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SARAPIQUÍ — Municipal council

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

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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
SARAPIQUÍ / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-efbea15ed1f22d7038c1339f
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 NACIONAL50.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN11.3%
  • AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑO10.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.3%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO4.2%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO3.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.7%
Results for event-0503fa8edf8561624a496d19
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246,49750%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,85014.2%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,47411.3%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,35210.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245554.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245514.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244773.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241551.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024920.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.3%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA18.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE7.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.6%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL0.8%
Results for event-d5c841c9f0035563d57f56fd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,23933.3%2Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,30118.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,35110.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,1278.9%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209917.8%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209687.6%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207435.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203442.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203412.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202071.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020990.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL39.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA22.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA12.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.1%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL0.6%
Results for event-c5f05435932df840878e0cc8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164,67139.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,65522.7%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,41912.1%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169117.8%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168637.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165985.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163563%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161511.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016730.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=35.73790663692994, oldest_gap=17.23518850987433, previous_gap=15.246636771300448

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.07percentage 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=[[49.9653926017073,14.22748596477736,1.1920326078597248,0,0,4.268245789433208,0,0,0,0,0,4.237483657617473,26.109359378604935],[33.34906773660609,8.866336244197939,10.628589410746597,1.6285107387302336,2.6827157580048775,18.10243096530564,0,0.7788529620014161,0,2.7063173629140116,0,0,21.257178821493195],[39.933316234932036,22.698127725057706,12.131315721979995,7.788321791912456,0.6240916474309652,0,1.2909292981106266,0,0,5.112421988544071,0,0,10.421475592032145]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.78percentage 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=[[49.9653926017073,14.22748596477736,1.1920326078597248,0,0,4.268245789433208,0,0,0,0,0,4.237483657617473,26.109359378604935],[33.34906773660609,8.866336244197939,10.628589410746597,1.6285107387302336,2.6827157580048775,18.10243096530564,0,0.7788529620014161,0,2.7063173629140116,0,0,21.257178821493195],[39.933316234932036,22.698127725057706,12.131315721979995,7.788321791912456,0.6240916474309652,0,1.2909292981106266,0,0,5.112421988544071,0,0,10.421475592032145]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.42percentage 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=[[49.9653926017073,14.22748596477736,1.1920326078597248,0,0,4.268245789433208,0,0,0,0,0,4.237483657617473,26.109359378604935],[33.34906773660609,8.866336244197939,10.628589410746597,1.6285107387302336,2.6827157580048775,18.10243096530564,0,0.7788529620014161,0,2.7063173629140116,0,0,21.257178821493195],[39.933316234932036,22.698127725057706,12.131315721979995,7.788321791912456,0.6240916474309652,0,1.2909292981106266,0,0,5.112421988544071,0,0,10.421475592032145]]

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?
JOSE DANIEL BRAVO MORALESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUZ MARINA MIRANDA ELIZONDOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RODOLFO MANZANARES CLARKREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIDIETH ESPINOZA CUBEROREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YENDRI FABIANA VIQUEZ ENRIQUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE ANTONIO BEJARANO GONZALEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
JOSE HILARIO VEGA VEGAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑOprincipal
ROVIN GONZALEZ ARIASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROXINIA MARIA BRENES ROMANREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEONARDO DAVID VEGA CHAVESREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSIBEL YADIRA HERNANDEZ TORRESREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SURIELI RAMIREZ FLORESREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARLOS MANUEL BEJARANO RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MAX ALBERTO ROJAS CASTROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑOsubstitute
JOSE FREDY CORRALES ARTAVIAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUZ MARINA MIRANDA ELIZONDOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAMARIS ESPINOZA CORRALESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
WINDY CRISTINA GAMBOA RAMIREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
FABIAN VIQUEZ SALAZARREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE ANTONIO BEJARANO GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
CARLOS MANUEL BEJARANO RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
MARITZA PICADO AGUEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE FRANCISCO SOSA SOSAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS ALBERTO ABARCA ABARCAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
MIGUEL ANGEL VEGA GUTIERREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
FERNANDO RAMIREZ GUERREROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GONZALO BEJARANO RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
EVELIO SOLANO CORTESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
JOSE FREDY CORRALES ARTAVIAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDWIN MOLINA VENEGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FABIAN VIQUEZ SALAZARREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YOLANDA CRUZ VALDIVIAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VICTOR CHAVARRIA PANIAGUAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
NESTOR EDGAR MATA RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
MARITZA PICADO AGUEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NIXON MARTINEZ MARTINEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUZ MARINA MIRANDA ELIZONDOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM MOLINA MORERAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LIZBETH MARIA CORRALES CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANDREA GONZALEZ CALDERONREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARCELA CARLOTA NARANJO SEGURAREGIDORES(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. “SARAPIQUÍ — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-HEREDIA-SARAPIQUI. 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.