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HEREDIA — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · HEREDIA / HEREDIA · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-HEREDIA-HEREDIA

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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
HEREDIA / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-d739aa280bab91aa84859f5b
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 NACIONAL30.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.6%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO8.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.9%
  • SENTIR HEREDIA6.9%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO5.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA5.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.4%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL2.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.1%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.8%
Results for event-27101bcf059d3e61624caf3e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247,23830.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245,61923.6%3Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,9188.1%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,8767.9%1Recorded
SENTIR HEREDIAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,6536.9%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,2295.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,1785%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247973.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246482.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246422.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245102.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242951.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241870.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.1%
  • SENTIR HEREDIA8.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.3%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA6.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA0.4%
Results for event-0985fdbbcadb9c1be96e34ae
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202011,75044.8%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,22416.1%1Recorded
SENTIR HEREDIAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,2478.6%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,0307.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,6436.3%1Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,5796%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209893.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207182.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204851.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204671.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201140.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL46.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.1%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL0.9%
Results for event-588e2b1f929dc164dda0d269
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611,68446.2%5Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165,88423.3%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,9537.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,6896.7%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,3775.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,0104%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166782.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165192.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162431%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162350.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

25.10–100 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=6.80538041193779, oldest_gap=22.950300728078503, previous_gap=28.674845690771928

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.88percentage 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=[[30.424548129466164,23.619167717528374,2.698612862547289,7.885666246321984,0,2.1437578814627996,0,0,0,3.350147120638924,4.951660361496427,8.062211013030685,16.86422866750736],[44.76872666311057,16.093880972338642,7.734511925626762,6.260001524041758,1.84790063247733,6.016154842642688,0,1.7793187533338413,0,2.73565495694582,0,0,12.763849729482589],[46.23298512187401,23.282684393795506,7.727920227920228,6.683285849952517,0.9298828743273188,0,2.6828110161443495,0,0.9615384615384616,3.9965178854067744,0,0,7.502374169040836]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

13.98percentage 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=[[30.424548129466164,23.619167717528374,2.698612862547289,7.885666246321984,0,2.1437578814627996,0,0,0,3.350147120638924,4.951660361496427,8.062211013030685,16.86422866750736],[44.76872666311057,16.093880972338642,7.734511925626762,6.260001524041758,1.84790063247733,6.016154842642688,0,1.7793187533338413,0,2.73565495694582,0,0,12.763849729482589],[46.23298512187401,23.282684393795506,7.727920227920228,6.683285849952517,0.9298828743273188,0,2.6828110161443495,0,0.9615384615384616,3.9965178854067744,0,0,7.502374169040836]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

20.43percentage 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=[[30.424548129466164,23.619167717528374,2.698612862547289,7.885666246321984,0,2.1437578814627996,0,0,0,3.350147120638924,4.951660361496427,8.062211013030685,16.86422866750736],[44.76872666311057,16.093880972338642,7.734511925626762,6.260001524041758,1.84790063247733,6.016154842642688,0,1.7793187533338413,0,2.73565495694582,0,0,12.763849729482589],[46.23298512187401,23.282684393795506,7.727920227920228,6.683285849952517,0.9298828743273188,0,2.6828110161443495,0,0.9615384615384616,3.9965178854067744,0,0,7.502374169040836]]

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?
LILLIANA JIMENEZ BARRIENTOSREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALFONSO ARAYA VILLALOBOSREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HEIDY HERNANDEZ BENAVIDESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARLON ANTONIO OBANDO JUAREZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROXANA MAYELA ARIAS RAMIREZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO WILLIAMS OVARESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JORGE EDUARDO BLANCO CHANREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
JOSE DANIEL BERROCAL MIRANDAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
JOSE PABLO QUESADA CASTROREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024SENTIR HEREDIAprincipal
MARITZA SANDOVAL VEGAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALFREDO EDUARDO PRENDAS JIMENEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ODETTE FERNANDEZ SALAZARREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEAN CARLOS BARBOZA ROMANREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIBEL QUESADA FONSECAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FREDDY CERVANTES PANIAGUAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MANRIQUE ORTIZ PANIAGUAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
FIDEL BARRERA ROMEROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
ESTEBAN FELIPE VENEGAS MURILLOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024SENTIR HEREDIAsubstitute
EDWIN MAURICIO CHACON CARBALLOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
AMALIA LUCIA JARA OCAMPOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN DANIEL TREJOS AVILESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ISABEL SEGURA NAVARROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE SANTIAGO AVELLAN FLORESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OLGA MARGARITA MURILLO GAMBOAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020SENTIR HEREDIAprincipal
ANA PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ANA YUDEL GUTIERREZ HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
CARLOS MONGE SOLANOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
LILLIANA JIMENEZ BARRIENTOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS ENRIQUE PALMA CORDEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PRISCILLA MARIA ALVAREZ BOGANTESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN ELI VILLALOBOS VILLALOBOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEAN CARLOS BARBOZA ROMANREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DAVID FERNANDO LEON RAMIREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020SENTIR HEREDIAsubstitute
MARIO ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ SOTOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
PAULINO DE JESUS MADRIGAL RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
JOSE ANGEL AVENDAÑO BARRANTESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
MARIA ISABEL SEGURA NAVARROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANRIQUE CHAVES BORBONREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERLY MARIA GARRETA VEGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN DANIEL TREJOS AVILESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ANTONIETA CAMPOS AGUILARREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NELSON RIVAS SOLISREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LAUREEN BOLAÑOS QUESADAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MINOR MELENDEZ VENEGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
DAVID FERNANDO LEON RAMIREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
CARLOS ENRIQUE PALMA CORDEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELSA VILMA NUÑEZ BLANCOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDUARDO MURILLO QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PRISCILLA MARIA ALVAREZ BOGANTESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PEDRO SANCHEZ CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO JUAN RODRIGUEZ SEGURAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIBEL QUESADA FONSECAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NELSY SABORIO RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ANA YUDEL GUTIERREZ HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute

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. “HEREDIA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-HEREDIA-HEREDIA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sdbd8d963ea, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S2a3f864318, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sf5d1ba0ef9.