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PÉREZ ZELEDÓN — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · PÉREZ ZELEDÓN / SAN JOSÉ · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-SAN-JOSE-PEREZ-ZELEDON

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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
PÉREZ ZELEDÓN / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-07785781ed6f8c0bb558445b
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.3%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO28.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.7%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO8.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.2%
Results for event-2382e4c2a3009ba1d2551c74
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414,35138.3%3Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410,55328.2%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244,55812.2%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,2568.7%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,9788%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,2963.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244641.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA50.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.3%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA9.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO4.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.0%
Results for event-855c41db386ca278186a4a01
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202021,14650.5%5Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207,68318.3%2Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,0479.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,2267.7%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,1025%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,8654.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208882.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205301.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204091%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA30.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.3%
  • JUSTICIA GENERALEÑA5.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.9%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN0.9%
Results for event-29baac3db6227ba772f50212
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611,98230.2%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611,46328.9%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164,40211.1%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,5786.5%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,5056.3%1Recorded
JUSTICIA GENERALEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,2655.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,6894.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,6264.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167651.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163750.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

20.720–100 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=10.139897479709521, oldest_gap=1.3089533417402244, previous_gap=32.13433263318694

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.64percentage 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=[[12.16894489534387,38.31428876548483,0,8.692866296454506,0,3.4600598035027765,0,0,0,0,1.2387868432293891,7.950662110209312,28.17439128577531],[18.338266182929157,50.4725988161161,2.1195340843994654,7.700019094901661,5.017185411495131,9.659633377888104,0,0,0,0.9762268474317357,0,0,5.716536184838649],[28.91046658259773,30.219419924337956,11.102143757881462,4.100882723833544,6.317780580075662,0,1.9293820933165196,0,0.9457755359394704,4.259773013871374,0,0,12.214375788146281]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.51percentage 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: 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=[[12.16894489534387,38.31428876548483,0,8.692866296454506,0,3.4600598035027765,0,0,0,0,1.2387868432293891,7.950662110209312,28.17439128577531],[18.338266182929157,50.4725988161161,2.1195340843994654,7.700019094901661,5.017185411495131,9.659633377888104,0,0,0,0.9762268474317357,0,0,5.716536184838649],[28.91046658259773,30.219419924337956,11.102143757881462,4.100882723833544,6.317780580075662,0,1.9293820933165196,0,0.9457755359394704,4.259773013871374,0,0,12.214375788146281]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.08percentage 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=[[12.16894489534387,38.31428876548483,0,8.692866296454506,0,3.4600598035027765,0,0,0,0,1.2387868432293891,7.950662110209312,28.17439128577531],[18.338266182929157,50.4725988161161,2.1195340843994654,7.700019094901661,5.017185411495131,9.659633377888104,0,0,0,0.9762268474317357,0,0,5.716536184838649],[28.91046658259773,30.219419924337956,11.102143757881462,4.100882723833544,6.317780580075662,0,1.9293820933165196,0,0.9457755359394704,4.259773013871374,0,0,12.214375788146281]]

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?
RUNNY MONGE ZUÑIGAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANAIS BARRANTES MORAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARLOS ZUÑIGA MONTEROREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARVIN ARIAS RETANAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
MILENA ELIZONDO SEGURAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
WILBER UREÑA BONILLAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
EDGAR MENA RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANDREA HERRERA CHAVESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
MARIA JOSEFA FALLAS UREÑAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
ANDRES VEGA SOLISREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA ALEJANDRA ARIAS CALVOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARLOS ANDRES MORA NAVARROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALVARO NAVARRO NAVARROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
DIGNORA ALVARADO ROQUETTREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
JOSE FRANCISCO CALDERON FERNANDEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
HENRY ALBERTO MORA ESPINOZAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUZ MARIA GODINEZ MENDEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
WESLYN DAHIANNA MENA RIOSREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
GERARDO GODINEZ ARROYOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARMEN LIDIA MOYA RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HANZ CRUZ BENAMBURGREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DEL CARMEN MORA INFANTEREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RUNNY MONGE ZUÑIGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RAFAEL ZUÑIGA ARIASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAYRA CALDERON NAVARROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE LUIS OROZCO PEREZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
OLDIN QUIROS GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
MARIA ISABEL JIMENEZ JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARLOS ZUÑIGA MONTEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANA YANSY ALVARADO GRANADOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE LEONARDO ALVARADO GARCIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SUSANA MARIA SOLIS CASTROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GISELLE CORRALES GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAVID DE LOS ANGELES FALLAS VARGASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ILEANA HIDALGO SOMARRIBASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
ILIETT BARBOZA GAMBOAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
GERARDO GODINEZ ARROYOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARMEN LIDIA MOYA RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HANZ CRUZ BENAMBURGREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS ENRIQUE BRENES NAVARROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIRNA MUÑOZ FALLASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL CALDERON ORTIZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANTONIO MORA NAVARROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ENRIQUE GIOVANNI FALLAS GAMBOAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
JUAN RAFAEL HERRERA DIAZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JAIME ROJAS MENAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA VITA MONGE GRANADOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RONY PIZARRO PIÑARREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIANELA MONGE CHINCHILLAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELADIO SANCHO BLANCOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VIRGINIA VARELA CASTROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADA ISABEL GAMBOA MARINREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIANELA LOPEZ MOLINAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MARIBEL MORA ARAYAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016RESTAURACIÓN 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. “PÉREZ ZELEDÓN — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-SAN-JOSE-PEREZ-ZELEDON. 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.