO5.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.4%
Results for event-bbf4d1addacd517e39667f5c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202457147.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202434428.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418215.1%1Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024645.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024292.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024171.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.7%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL11.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.8%
  • ACUERDO DE ALIANZA DE QUEPOS1.4%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA0.5%
Results for event-3fddb44e2a6925202c2be36b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040531.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202035227.7%2Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014311.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201229.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020725.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020574.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020393.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020342.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020231.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACUERDO DE ALIANZA DE QUEPOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020181.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202060.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL15.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE7.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.3%
  • ACUERDO DE ALIANZA DE QUEPOS4.0%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS1.4%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.8%
Results for event-4c1ae86c13c64a8ab297cafb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201650438.5%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201625919.8%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201619615%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016937.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016917%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016695.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACUERDO DE ALIANZA DE QUEPOScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016524%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016181.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016151.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016110.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

27.960–100 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=18.8069594034797, oldest_gap=18.730886850152906, previous_gap=4.169944925255702

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

21.73percentage 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=[[28.500414250207125,47.307373653686824,0,0,0,15.07870753935377,0,0,0,0,0,0,9.113504556752279],[27.69472856018883,31.86467348544453,1.8095987411487018,0,3.068450039339103,9.59874114870181,0,2.675059008654603,0,5.664830841856806,0,0,17.62391817466562],[19.801223241590215,38.53211009174312,5.275229357798165,0,0,0,0.8409785932721713,14.984709480122325,1.146788990825688,0,0,0,19.41896024464832]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.23percentage 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=[[28.500414250207125,47.307373653686824,0,0,0,15.07870753935377,0,0,0,0,0,0,9.113504556752279],[27.69472856018883,31.86467348544453,1.8095987411487018,0,3.068450039339103,9.59874114870181,0,2.675059008654603,0,5.664830841856806,0,0,17.62391817466562],[19.801223241590215,38.53211009174312,5.275229357798165,0,0,0,0.8409785932721713,14.984709480122325,1.146788990825688,0,0,0,19.41896024464832]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.98percentage 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=[[28.500414250207125,47.307373653686824,0,0,0,15.07870753935377,0,0,0,0,0,0,9.113504556752279],[27.69472856018883,31.86467348544453,1.8095987411487018,0,3.068450039339103,9.59874114870181,0,2.675059008654603,0,5.664830841856806,0,0,17.62391817466562],[19.801223241590215,38.53211009174312,5.275229357798165,0,0,0,0.8409785932721713,14.984709480122325,1.146788990825688,0,0,0,19.41896024464832]]

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?
GUILLERMO DIAZ GOMEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
TATIANA LEON JIMENEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELVER JIMENEZ CHINCHILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROCIO MORALES ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HAROL CHAVES VIALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YIRMA LEON ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
SERGIO ESTEBAN SANCHO CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DAISY VALVERDE ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ERIC BUSTAMANTE VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MONICA DE LOS ANGELES DUARTE JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JENNY ROMAN CECILIANOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GUILLERMO DIAZ GOMEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ZELTYN UMAÑA CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DARYENI VERONICA GRAJAL JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ARTURO SANCHO JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SILVANA PATRICIA DUARTE MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXANDRA SEGURA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DIDIMO MESEN ALEMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA DEL ROCIO LOPEZ ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DANNY JIMENEZ MONTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JENNY ROMAN CECILIANOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RIGOBERTO LEON MORASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ZELTYN UMAÑA CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LORENA CASTRILLO MONTIELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ENRIQUE LOPEZ BEJARANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUDY BARRANTES ROBLESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SILVANA PATRICIA DUARTE MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GERMAN LUIS JIMENEZ ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KENDRY DANIELA CHACON RUBICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADRIAN SEGURA NAVASCONCEJALES 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. “SAVEGRE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-QUEPOS-SAVEGRE. 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.