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ALAJUELITA — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · ALAJUELITA / SAN JOSÉ · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-SAN-JOSE-ALAJUELITA

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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
ALAJUELITA / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-d66e60744837ba5f4adea985
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

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN45.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO10.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA4.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.2%
Results for event-88a16dcacfe1a6cca6b8db7e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245,32345.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,33219.8%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,76815%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,26110.7%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245704.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243713.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241461.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN50.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL12.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL7.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.0%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA5.9%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO2.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.3%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO1.0%
Results for event-b93172165b4703b7cb5f6429
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208,19350%4Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,02612.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,5539.5%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,2097.4%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209836%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209635.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204642.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203922.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202341.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202141.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201591%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN25.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE21.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.7%
Results for event-98ad21c9b33ab0cd4c53f86f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,71125.4%2Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,14221.5%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,09221.2%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,74812%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,0407.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169216.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165753.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163902.7%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=25.40990570045026, oldest_gap=3.892195088583353, previous_gap=37.62660158633312

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.66percentage 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=[[15.019964319089286,19.811400900518223,0,0,0,3.151813779627899,0,0,0,1.2403364200152918,4.842409311018605,0,55.9340752697307],[7.376449054301403,9.47528981086028,0,1.427699816961562,12.361195851128738,5.875533862111043,0,2.3917022574740696,0,5.997559487492373,1.305674191580232,0,53.7888956680903],[11.957042205349204,21.15055749367262,6.300020521239483,3.93323756754908,0,0,2.6677611327724193,0,0,7.114029687393119,0,0,46.87735139202408]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.85percentage 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=[[15.019964319089286,19.811400900518223,0,0,0,3.151813779627899,0,0,0,1.2403364200152918,4.842409311018605,0,55.9340752697307],[7.376449054301403,9.47528981086028,0,1.427699816961562,12.361195851128738,5.875533862111043,0,2.3917022574740696,0,5.997559487492373,1.305674191580232,0,53.7888956680903],[11.957042205349204,21.15055749367262,6.300020521239483,3.93323756754908,0,0,2.6677611327724193,0,0,7.114029687393119,0,0,46.87735139202408]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.25percentage 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=[[15.019964319089286,19.811400900518223,0,0,0,3.151813779627899,0,0,0,1.2403364200152918,4.842409311018605,0,55.9340752697307],[7.376449054301403,9.47528981086028,0,1.427699816961562,12.361195851128738,5.875533862111043,0,2.3917022574740696,0,5.997559487492373,1.305674191580232,0,53.7888956680903],[11.957042205349204,21.15055749367262,6.300020521239483,3.93323756754908,0,0,2.6677611327724193,0,0,7.114029687393119,0,0,46.87735139202408]]

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?
LAURA ALICIA ARAUZ TENORIOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
JOSE ALIX REYES GOMEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
GRETTEL ANDREA MURILLO QUIROSREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
HENRY DAVID SALAZAR QUESADAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
PATRICIA MAYELA GUIDO CHINCHILLAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LEYDA MARIA BADILLA SANCHEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ALBERTO PAEZ ZUÑIGAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
ROSIBEL CALDERON CHINCHILLAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
HECTOR ALONSO HIDALGO SANCHEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
FLOR ZUÑIGA RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO CHINCHILLA RETANAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KATHERINE MARCELA MORA BONILLAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CAROLINA MORA SIBAJAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ESTEBAN EMILIO CHAVARRIA VILLALTAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
JONATHAN MIGUEL ARRIETA ULLOAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
IRIS FIGEAC ZUÑIGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
JOSE ALIX REYES GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
LAURA ALICIA ARAUZ TENORIOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
RONALD ANTONIO MENDOZA CARMONAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NOILLY LOPEZ MARINREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE ALONSO SALINAS PRENDASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GRETTEL ANDREA MURILLO QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
JOSE EDUARDO VARGAS CHAVARRIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
FLOR ZUÑIGA RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ENRIQUE MARTIN MORA MONGEREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
KLEYBER ALVAREZ MORAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PATRICIA MAYELA GUIDO CHINCHILLAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NATALIA MARIELA ROJAS BRENESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
IRIS FIGEAC ZUÑIGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL VALVERDE MESENREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
FERNANDO RAMIREZ SANABRIAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ELIZABETH CAMPOS BRIONESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
PABLO DURAN PICADOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
NOILLY LOPEZ MARINREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RANDALL ALBERTO CAMPOS BRENESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MELVIN ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ MACLEREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MARIA TERESA MENA GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
JULIANA VANESSA GUTIERREZ SALAZARREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
EDWIN LEIVA CASTILLOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
PAULINO DAVILA MARTINEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
PATRICIA MAYELA GUIDO CHINCHILLAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUZ MARY QUIROS PARAJELESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “ALAJUELITA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-SAN-JOSE-ALAJUELITA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--See87eff563, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S2be00cb1cf, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S6bb1784b3c.