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MORAVIA — Municipal council

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

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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
MORAVIA / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-0a533790672217863949814c
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

  • SOMOS MORAVIA43.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA20.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.1%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO2.3%
Results for event-f858f6b40101b334272b1224
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
SOMOS MORAVIAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245,27743.1%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,53820.7%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,85215.1%2Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248386.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246965.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243853.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243803.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242762.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • SOMOS MORAVIA43.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN9.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.1%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA4.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.7%
Results for event-268c7e95a06053fd3f80ba73
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
SOMOS MORAVIAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206,21343.7%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,45117.2%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,3179.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209576.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207205.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207185.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206294.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205613.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204112.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202391.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA31.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO5.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.8%
Results for event-207ac9c2c9df684cc6dd99a4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,92831.6%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,04424.5%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,13017.2%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,0358.3%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168917.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166435.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163983.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163422.8%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=22.373795131514456, oldest_gap=7.122713721698492, previous_gap=26.463140123804166

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.4percentage 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=[[15.128247018461035,5.6853455317758534,0,6.84528671785656,0,3.1040679627511842,0,0,0,0,20.731906551217122,2.254533572945597,46.25061264499264],[17.241136747326955,5.064715813168261,6.731851435002814,5.0506471581316825,3.9462577377602703,4.4245920090039395,0,0,0,1.681204276871131,0,0,55.85959482273495],[24.526629602771735,17.162194827169447,31.649343324470227,7.179115300942712,2.7556200145032634,0,5.180887922004673,0,0,0,0,0,11.546209008137943]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.61percentage 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=[[15.128247018461035,5.6853455317758534,0,6.84528671785656,0,3.1040679627511842,0,0,0,0,20.731906551217122,2.254533572945597,46.25061264499264],[17.241136747326955,5.064715813168261,6.731851435002814,5.0506471581316825,3.9462577377602703,4.4245920090039395,0,0,0,1.681204276871131,0,0,55.85959482273495],[24.526629602771735,17.162194827169447,31.649343324470227,7.179115300942712,2.7556200145032634,0,5.180887922004673,0,0,0,0,0,11.546209008137943]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.51percentage 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=[[15.128247018461035,5.6853455317758534,0,6.84528671785656,0,3.1040679627511842,0,0,0,0,20.731906551217122,2.254533572945597,46.25061264499264],[17.241136747326955,5.064715813168261,6.731851435002814,5.0506471581316825,3.9462577377602703,4.4245920090039395,0,0,0,1.681204276871131,0,0,55.85959482273495],[24.526629602771735,17.162194827169447,31.649343324470227,7.179115300942712,2.7556200145032634,0,5.180887922004673,0,0,0,0,0,11.546209008137943]]

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?
RANDALL EMILIO MONTERO RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024SOMOS MORAVIAprincipal
MAYRA LORENA VALERIO ROJASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024SOMOS MORAVIAprincipal
MARCO TULIO AGUILAR BERMUDEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024SOMOS MORAVIAprincipal
GRETHEL FERNANDEZ CARMONAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
KEVIN MAURICIO MENDEZ CESPEDESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
RONALD CAMACHO ESQUIVELREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SANDRA ARTAVIA SALASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAURICIO JOSE CALVO UMAÑAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024SOMOS MORAVIAsubstitute
BRENDA RAQUEL PADILLA BERMUDEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024SOMOS MORAVIAsubstitute
PEDRO MANUEL PAGANELLA HERRERAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024SOMOS MORAVIAsubstitute
JOHANNA MUÑOZ BARAHONAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
LUIS EDUARDO GUTIERREZ MONTEROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
CARLOS GABRIEL GOMEZ TORRESREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAYELA GARRO HERRERAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RANDALL EMILIO MONTERO RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020SOMOS MORAVIAprincipal
ANA TERESA SANCHO ARROYOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020SOMOS MORAVIAprincipal
DIEGO ARMANDO LOPEZ LOPEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020SOMOS MORAVIAprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES HERNANDEZ MORAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020SOMOS MORAVIAprincipal
GIANCARLO CASASOLA CHAVESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SANDRA ARTAVIA SALASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN ARTEMIO CARRASCO OCAÑAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MARITZA MAYELA BRENES MENDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020SOMOS MORAVIAsubstitute
PEDRO MANUEL PAGANELLA HERRERAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020SOMOS MORAVIAsubstitute
CAMILA DE JESUS HERNANDEZ PADILLAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020SOMOS MORAVIAsubstitute
MARCO TULIO AGUILAR BERMUDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020SOMOS MORAVIAsubstitute
MARIA CECILIA CARMONA ARTAVIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO GARITA CHAVARRIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS JULIAN CHACON GONGORAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
SAUL FERNANDO CHINCHILLA ARGUEDASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARIA DEL PILAR CHAVERRI SAENZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
GIANCARLO CASASOLA CHAVESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA JULIA LORIA NUÑEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DEYANIRA CHACON TORRESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN ARTEMIO CARRASCO OCAÑAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MARCELA SEGURA ELIZONDOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
ANA TERESA SANCHO ARROYOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
DIEGO ARMANDO LOPEZ LOPEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
CORDILIA GROVES MIRANDAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FERNANDO MARTINEZ RIVERAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRO JOSE AGUILAR GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DORA EMILIA YZAGUIRRE ARTAVIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
DANIEL TORRES SANDIREGIDORES(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. “MORAVIA — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-SAN-JOSE-MORAVIA. 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.