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GRECIA — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · GRECIA / ALAJUELA · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-ALAJUELA-GRECIA

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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
GRECIA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a69c09b808388aeacb023c40
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

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS19.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.2%
  • NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGA14.9%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO8.2%
  • UNIÓN GRIEGA7.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.8%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO4.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.3%
Results for event-681834161f975af9eeb2c8ce
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,83219.6%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,02315.5%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,96415.2%1Recorded
NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,90514.9%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,5978.2%1Recorded
UNIÓN GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,5097.7%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,2006.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249454.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249174.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246453.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.2%
  • NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGA18.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN11.6%
  • UNIÓN GRIEGA8.5%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA7.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL0.8%
Results for event-391ef8d1048efb4bb6ba3dd0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,38320.2%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,16019.2%1Recorded
NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,99918.4%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,51911.6%1Recorded
UNIÓN GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,8408.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,6987.8%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,4146.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208243.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206703.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201750.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.6%
  • NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGA23.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO12.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO10.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.0%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.4%
Results for event-4f3c22b7d110e108e21db706
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166,22329.6%2Recorded
NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165,00923.8%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,52612%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,30611%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,12210.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,0835.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168314%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166383%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162941.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

83.150–100 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=4.140860930542049, oldest_gap=5.772156713579307, previous_gap=1.0285029056360102

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.67percentage 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=[[15.473204688539694,15.171213594717715,0,0,0,6.142191738752111,0,0,0,0,0,8.174233505655934,55.03915647233455],[20.214924822433353,19.186421916797343,0,3.0901208375611104,3.8003874181348585,7.831380868923531,0,0.8071211142883498,0,6.521538603449867,0,0,38.54810441841158],[29.58824648155192,10.96424496006086,5.149296310384177,3.9511220996576646,0,0,10.089387599847852,0,1.397869912514264,12.01027006466337,0,0,26.849562571319893]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.36percentage 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=[[15.473204688539694,15.171213594717715,0,0,0,6.142191738752111,0,0,0,0,0,8.174233505655934,55.03915647233455],[20.214924822433353,19.186421916797343,0,3.0901208375611104,3.8003874181348585,7.831380868923531,0,0.8071211142883498,0,6.521538603449867,0,0,38.54810441841158],[29.58824648155192,10.96424496006086,5.149296310384177,3.9511220996576646,0,0,10.089387599847852,0,1.397869912514264,12.01027006466337,0,0,26.849562571319893]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.51percentage 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=[[15.473204688539694,15.171213594717715,0,0,0,6.142191738752111,0,0,0,0,0,8.174233505655934,55.03915647233455],[20.214924822433353,19.186421916797343,0,3.0901208375611104,3.8003874181348585,7.831380868923531,0,0.8071211142883498,0,6.521538603449867,0,0,38.54810441841158],[29.58824648155192,10.96424496006086,5.149296310384177,3.9511220996576646,0,0,10.089387599847852,0,1.397869912514264,12.01027006466337,0,0,26.849562571319893]]

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?
JOHN GREGORY GONZALEZ CASTROREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
KENVERLIN MARIA SOLANO CASTROREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
XINIA NAVARRO ARAYAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARLENE FRANCIS MORA SEGURAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RICARDO GONZALEZ DIAZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
JUANA ISABEL RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
MARIA CECILIA ZAMORA VIQUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIÓN GRIEGAprincipal
ADRIAN ALEXIS GUTIERREZ MONGEREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
NATALY ESTEFANI RAMIREZ VASQUEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
HANNA ARROYO PRENDASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DENIS BUSTAMANTE QUESADAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE ALBERTO ACUÑA CORRALESREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
KAROL VANESSA GOMEZ HIDALGOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
YORYINETH CHAVARRIA ALFAROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIÓN GRIEGAsubstitute
MABEL MARIA NAVARRO VENEGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUIDO ESTEBAN GONZALEZ QUESADAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KARLA CHAVES GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CHRISTIAN ANDRES ALFARO ALPIZARREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
VICTOR RODRIGUEZ ZAMORAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ANDRES ALBERTO STANLEY UGALDEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN GRIEGAprincipal
RICARDO ALBERTO ARIAS GUTIERREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
MARIA LIBEL SALAZAR JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JULIO ALBERTO ZAMORA RAMIREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RAFAEL ALBERTO PEREZ VARGASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RAFAEL ALBERTO ARRIETA RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
OSCAR GERARDO TORRES BOLAÑOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
RODOLFO ALVARADO SANCHEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN GRIEGAsubstitute
MARY ELEM SANCHEZ ROJASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
CARLOS ANDRES RODRIGUEZ ARCEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIDA LEON RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOHEL RODRIGUEZ ZAMORAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
ANA GRACIELA MARTINEZ ULATEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
EDGAR ENRIQUE ALFARO VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
HENRY EDUARDO ALFARO ROJASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROLANDO ALBERTO ALPIZAR OVIEDOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
MARTA IVONNE VELANDOS SOLANOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS ANTONIO GUEVARA SEGURAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN ALFARO SOLISREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
MARIA ROSIBEL CALDERON HERRERAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
JULIO CESAR MURILLO PORRASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
FREDDY JAVIER RODRIGUEZ PORRASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FABIO JOSE GOMEZ PANIAGUAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute

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. “GRECIA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-ALAJUELA-GRECIA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S9f25ea0c9f, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sf78d58d062, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S06946938a3.