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SAN CARLOS — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · SAN CARLOS / ALAJUELA · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-ALAJUELA-SAN-CARLOS

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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
SAN CARLOS / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-639a0c983f9a1f4f767a4579
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 NACIONAL31.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA20.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA18.4%
  • PROGRESER12.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.5%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL2.3%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO2.2%
Results for event-ff784e80e9ef7b8fd39c5132
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412,76031%3Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248,42420.4%2Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247,58418.4%2Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244,94212%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,4048.3%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,2042.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,0372.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249442.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249192.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL46.7%
  • PROGRESER14.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.7%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA4.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.5%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA2.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.7%
Results for event-cb95ce405673742062bbf4a6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202020,05346.7%5Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206,11614.2%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,37110.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,2557.6%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,9994.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,8514.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,5093.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,1632.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,0712.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208412%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207201.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL42.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA24.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.9%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.2%
  • ALIANZA SANCARLEÑA2.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.7%
Results for event-56e39b6f9026d8fceb963a80
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201617,73142.5%4Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610,08824.2%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165,44513%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,5846.2%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,4655.9%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,7484.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA SANCARLEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,0022.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167041.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

10.620–100 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=10.519675869765635, oldest_gap=18.29913568127948, previous_gap=32.450115252974456

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.37percentage 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=[[30.957348731136882,8.258527827648114,0,0,0,2.515891115532049,0,0,0,0,18.399728274055025,0,39.86850405162794],[46.69026054157256,7.57875619921302,10.177186896086056,2.4936552655475097,4.654357493771682,4.309762741856621,0,0,0,3.513469463782626,0,0,20.582551398169922],[42.4521751622094,13.03660784830129,24.15303948092992,1.6855412167500659,0,0,0,0,0,6.186702420571264,0,0,12.48593387123806]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.11percentage 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=[[30.957348731136882,8.258527827648114,0,0,0,2.515891115532049,0,0,0,0,18.399728274055025,0,39.86850405162794],[46.69026054157256,7.57875619921302,10.177186896086056,2.4936552655475097,4.654357493771682,4.309762741856621,0,0,0,3.513469463782626,0,0,20.582551398169922],[42.4521751622094,13.03660784830129,24.15303948092992,1.6855412167500659,0,0,0,0,0,6.186702420571264,0,0,12.48593387123806]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.24percentage 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=[[30.957348731136882,8.258527827648114,0,0,0,2.515891115532049,0,0,0,0,18.399728274055025,0,39.86850405162794],[46.69026054157256,7.57875619921302,10.177186896086056,2.4936552655475097,4.654357493771682,4.309762741856621,0,0,0,3.513469463782626,0,0,20.582551398169922],[42.4521751622094,13.03660784830129,24.15303948092992,1.6855412167500659,0,0,0,0,0,6.186702420571264,0,0,12.48593387123806]]

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?
FREDDY MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ QUESADAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ASHLEY TATIANA BRENES ALVARADOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SERGIO CHAVES ACEVEDOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUISA MARIA CHACON CAAMAÑOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
MELVIN LOPEZ SANCHOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
JULIA PATRICIA ROMERO BARRIENTOSREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ MURILLOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
JORGE LUIS ZAPATA ARROYOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESERprincipal
RAQUEL TATIANA MARIN CERDASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALVARO IGNACIO ESQUIVEL CASTROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIANELA MURILLO VARGASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDUARDO SALAS RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FLOR DE MARIA BLANCO SOLISREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
MARCO AURELIO SIRIAS VICTORREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
AMALIA SALAS PORRASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
JUAN PABLO RODRIGUEZ ACUÑAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
JORGE ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ MIRANDAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024PROGRESERsubstitute
MARIAM TORRES MORERAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JUAN DIEGO GONZALEZ PICADOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YUSET DE LOS ANGELES BOLAÑOS ESQUIVELREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS FERNANDO PORRAS VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ASHLEY TATIANA BRENES ALVARADOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXANDER VARGAS PORRASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE PABLO RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020PROGRESERprincipal
VANESSA UGALDE QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020PROGRESERprincipal
DIANA MARIA CORRALES MORALESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LUIS FERNANDO SOLIS SAUMAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EVARISTO ARCE HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAGALLY ALEJANDRA HERRERA CUADRAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO IGNACIO ESQUIVEL CASTROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIANELA MURILLO VARGASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KEILOR CHAVARRIA PEÑARANDAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ISABEL RODRIGUEZ VARGASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020PROGRESERsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO BOLAÑOS VARGASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020PROGRESERsubstitute
DIEGO ARMANDO CHIROLDES LOPEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA LUISA ARCE MURILLOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MANRIQUE DE JESUS CHAVES QUESADAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DITA ROMA WATSON PORTAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS FERNANDO PORRAS VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERAIDA ALFARO HIDALGOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS RAMON CARRANZA CASCANTEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ANA ROSARIO SABORIO CRUZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ALLAN ADOLFO SOLIS SAUMAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GINA MARCELA VARGAS ARAYAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
NELSON JESUS UGALDE ROJASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
EVARISTO ARCE HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YUSET DE LOS ANGELES BOLAÑOS ESQUIVELREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE LUIS UGALDE PEREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA ISABEL JIMENEZ HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ABIGAIL BARQUERO BLANCOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ROGER ESTEBAN PICADO PERAZAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA LUISA ARCE MURILLOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KENNETHEH GONZALEZ QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
MIRNA VILLALOBOS JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute

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. “SAN CARLOS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-ALAJUELA-SAN-CARLOS. 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.