Skip to observatory content

Partial researchResearch snapshot 2026-09-13. Evidence gaps remain; see Coverage for requirements.

Center forDigital DemocracyElection database
Back to the Center

Office briefing

GOICOECHEA — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

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

Read the complete original research briefing

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
GOICOECHEA / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b1f770e5f06ec6472ff00ba4
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 NACIONAL24.1%
  • COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANO19.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS7.5%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO7.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA5.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO4.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.7%
Results for event-468364000596c2b5a15dfe1b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245,11824.1%2Recorded
COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244,14219.5%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,37215.8%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,5927.5%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,4927%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,2746%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,1075.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,0715%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,0044.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247503.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243541.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA12.9%
  • TODOS POR GOICOECHEA9.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.5%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA5.4%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN4.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.7%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL3.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.6%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA2.6%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO2.1%
  • GOICOECHEA EN ACCIÓN1.9%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO1.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.1%
Results for event-70afd0e8be00ccd27488b989
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,79819.9%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,32513.8%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,11612.9%2Recorded
TODOS POR GOICOECHEAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,2349.3%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,5726.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,3135.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,0704.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,0304.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,0114.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208933.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208703.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206322.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206312.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205002.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
GOICOECHEA EN ACCIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204701.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203841.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202741.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.0%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN16.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO10.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO7.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.0%
Results for event-24c1fb731f2585c0303b1469
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165,30325.2%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,79618%2Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,43316.3%2Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,22010.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,8548.8%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,5607.4%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,1705.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,0895.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166383%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

73.50–100 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=4.587328445196466, oldest_gap=7.154726297298577, previous_gap=6.106205695808978

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.42percentage 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: 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=[[24.055273547659336,15.848843767625494,0,5.987967663094567,0,5.2030456852791875,0,0,0,1.6638465877044557,5.0338409475465316,7.012596352697876,35.19458544839255],[19.889731791236578,13.7835260954276,12.91713302657215,4.191021017286407,4.269784023545993,5.442938274675621,0,3.6065166024126354,4.435600878829333,2.619906313476765,1.135845458690876,0,27.70799651784604],[25.17685040117742,18.02212410387884,8.802164933770118,10.539809143996582,5.170203674690215,0,7.406352371457057,0,16.2987228789821,5.554764278592793,0,0,3.0290082134548735]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.98percentage 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=[[24.055273547659336,15.848843767625494,0,5.987967663094567,0,5.2030456852791875,0,0,0,1.6638465877044557,5.0338409475465316,7.012596352697876,35.19458544839255],[19.889731791236578,13.7835260954276,12.91713302657215,4.191021017286407,4.269784023545993,5.442938274675621,0,3.6065166024126354,4.435600878829333,2.619906313476765,1.135845458690876,0,27.70799651784604],[25.17685040117742,18.02212410387884,8.802164933770118,10.539809143996582,5.170203674690215,0,7.406352371457057,0,16.2987228789821,5.554764278592793,0,0,3.0290082134548735]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.7percentage 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=[[24.055273547659336,15.848843767625494,0,5.987967663094567,0,5.2030456852791875,0,0,0,1.6638465877044557,5.0338409475465316,7.012596352697876,35.19458544839255],[19.889731791236578,13.7835260954276,12.91713302657215,4.191021017286407,4.269784023545993,5.442938274675621,0,3.6065166024126354,4.435600878829333,2.619906313476765,1.135845458690876,0,27.70799651784604],[25.17685040117742,18.02212410387884,8.802164933770118,10.539809143996582,5.170203674690215,0,7.406352371457057,0,16.2987228789821,5.554764278592793,0,0,3.0290082134548735]]

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?
CARMEN MARIA MARTINEZ BARAHONAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL VARGAS BRENESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MELISSA VALDIVIA ZUÑIGAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOprincipal
LUIS CARLOS BARQUERO ARAYAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOprincipal
CARLOS LUIS MURILLO RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GRETTEL VIRGINIA AMADOR ROJASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WILLIAM FALLAS BOGARINREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MARIA LORENA ORTIZ SALAZARREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
GLORIANA DIORELA CARMONA SERAVALLIREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
CAROLINA ARAUZ DURANREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CHRISTIAN MUÑOZ ROJASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSAURA CASTELLON NAVARROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOsubstitute
SIXTO ARAYA ARAYAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOsubstitute
EMILIO JOSE FALLAS SANDIREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARISOL CAMPOS ARIASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALEX GERARDO ZUÑIGA MUÑOZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
GABRIELA JIMENEZ ARAYAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
JOHANNA ARLETE OVIEDO MORAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
FERNANDO MIGUEL CHAVARRIA QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CAROLINA ARAUZ DURANREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS LUIS MURILLO RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
XINIA PATRICIA VARGAS CORRALESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LILLIAM GUERRERO VASQUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
CARLOS ANDRES CALDERON ZUÑIGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LORENA MIRANDA CARBALLOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020TODOS POR GOICOECHEAprincipal
ANGEL RODOLFO MUÑOZ VALVERDEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020TODOS POR GOICOECHEAprincipal
WILLIAM RODRIGO RODRIGUEZ ROMANREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
WILLIAM BAEZ HERRERAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NICOLE KARINA MESEN SOJOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAX ALEJANDRO ROJAS MAYKALLREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANDREA CHAVES CALDERONREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JESUS MANUEL VINDAS DURANREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MELISSA VALDIVIA ZUÑIGAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JOSE ARCADIO DOMINGUEZ MONTENEGROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020TODOS POR GOICOECHEAsubstitute
LIA MARIA MUÑOZ VALVERDEREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020TODOS POR GOICOECHEAsubstitute
GUSTAVO ADOLFO BRADE SALAZARREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
REINA IRENE CAMPOS JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOAQUIN SANDOVAL CORRALESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSE MARY ARTAVIA GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GUILLERMO ALFREDO GARBANZO UREÑAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JULIO CESAR MARENCO MARENCOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
ROSA MARIA ALVARADO CORTESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
RONALD ARRIETA CALVOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
JOSE GERARDO QUESADA ARIASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
NELSON SALAZAR AGUEROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
JOHNNY SOTO ZUÑIGAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LIA MARIA MUÑOZ VALVERDEREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS MURILLO ARTAVIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
PAULA SINAI MORA SOTOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NICOLE KARINA MESEN SOJOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
LUIS ANGEL CESPEDES RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
JOSE DANIEL PEREZ CASTAÑEDAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
OLGA MARTA BOLAÑOS JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
IRENE RAMIREZ ACUÑAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute

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