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OROTINA — Municipal council
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Costa Rica · OROTINA / ALAJUELA · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-ALAJUELA-OROTINA
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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
- OROTINA / ALAJUELA
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-4b463c8084b765a42e09450d
- 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
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.5%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.1%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS15.5%
- AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA11.9%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 2,102 | 36.5% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 1,964 | 34.1% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 895 | 15.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 684 | 11.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 113 | 2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL35.6%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA32.3%
- LIBERAL PROGRESISTA23.6%
- NUEVA REPUBLICA4.2%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.4%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 2,725 | 35.6% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 2,478 | 32.3% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 1,811 | 23.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPUBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 323 | 4.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 182 | 2.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 145 | 1.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL54.0%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA37.4%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.0%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.4%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.2%
- RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.2%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.8%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 3,438 | 54% | 3 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 2,378 | 37.4% | 2 | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 255 | 4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 91 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 77 | 1.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 77 | 1.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 48 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI79.650–100 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=2.3966655088572395, oldest_gap=16.65619107479573, previous_gap=3.222860125260958
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility27.77percentage 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: 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=[[36.50573115665161,34.109065647794374,0,0,0,1.9624869746439737,0,0,0,0,0,0,27.42271622091004],[35.555845511482254,32.332985386221296,0,0,1.8919624217118998,4.214509394572025,0,0,0,0,23.629958246346554,0,2.374739039665971],[54.022627278441234,37.366436203645506,1.2099308610936519,0,4.006913890634821,0,0,0,0,0.754242614707731,0,0,2.6398491514770583]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility27.84percentage 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=[[36.50573115665161,34.109065647794374,0,0,0,1.9624869746439737,0,0,0,0,0,0,27.42271622091004],[35.555845511482254,32.332985386221296,0,0,1.8919624217118998,4.214509394572025,0,0,0,0,23.629958246346554,0,2.374739039665971],[54.022627278441234,37.366436203645506,1.2099308610936519,0,4.006913890634821,0,0,0,0,0.754242614707731,0,0,2.6398491514770583]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility27.81percentage 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=[[36.50573115665161,34.109065647794374,0,0,0,1.9624869746439737,0,0,0,0,0,0,27.42271622091004],[35.555845511482254,32.332985386221296,0,0,1.8919624217118998,4.214509394572025,0,0,0,0,23.629958246346554,0,2.374739039665971],[54.022627278441234,37.366436203645506,1.2099308610936519,0,4.006913890634821,0,0,0,0,0.754242614707731,0,0,2.6398491514770583]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRACIELA ARGENTINA VARGAS MURILLO | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| LEONEL ALPIZAR SOLORZANO | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| JOSE ABRAHAM CARVAJAL MARIN | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| JEANNETTE MORA JIMENEZ | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| WILBER ANTONIO SOTO MONTERO | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| MANUELA HERNANDEZ AGUERO | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| CARLOS ALBERTO MONTERO BERROCAL | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| CARLOS HUMBERTO FUENTES RODRIGUEZ | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| ROCIO MARIELA VARGAS SOTO | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| JOSE RONNY SANDI CHAVARRIA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| RANDALL ALBERTO MARIN OROZCO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| SIANNY YESOE RODRIGUEZ CHAVARRIA | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| VICTOR JULIO SERRANO MIRANDA | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| DENNYSE MONTERO RODRIGUEZ | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| ELFORD ANTONIO GONZALEZ MORA | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | principal |
| MANUELA HERNANDEZ AGUERO | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MARVIN CASTILLO CASTRO | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MARLON FRANCISCO GUERRERO ALVAREZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| ILEANA JIMENEZ MORA | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| RONNY ALBERTO MIRANDA SALAZAR | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | substitute |
| SILVIA EMILCE ELIZONDO VASQUEZ | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| CARLOS EDUARDO GONZALEZ SALAS | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| XINIA ESQUIVEL AGUERO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARLON FRANCISCO GUERRERO ALVAREZ | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| DENNYSE MONTERO RODRIGUEZ | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MARVIN CASTILLO CASTRO | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MAYRA VIRGINIA MURILLO ZUMBADO | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| EDWIN KALEFF TORRES MOLINA | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| AGUSTIN GERARDO ROJAS BALTODANO | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| CRISTINA DE LOS ANGELES NAVARRO JIMENEZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
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
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/16552/computovotos_febrero2024%5b1%5d.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8292/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202020.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8290/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202016.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_2219-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1496-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1378-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “OROTINA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-ALAJUELA-OROTINA. 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.