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TURRUBARES — Municipal council
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Costa Rica · TURRUBARES / SAN JOSÉ · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-SAN-JOSE-TURRUBARES
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1. What office, where, and when is the next election?
- Geography
- TURRUBARES / SAN JOSÉ
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-4b6d3c311060dd9a21092fb5
- 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
- UNIDOS PODEMOS45.5%
- LIBERAL PROGRESISTA42.0%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 1,363 | 45.5% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 1,256 | 42% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 374 | 12.5% | 1 | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- COMUNAL UNIDO65.4%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.2%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.7%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.8%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMUNAL UNIDO | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 2,119 | 65.4% | 4 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 751 | 23.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 315 | 9.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 57 | 1.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN38.9%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.8%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.1%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.3%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.2%
- MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 1,100 | 38.9% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 1,070 | 37.8% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 426 | 15.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 121 | 4.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 91 | 3.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 20 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI25.450–100 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=3.5750083528232537, oldest_gap=1.060820367751063, previous_gap=42.19617520049352
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility41.96percentage 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=[[12.49582358837287,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41.96458402940194,0,45.539592382225194],[23.164713140037016,9.716224552745219,0,0,1.75817396668723,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.36088834053054],[37.835926449787834,15.063649222065063,3.217821782178218,0,0,0,0.7072135785007072,0,0,4.278642149929278,0,0,38.8967468175389]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility28.22percentage 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=[[12.49582358837287,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41.96458402940194,0,45.539592382225194],[23.164713140037016,9.716224552745219,0,0,1.75817396668723,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.36088834053054],[37.835926449787834,15.063649222065063,3.217821782178218,0,0,0,0.7072135785007072,0,0,4.278642149929278,0,0,38.8967468175389]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility35.09percentage 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=[[12.49582358837287,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41.96458402940194,0,45.539592382225194],[23.164713140037016,9.716224552745219,0,0,1.75817396668723,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.36088834053054],[37.835926449787834,15.063649222065063,3.217821782178218,0,0,0,0.7072135785007072,0,0,4.278642149929278,0,0,38.8967468175389]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANUEL RODRIGO GONZALEZ CASTRO | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| ANA JULIA TREJOS ARIAS | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| ALEXANDER JIMENEZ TORRES | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | principal |
| YORLENY MADRIGAL RAMIREZ | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | principal |
| VIRGINIA SALAZAR AGUERO | REGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| EDWIN CHAVES CHAVARRIA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| BELLANIRA PEREZ MENA | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| DIDIER VALVERDE ARIAS | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | substitute |
| VERA CASCANTE SANDI | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | substitute |
| ERIKA VANESSA SALAZAR MADRIGAL | REGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| PATRICIO GONZALEZ QUIROS | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | COMUNAL UNIDO | principal |
| ANA IVONNE SANTAMARIA MONGE | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | COMUNAL UNIDO | principal |
| MARIO ALBERTO CHAVARRIA CHAVES | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | COMUNAL UNIDO | principal |
| ANA CECILIA JIMENEZ ARIAS | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | COMUNAL UNIDO | principal |
| MANUEL RODRIGO GONZALEZ CASTRO | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| HENRY RODRIGUEZ ROJAS | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | COMUNAL UNIDO | substitute |
| OLGA LIDIA MADRIGAL GUADAMUZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | COMUNAL UNIDO | substitute |
| JOHNNY BARBOZA CASTRO | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | COMUNAL UNIDO | substitute |
| ROXINIA QUIROS ARIAS | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | COMUNAL UNIDO | substitute |
| GERARDO AGUERO JIMENEZ | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| PATRICIO GONZALEZ QUIROS | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | principal |
| ANA IVONNE SANTAMARIA MONGE | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | principal |
| LUIS SALAZAR MONGE | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| DINIA PEREZ ARIAS | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARIO ALBERTO CHAVARRIA CHAVES | REGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| CESAR JULIO MEJIA CHAVES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | substitute |
| MARISOL SANCHEZ ARIAS | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | substitute |
| ANA CECILIA JIMENEZ ARIAS | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ AGUERO | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ALBERTO CHAVARRIA CHAVES | REGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
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
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/16552/computovotos_febrero2024%5b1%5d.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8292/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202020.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8290/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202016.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_2218-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1495-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1376-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “TURRUBARES — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-SAN-JOSE-TURRUBARES. 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.