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ALVARADO — Municipal council
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Costa Rica · ALVARADO / CARTAGO · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-CARTAGO-ALVARADO
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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
- ALVARADO / CARTAGO
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-eef5c7d98c3967c52425003a
- 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 PODEMOS39.3%
- ACTUEMOS YA23.2%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.2%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL13.2%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.6%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA0.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 2,041 | 39.3% | 2 | Recorded |
| ACTUEMOS YA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 1,203 | 23.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 998 | 19.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 687 | 13.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 238 | 4.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 28 | 0.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.8%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA24.6%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN21.1%
- INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL8.2%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS5.2%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.7%
- VERDE ECOLOGISTA1.5%
- ACTUEMOS YA0.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 1,753 | 36.8% | 2 | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 1,175 | 24.6% | 2 | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 1,005 | 21.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 393 | 8.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 250 | 5.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 80 | 1.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VERDE ECOLOGISTA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 71 | 1.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ACTUEMOS YA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 43 | 0.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL35.3%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA20.5%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN15.8%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.0%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.3%
- ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA3.6%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 1,647 | 35.3% | 2 | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 955 | 20.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 738 | 15.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 698 | 15% | 1 | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 296 | 6.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 168 | 3.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 161 | 3.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI26.010–100 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=16.13089509143407, oldest_gap=14.84023161055115, previous_gap=12.117400419287215
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility58.08percentage 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=[[13.224254090471607,19.21077959576516,0,0,0,0.5389797882579404,0,0,0,0,0,0,67.02598652550529],[36.75052410901468,0,24.633123689727462,0,1.6771488469601676,0,0,8.238993710691824,0,0,0,0,28.700209643605874],[35.320609049967835,14.96890413896633,20.480377439416685,0,3.45271284580742,0,0,0,0,6.347844735149046,0,0,19.42955179069269]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility23.09percentage 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=[[13.224254090471607,19.21077959576516,0,0,0,0.5389797882579404,0,0,0,0,0,0,67.02598652550529],[36.75052410901468,0,24.633123689727462,0,1.6771488469601676,0,0,8.238993710691824,0,0,0,0,28.700209643605874],[35.320609049967835,14.96890413896633,20.480377439416685,0,3.45271284580742,0,0,0,0,6.347844735149046,0,0,19.42955179069269]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility40.58percentage 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=[[13.224254090471607,19.21077959576516,0,0,0,0.5389797882579404,0,0,0,0,0,0,67.02598652550529],[36.75052410901468,0,24.633123689727462,0,1.6771488469601676,0,0,8.238993710691824,0,0,0,0,28.700209643605874],[35.320609049967835,14.96890413896633,20.480377439416685,0,3.45271284580742,0,0,0,0,6.347844735149046,0,0,19.42955179069269]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESTEFANNY EDITH GUILLEN RAMIREZ | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| GEINER FRANCISCO MASIS RAMIREZ | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| MARIA MONSERRAT QUIROS VARELA | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | ACTUEMOS YA | principal |
| DORA EMILIA RAMIREZ MELENDEZ | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| WALTER DARIO CARPIO VIQUEZ | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| PRISCILA STEFANNY ARAYA CABRERA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| ANGELO IVAN MELENDEZ GOMEZ | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| MARIA INES MORA MASIS | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | ACTUEMOS YA | substitute |
| WENDY PATRICIA BRENES GUILLEN | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| JHONNY ALEJANDRO BARBOZA LEON | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MICHAEL CASASOLA ARAYA | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ROSA CALVO ALVAREZ | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| JOHNNY ADOLFO CHINCHILLA BARBOZA | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| ANDREA DEL CARMEN SERRANO SOLANO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| ENRIQUE RODRIGUEZ ALVARADO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | principal |
| YINETH LOPEZ GUTIERREZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MARCELO AGUSTIN VARELA MELENDEZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| SARA ALICIA SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| LUIS DANIEL CORDERO BRENES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| EMILIA SERRANO RAMIREZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | substitute |
| GILBERTO GOMEZ OROZCO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARIA DEL CARMEN ARCE ALVARADO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARIANELA BARQUERO CASTRO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| MARIA CRISTINA GUILLEN GARITA | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | principal |
| DAMARIS SERRANO SERRANO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| ROSA CALVO ALVAREZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| RENATO ULLOA AGUILAR | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| JOHNNY ADOLFO CHINCHILLA BARBOZA | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| ADRIANA VARELA RAMIREZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | substitute |
| LUIS FERNANDO GOMEZ CHACON | 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_2220-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1497-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1379-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “ALVARADO — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-CARTAGO-ALVARADO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sfdb34a0455, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S10ab3f0804, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S191613a2ba.