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DESAMPARADOS — Municipal council

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

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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
DESAMPARADOS / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-464074c6dcd3c261c88e3450
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 NACIONAL26.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.3%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO12.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA9.7%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO6.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.8%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE4.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.7%
  • LA ESPERANZA DESAMPARADEÑA2.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.5%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE0.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA0.8%
Results for event-bba9d80f6783910af38e619d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249,32626.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246,48818.3%2Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244,29012.1%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,4359.7%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,4126.8%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,2256.3%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,0435.8%1Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,6944.8%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,6764.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LA ESPERANZA DESAMPARADEÑAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247152%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245221.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243200.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243000.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL41.8%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO16.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS9.9%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA7.0%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE5.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.1%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO0.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA0.5%
Results for event-5f5438624c2257bc5f9d10b8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202018,44241.8%5Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207,08616.1%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,3839.9%2Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,0957%1Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,2855.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,7423.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,6343.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,5383.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,1362.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208772%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208301.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204741.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203820.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202220.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.2%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE9.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.9%
  • DESAMPARADOS UNIDO4.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.8%
  • FUERZA DEMOCRÁTICA DESAMPARADEÑA3.3%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN2.9%
  • PROGRESO COMUNAL DESAMPARADEÑO2.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.9%
Results for event-d51c41ac9c62d9b8befd3561
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611,68131.3%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,82610.2%2Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,6449.8%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,2858.8%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,5006.7%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,4486.6%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,2205.9%1Recorded
DESAMPARADOS UNIDOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,5834.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,4033.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA DEMOCRÁTICA DESAMPARADEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,2373.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,0742.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO COMUNAL DESAMPARADEÑOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,0432.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167181.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167031.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

26.870–100 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=8.006545167296736, oldest_gap=21.022347116285292, previous_gap=25.73539409871731

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.45percentage 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=[[26.31044405574677,18.303898888450036,0.8463578400947921,5.763696891045534,0,6.277153980703042,0,0,0,4.728319133329571,9.690797269085369,12.102917113355527,15.976414828189359],[41.79395367810361,3.9477858858722747,3.4854734170330417,3.7030322258985633,2.5744459049086705,7.014005348320718,0,1.0741966187735121,0,1.9874903684902325,0.5031047455015184,0,33.916511807097855],[31.261876087247423,10.23952897096213,5.941389000401445,6.690753378830457,6.551585708550783,0,3.7548507961996522,0,2.874347651545564,8.79164993978322,0,0,23.894018466479327]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.15percentage 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=[[26.31044405574677,18.303898888450036,0.8463578400947921,5.763696891045534,0,6.277153980703042,0,0,0,4.728319133329571,9.690797269085369,12.102917113355527,15.976414828189359],[41.79395367810361,3.9477858858722747,3.4854734170330417,3.7030322258985633,2.5744459049086705,7.014005348320718,0,1.0741966187735121,0,1.9874903684902325,0.5031047455015184,0,33.916511807097855],[31.261876087247423,10.23952897096213,5.941389000401445,6.690753378830457,6.551585708550783,0,3.7548507961996522,0,2.874347651545564,8.79164993978322,0,0,23.894018466479327]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.8percentage 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=[[26.31044405574677,18.303898888450036,0.8463578400947921,5.763696891045534,0,6.277153980703042,0,0,0,4.728319133329571,9.690797269085369,12.102917113355527,15.976414828189359],[41.79395367810361,3.9477858858722747,3.4854734170330417,3.7030322258985633,2.5744459049086705,7.014005348320718,0,1.0741966187735121,0,1.9874903684902325,0.5031047455015184,0,33.916511807097855],[31.261876087247423,10.23952897096213,5.941389000401445,6.690753378830457,6.551585708550783,0,3.7548507961996522,0,2.874347651545564,8.79164993978322,0,0,23.894018466479327]]

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?
GABRIEL GUSTAVO PICADO OVIEDOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KARLA VANESSA MORA RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN CHACON CASTILLOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JONATAN MAURICIO CHAVARRIA SIBAJAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA ISABEL LLAMAS ECHEVERRIAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RICARDO ANTONIO ARCE DIAZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
LUIS GUILLERMO GOMEZ GODINEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
LUIS JOSE FLORES JIMENEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
CRISTIAN ARTURO CHACON UREÑAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
EDUARDO GUILLEN GARDELAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
JESUS RODRIGUEZ GUTIERREZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
VINICIO ALBERTO VALVERDE CHACONREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ZAIRA ELENA ROMERO FALLASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MANUEL ARAYA BADILLAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RANDALL SIBAJA MIRANDAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARMEN MARTINEZ JACKSONREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WILLIAM SOLERA ALFAROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
JAVIER UMAÑA VALENCIANOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ADRIAN EDUARDO MONGE MONGEREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
WALTER JESUS GARRO ARAYAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
MARIO ESTEBAN RAITT NUÑEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
JOSE MARCIAL RODRIGUEZ CARVAJALREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
CARLOS ALBERTO PADILLA CORELLAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ANTONIETA NARANJO BRENESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE ARTURO MONGE VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EUGENIA VANESSA MORA SEGURAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALVARO ANTONIO FALLAS SEGURAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JONATAN MAURICIO CHAVARRIA SIBAJAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
JACQUELINE SALAZAR QUESADAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
LUIS CARLOS NUÑEZ HERRERAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LEIDY PRISCILLA JIMENEZ LEITONREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MARIO ALBERTO ALVARADO JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
JOSE OLDEMAR HERNANDEZ PEREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ALFREDO ERNESTO SALAZAR GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVANGELINA CHAVERRI PEREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HERNAN MARCHENA SERRANOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KAROL MARIA BARRIOS HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO MORA GARCIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES HERNANDEZ ROJASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
LUIS EDUARDO GAMBOA GUERREROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
FREDDY GUTIERREZ UMAÑAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIA GABRIELA GONZALEZ BERMUDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
HUMBERTO IVAN CAMPOS PANIAGUAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JORGE ARTURO VALVERDE CORDEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
MARIA ANTONIETA NARANJO BRENESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO PADILLA CORELLAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA GABRIELA GONZALEZ BERMUDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALLAN ALFARO CASTILLOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA MARIA AGUILAR ZAMORAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RIGOBERTO PEREZ PEREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE OLDEMAR HERNANDEZ PEREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
HERNAN MORA AGUILARREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
SUSAN MAYELA CAMPOS ORTEGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
VICTOR MANUEL DELGADO ESPINOZAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PAOLA MARIA JARA FALLASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
EVELIO SEGURA CHACONREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EUGENIA VANESSA MORA SEGURAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALFREDO ERNESTO SALAZAR GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JENNY MILENA NUÑEZ MONTOYAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JORGE LUIS DELGADO MONGEREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FIORELLA DANIELA ARTAVIA BRENESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JUANA PEREZ HIDALGOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
DANIELLA MORA GAMBOAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
EDUARDO GUILLEN GARDELAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
YEIMMY VANESSA OBANDO CHACONREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA GRACE ALVAREZ CASTILLOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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. “DESAMPARADOS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-SAN-JOSE-DESAMPARADOS. 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.