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SANTA ANA — Municipal council

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

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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
SANTA ANA / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-35db1ebc032d9e8c7b440081
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

  • DEL SOL24.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO18.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.8%
  • POPULAR CRISTIANO1.4%
Results for event-c43ce54df5ca70a256e3c1fc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
DEL SOLcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,76524.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,73524.6%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,38222.3%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,73318%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246914.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243732.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242771.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
POPULAR CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242051.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.5%
  • DEL SOL21.6%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA5.6%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA3.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.3%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO2.3%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO2.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.5%
Results for event-9e92325160285a28fb9f9054
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205,01431.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,85724.5%2Recorded
DEL SOLcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,39621.6%2Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208775.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204813.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204612.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203652.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203632.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203552.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203282.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202331.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.8%
  • DEL SOL16.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO12.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.6%
  • ALIANZA CRISTIANA SANTANEÑA3.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.0%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.3%
Results for event-a22d7e2b89320ba89c9e5fad
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164,54232.8%3Recorded
DEL SOLcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,22616.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,77012.8%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,60411.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,46910.6%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169146.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA CRISTIANA SANTANEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165463.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164123%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161901.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161741.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

80.010–100 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=0.19787612954290523, oldest_gap=16.725644543944536, previous_gap=7.355371900826448

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

18.28percentage 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=[[22.307235670470284,24.635578128091815,0,2.4602598773168,0,1.8270562627795,0,0,0,18.02651540135875,0,0,30.743354659982852],[31.875397329942786,24.520025429116338,0,0,1.4812460267005723,5.575333757151939,0,0,0,2.320406865861411,2.9307056579783852,0,31.296884933248567],[32.80132880768397,10.608796129125443,11.583736549433091,0,0,0,12.782552177366938,0,1.3721383693218747,6.600707734527335,0,0,24.250740232541343]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.94percentage 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=[[22.307235670470284,24.635578128091815,0,2.4602598773168,0,1.8270562627795,0,0,0,18.02651540135875,0,0,30.743354659982852],[31.875397329942786,24.520025429116338,0,0,1.4812460267005723,5.575333757151939,0,0,0,2.320406865861411,2.9307056579783852,0,31.296884933248567],[32.80132880768397,10.608796129125443,11.583736549433091,0,0,0,12.782552177366938,0,1.3721383693218747,6.600707734527335,0,0,24.250740232541343]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.61percentage 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: 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=[[22.307235670470284,24.635578128091815,0,2.4602598773168,0,1.8270562627795,0,0,0,18.02651540135875,0,0,30.743354659982852],[31.875397329942786,24.520025429116338,0,0,1.4812460267005723,5.575333757151939,0,0,0,2.320406865861411,2.9307056579783852,0,31.296884933248567],[32.80132880768397,10.608796129125443,11.583736549433091,0,0,0,12.782552177366938,0,1.3721383693218747,6.600707734527335,0,0,24.250740232541343]]

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?
MARCO AURELIO ODIO AGUILARREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024DEL SOLprincipal
MARIA PAULA VILLARREAL GALERAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024DEL SOLprincipal
CYNTHIA JORLENY CHAVES ROBLESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GONZALO ROJAS ROJASREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WALTER ALBERTO HERRERA CANTILLOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MILENA BLEN ALVARADOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DANNY RICARDO UREÑA MARINREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
ESTEBAN BLANCO HERRERAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024DEL SOLsubstitute
DEBBIE MAYELA ZAMORA LEITONREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024DEL SOLsubstitute
SOFIA ALVAREZ KIMREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RICARDO ENRIQUE ALFARO ZAMORAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE ROBERTO CASTRO ARAYAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCELA MARIA SIBAJA CABRERAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EMMANUEL MORALES MORAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
CESAR JULIO CHAVARRIA SABORIOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CATHERINE VANESSA MORA CHAVARRIAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WALTER ALBERTO HERRERA CANTILLOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RICARDO ENRIQUE ALFARO VILLEGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LIDIA LACAYO MENAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CATALINA MERCEDES OBREGON LOPEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020DEL SOLprincipal
ESTEBAN ANDRES BALMACEDA ARIASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020DEL SOLprincipal
JOSE ROBERTO CASTRO ARAYAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA LUCIA CASCANTE ACUÑAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE DANIEL CASTRO AGUEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SANDRA DELGADO ARTAVIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GONZALO ROJAS ROJASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JAVIER VILLALOBOS ODIOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020DEL SOLsubstitute
LOURDES MARIN DELGADOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020DEL SOLsubstitute
CESAR JULIO CHAVARRIA SABORIOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIANA VILLALOBOS BRENESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE RAMON SIBAJA MONTEROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS FERNANDO MARIN GUERRERO DELREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016DEL SOLprincipal
ALEXIS MONTERO SALASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
NORMA SOLIS GOMEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
KARLA ZAMORA AGUILARREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CATHERINE VANESSA MORA CHAVARRIAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DANNY RICARDO UREÑA MARINREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAMARIS ZUMBADO VARGASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CYNTHIA SALAZAR ZAMORA DELREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016DEL SOLsubstitute
YESENIA TRAÑA CASTROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute
JOSE DANIEL CORDOBA MOLINAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
KRISEY CHAVES LEDEZMAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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