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SAN RAMÓN — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · SAN RAMÓN / ALAJUELA · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON

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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 RAMÓN / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-d732e28a931012987192b5a4
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 CRISTIANA39.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.3%
  • RECICLADORES Y VISIONARIOS2.1%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.8%
  • SOMOS0.6%
Results for event-2979a1d708d6af54954df67e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410,19639%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410,02638.4%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,5239.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,6256.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246012.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECICLADORES Y VISIONARIOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245382.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244661.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SOMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241490.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL53.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.5%
  • LIGA RAMONENSE10.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL7.0%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA4.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.2%
Results for event-52f4ebaafd76495ed94a297d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202013,54553.9%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,88211.5%1Recorded
LIGA RAMONENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,59810.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,8907.5%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,7557%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,0114%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208773.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205552.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA13.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN13.7%
  • LIGA RAMONENSE7.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.9%
Results for event-9eff5cf6a8105112a5742794
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168,40238.5%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,99313.7%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,97813.7%1Recorded
LIGA RAMONENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,6867.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,6487.6%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,6157.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,3526.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166853.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162561.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162010.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

21.960–100 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=0.6507426121574014, oldest_gap=24.793729372937296, previous_gap=42.46008043642735

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.91percentage 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=[[38.3785025264125,39.0292451385699,0,6.22033379268106,0,9.657785943959578,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.714132598376971],[53.936208338310834,11.476127901883487,7.52598255883407,3.4922151873531635,2.2100107514036553,4.025803368773145,0,6.988412376060208,0,0,0,0,10.345239517381437],[38.513017968463515,7.554088742207554,13.71928859552622,6.197286395306198,1.1734506784011733,0,0.9213421342134214,0,0,7.402823615694903,0,0,24.518701870187016]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.4percentage 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=[[38.3785025264125,39.0292451385699,0,6.22033379268106,0,9.657785943959578,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.714132598376971],[53.936208338310834,11.476127901883487,7.52598255883407,3.4922151873531635,2.2100107514036553,4.025803368773145,0,6.988412376060208,0,0,0,0,10.345239517381437],[38.513017968463515,7.554088742207554,13.71928859552622,6.197286395306198,1.1734506784011733,0,0.9213421342134214,0,0,7.402823615694903,0,0,24.518701870187016]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.65percentage 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=[[38.3785025264125,39.0292451385699,0,6.22033379268106,0,9.657785943959578,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.714132598376971],[53.936208338310834,11.476127901883487,7.52598255883407,3.4922151873531635,2.2100107514036553,4.025803368773145,0,6.988412376060208,0,0,0,0,10.345239517381437],[38.513017968463515,7.554088742207554,13.71928859552622,6.197286395306198,1.1734506784011733,0,0.9213421342134214,0,0,7.402823615694903,0,0,24.518701870187016]]

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?
BRAYAN JOSUE LORIA ROJASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ILSE FIORELLA APU PEÑAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
NELSON ELIAS MORA GONZALEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HERMILINK JOHAN CHINCHILLA CORRALESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IRACEMA CRUZ JIMENEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS GREIVIN ROJAS SALASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VILMA PATRICIA FALLAS MENDEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
XINIA CLARET OROZCO RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALEJANDRO JOSUE SEGURA CUBEROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
IRENE ALPIZAR CRUZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OLIVIER ROBLES ALVARADOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA TERESA OROZCO DELGADOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO VILLALOBOS JIMENEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LOHANA GABRIELA CUBERO CARDENASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
CARLOS GREIVIN ROJAS SALASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SARA GUISELLE MENDEZ RUIZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HERMILINK JOHAN CHINCHILLA CORRALESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ELENA FERNANDEZ UREÑAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARMELINO CARRANZA SANCHEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN PABLO GUZMAN CHAVESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIGA RAMONENSEprincipal
RITA MENDEZ VILLALOBOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JOSE LUIS JIMENEZ ALPIZARREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
XINIA CLARET OROZCO RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO VILLALOBOS JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CAROLINA ARAYA CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA GABRIELA JIMENEZ CORRALESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARCO ANTONIO RAMIREZ JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIGA RAMONENSEsubstitute
LUIS ARMANDO NAVARRO JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
GIANNI JOSE MONTERO LOPEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JENNY MAYELA LOBO ALPIZARREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADOLFO VARGAS SALASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
URIEL ARIAS CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ROGER ALEXIS BARBOZA LEPIZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MARIA ESTER PEREZ HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIGA RAMONENSEprincipal
CARMELINO CARRANZA SANCHEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE LUIS JIMENEZ ALPIZARREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ELENA FERNANDEZ UREÑAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MICHAEL VINICIO VARGAS JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
XINIA MARIA FERNANDEZ RAMIREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIBEL RODRIGUEZ CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ABRAHAM VARGAS QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIGA RAMONENSEsubstitute
LEDA MARIA QUESADA UMANZORREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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