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TIBÁS — Municipal council

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

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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
TIBÁS / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-279878a6a08775608cf2a4a1
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 NACIONAL35.7%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO16.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO15.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO5.5%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL4.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.7%
Results for event-dbb944cd4cc9c08bd1714927
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245,13235.7%3Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,32616.2%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,22115.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,51110.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248586%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247885.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246214.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245423.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243892.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL55.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.5%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO9.4%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA4.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.9%
Results for event-9a675572c9afa72449810f96
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208,92155.7%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,90011.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,5189.5%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,5079.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206464%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205603.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204893.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204622.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.8%
  • COALICIÓN SOMOS TIBÁS18.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO8.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE5.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.0%
Results for event-877915babb9a17c010b21de2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164,62234.8%3Recorded
COALICIÓN SOMOS TIBÁScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,49418.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,24416.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,1328.5%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168956.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167185.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165344%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163682.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162712%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=19.502363080344736, oldest_gap=16.026510016568757, previous_gap=43.873023808035995

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.32percentage 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=[[35.66861273283292,10.50180706144009,0,0,0,5.963302752293578,0,0,0,15.436474840144564,0,16.166249652488183,16.263552960800666],[55.7457976629382,11.872773854902206,9.485721427232393,2.8869586952446418,3.499343873023808,4.03674311066675,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.472661375992],[34.80945925591203,16.900135562584726,0,0,2.7715017321885824,0,8.525380328362706,2.040970025606266,0,6.740472962795602,0,0,28.212080132550085]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.07percentage 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=[[35.66861273283292,10.50180706144009,0,0,0,5.963302752293578,0,0,0,15.436474840144564,0,16.166249652488183,16.263552960800666],[55.7457976629382,11.872773854902206,9.485721427232393,2.8869586952446418,3.499343873023808,4.03674311066675,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.472661375992],[34.80945925591203,16.900135562584726,0,0,2.7715017321885824,0,8.525380328362706,2.040970025606266,0,6.740472962795602,0,0,28.212080132550085]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.7percentage 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=[[35.66861273283292,10.50180706144009,0,0,0,5.963302752293578,0,0,0,15.436474840144564,0,16.166249652488183,16.263552960800666],[55.7457976629382,11.872773854902206,9.485721427232393,2.8869586952446418,3.499343873023808,4.03674311066675,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.472661375992],[34.80945925591203,16.900135562584726,0,0,2.7715017321885824,0,8.525380328362706,2.040970025606266,0,6.740472962795602,0,0,28.212080132550085]]

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?
DORA ALICIA RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEAN PAUL PORRAS CARVAJALREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA RAMON SANCHEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JIMMY VILLALTA ESPINOZAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
CARMEN EUGENIA SANCHEZ AVILAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
MANUEL RENE BARBOZA CHAVESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
VIVIAN ROXANA ACOSTA BONILLAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
STEPHANIE PATRICIA BLANCO ROJASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ARTURO ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ MARTINEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DEL MILAGRO CHACON ZAMORAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CRUZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
IRENE PATRICIA SEGURA VARELAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
EDUARDO EMILIO UMAÑA ALVAREZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
INES CRISTINA LASCAREZ SOLANOREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GERARDO ENRIQUE ARAYA CORDEROREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXA MARIA SANDI FALLASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ALEJANDRO ALVARADO VEGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA RAMON SANCHEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ARTURO POLINARIS VARGASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DORA ALICIA RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LIZZETT LORENA RODRIGUEZ GAMBOAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
MARIA TERESITA CASTILLO QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RUBEN ALBERTO BARBOZA PEREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ILEANA CECILIA SALAZAR ALPIZARREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ARTURO ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ MARTINEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VILMA YADIRA UMAÑA ROJASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSHUA TORRES RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
CARLOS ENRIQUE ARIAS ARAYAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
LILIANA MARIA BEER RODRIGUEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ISIDRO ANTONIO ARIAS ROJASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXA MARIA SANDI FALLASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROMULO ARY NASSAZZI IRIGOYENREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016COALICIÓN SOMOS TIBÁSprincipal
JENNY MARIELA LIZANO PICADOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016COALICIÓN SOMOS TIBÁSprincipal
LIZZETT LORENA RODRIGUEZ GAMBOAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
IVONNE BERTRAND CARRANZAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
GERARDO ENRIQUE ARAYA CORDEROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA IRENE BRAVO CASTILLOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE FRANCISCO GONZALEZ VALENCIANOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUCIA RUIZ SEGURAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016COALICIÓN SOMOS TIBÁSsubstitute
JOSUE CASTRO CAMACHOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016COALICIÓN SOMOS TIBÁSsubstitute
CARLOS ENRIQUE ARIAS ARAYAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
VILMA YADIRA UMAÑA ROJASREGIDORES(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. “TIBÁS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-SAN-JOSE-TIBAS. 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.