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VÁZQUEZ DE CORONADO — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · VÁZQUEZ DE CORONADO / SAN JOSÉ · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-SAN-JOSE-VAZQUEZ-DE-CORONADO

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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
VÁZQUEZ DE CORONADO / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-21d2d637dc69c82aa8626d6e
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 NACIONAL24.6%
  • AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADO23.8%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO23.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.1%
Results for event-f06f5fb2ce1525b5de2a9bbb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,41524.6%2Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,29723.8%2Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,24523.4%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,77520%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247095.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244333.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO25.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.5%
  • AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADO17.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.4%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA7.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.5%
Results for event-a57062cb5857b719ee683d2d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,22825.6%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,05418.5%2Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,94117.8%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,86417.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,3007.9%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206964.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205263.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204622.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204202.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO35.1%
  • AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADO18.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.4%
  • DEMÓCRATA1.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.2%
Results for event-37a6f7fe5d8dd04fd86ea59f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165,40335.1%3Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,85418.6%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,69617.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,71111.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,0086.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169806.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DEMÓCRATAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162861.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162621.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161821.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

78.480–100 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=0.8505117485944922, oldest_gap=16.57131712391107, previous_gap=7.119034624946941

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.94percentage 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: 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=[[24.614386622459275,20.0014415453366,0,5.110278218249964,0,3.1209456537408102,0,0,0,0,0,23.389073086348567,23.763874873864783],[17.367048693226607,18.519192286701838,3.189618579831423,4.22048390030926,2.801528106239767,7.883087744830513,0,2.5468437329452427,0,25.63822691164878,0,0,17.833970044266568],[17.52697958652971,6.553114029384996,11.123390976465998,6.371083084124301,0,0,1.7032895592250683,0,0,35.125471330126125,0,0,21.596671434143804]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.2percentage 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=[[24.614386622459275,20.0014415453366,0,5.110278218249964,0,3.1209456537408102,0,0,0,0,0,23.389073086348567,23.763874873864783],[17.367048693226607,18.519192286701838,3.189618579831423,4.22048390030926,2.801528106239767,7.883087744830513,0,2.5468437329452427,0,25.63822691164878,0,0,17.833970044266568],[17.52697958652971,6.553114029384996,11.123390976465998,6.371083084124301,0,0,1.7032895592250683,0,0,35.125471330126125,0,0,21.596671434143804]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.07percentage 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: 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=[[24.614386622459275,20.0014415453366,0,5.110278218249964,0,3.1209456537408102,0,0,0,0,0,23.389073086348567,23.763874873864783],[17.367048693226607,18.519192286701838,3.189618579831423,4.22048390030926,2.801528106239767,7.883087744830513,0,2.5468437329452427,0,25.63822691164878,0,0,17.833970044266568],[17.52697958652971,6.553114029384996,11.123390976465998,6.371083084124301,0,0,1.7032895592250683,0,0,35.125471330126125,0,0,21.596671434143804]]

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?
ALEJANDRO VINICIO GONZALEZ JIMENEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA YANCY ROJAS MORALESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEAN CARLO ARROYO BRENESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOprincipal
MARIA JIMENA ALVARADO ZUÑIGAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOprincipal
HILDA MARIA ZUÑIGA LIZANOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
HAROLD ENRIQUE MAJIK ROSALESREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
JASON GERALD GUTIERREZ LARAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HEINER ESTEBAN BARONI QUIROSREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KARLA MARCELA ORTIZ MENDEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MICHAEL MORA SOLISREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOsubstitute
MILDRED CAMPOS SANDOVALREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOsubstitute
SILVIA MENDEZ MATAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
KEYLOR VARGAS MONGEREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
DAVID ROJAS ROJASREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GISSELLE JARA LIZANOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
BOLIVAR VARGAS VINDASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
FERNANDO GUTIERREZ ORTIZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOHANNA JIMENEZ MUÑOZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DEL CARMEN GARRO MOLINAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOprincipal
JOSE DAVID BARBOZA ZUÑIGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA JIMENA ALVARADO ZUÑIGAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO GONZALEZ DINARTEREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
XINIA CARBALLO VINDASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
ROXANA MARIA NUÑEZ GONZALEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JASON GERALD GUTIERREZ LARAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GISELLE SANDOVAL HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOsubstitute
JOSE JOAQUIN CALVO JIMENEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS QUIROS FUENTESREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
GISSELLE JARA LIZANOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
BOLIVAR VARGAS VINDASREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
HILDA MARIA AVILA TORRESREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
CARLOS LUIS CHINCHILLA CRUZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOprincipal
XINIA MARIA VEGA DURANREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOprincipal
ROSA EUGENIA VARGAS ARTAVIAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARMEN MARIA DURAN QUIROSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
CARLOS VENTURA ZUÑIGA ARIASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
XINIA CARBALLO VINDASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
ALFREDO CARAZO CORONADOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
NADIA RODRIGUEZ UGALDEREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOsubstitute
JORGE ANDRES VARGAS BELTRANREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016AUTÉNTICO LABRADOR DE CORONADOsubstitute
RODOLFO DIAZ PRADOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANKLIN ABEL GUTIERREZ ENRIQUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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