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ASERRÍ — Municipal council

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

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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
ASERRÍ / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-96aa0e56d8523e61c7dd901f
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 NACIONAL24.2%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL22.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN14.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA5.9%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO5.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.6%
Results for event-7dcb146c1da82d33801dfdbc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,24024.2%2Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,04422.7%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,43018.1%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,96114.6%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247945.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246805.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246274.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245454.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024790.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL47.4%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA12.6%
  • COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS12.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.1%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO5.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.1%
Results for event-6cefb94504d3f7aab837fde3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206,03247.4%4Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,59912.6%1Recorded
COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,53612.1%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,0678.4%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209007.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206765.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205264.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203893.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL42.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA21.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO13.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.3%
Results for event-9ce73f32ab9322a5d530eb29
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164,94342.9%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,47021.4%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,61814%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,59313.8%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164453.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162992.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161491.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

32.620–100 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=1.4626865671641802, oldest_gap=21.47260571329339, previous_gap=34.8369351669941

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.25percentage 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: 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=[[24.17910447761194,18.134328358208954,0,4.67910447761194,0,4.067164179104478,0,0,0,0.5895522388059702,5.925373134328358,0,42.42537313432835],[47.40275049115913,0,0,7.072691552062868,4.133595284872299,12.56581532416503,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.825147347740668],[42.919162976469565,14.048797429886255,21.446557263176175,13.831727012242771,1.293739689155162,0,2.5961621950160634,0,0,0,0,0,3.863853434054007]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.85percentage 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=[[24.17910447761194,18.134328358208954,0,4.67910447761194,0,4.067164179104478,0,0,0,0.5895522388059702,5.925373134328358,0,42.42537313432835],[47.40275049115913,0,0,7.072691552062868,4.133595284872299,12.56581532416503,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.825147347740668],[42.919162976469565,14.048797429886255,21.446557263176175,13.831727012242771,1.293739689155162,0,2.5961621950160634,0,0,0,0,0,3.863853434054007]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.55percentage 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=[[24.17910447761194,18.134328358208954,0,4.67910447761194,0,4.067164179104478,0,0,0,0.5895522388059702,5.925373134328358,0,42.42537313432835],[47.40275049115913,0,0,7.072691552062868,4.133595284872299,12.56581532416503,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.825147347740668],[42.919162976469565,14.048797429886255,21.446557263176175,13.831727012242771,1.293739689155162,0,2.5961621950160634,0,0,0,0,0,3.863853434054007]]

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?
JESSICA VANESSA FALLAS HIDALGOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEX ANTONIO CALERO LOPEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FREDDY ALBERTO SANDI ZUÑIGAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
MANUELA RITA SANCHEZ MONGEREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
SONIA AGUILAR ZAMORAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANCIS LOPEZ ESQUIVELREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MILDRED MARCELA ZUÑIGA CORRALESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
WENDY SOLANO MORAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANKLIN SEGURA MORAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JORGE CHACON SANCHEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
KRYSSIA MARLENE VILLARREAL QUIROSREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
HILLARY VALERIA MONGE MONTEROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALEXANDER BARBOZA BARBOZAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SILVIA MARCELA GRANADOS HIDALGOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
OLMAN ADRIAN ALVAREZ ZAMORAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES CORRALES GRANADOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARCOS ANDRES MONGE SEGURAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANUELA RITA SANCHEZ MONGEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRANCIS LOPEZ ESQUIVELREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
JUAN CARLOS GARCIA DIAZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOSprincipal
MILDRED MARCELA ZUÑIGA CORRALESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ESTEBAN UREÑA SANCHEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTA ELENA FERNANDEZ SOTOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESUS BENITO MORALES CALDERONREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA LILIA UREÑA CHINCHILLAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KRYSSIA MARLENE VILLARREAL QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
BERNARDITA TENCIO HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOSsubstitute
SILVIA MARCELA GRANADOS HIDALGOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
OLMAN ADRIAN ALVAREZ ZAMORAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIGIA CECILIA OROZCO JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESTEBAN UREÑA SANCHEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WAGNER JOSUE MONGE CARDENASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
VERA ISABEL MORALES MEZAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
PAULO CESAR HIDALGO CORTESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE ALBERTO CASTRO PORRASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
ANY VANESSA MORA BARAHONAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN JOSE CRUZ UMAÑAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
XINIA ROSA MONGE RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OLGA EDITH GARCIA MORALESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ALEXANDER BARBOZA BARBOZAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
RANDALL ELADIO CHAVES SANCHEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELIZABETH MORA ORTEGAREGIDORES(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. “ASERRÍ — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-SAN-JOSE-ASERRI. 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.