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ALAJUELA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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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
ALAJUELA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-cbaf73b59901d15b2d42ecda
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 NACIONAL22.7%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA18.9%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO11.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO8.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.9%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE6.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA3.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.0%
Results for event-3a1f5904a6b2d9ac689b7c9f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,80122.7%3Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,32718.9%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,40511.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,1299.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,1018.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249747.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247726.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245234.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244433.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244113.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243272.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241201%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.4%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE10.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.7%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.3%
Results for event-f37a74e91e338c55bf9ecbcb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,31728%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,92916.3%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,47612.4%1Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,22110.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,0418.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209968.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205975%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204944.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203212.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203182.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201521.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL48.4%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA14.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.9%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN5.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.5%
Results for event-6ceed05b1dba68c46f507a7f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165,74248.4%4Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,76014.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169357.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166825.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166155.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165634.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164203.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163883.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163262.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162432%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161801.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

54.120–100 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=3.843347117489664, oldest_gap=33.59203644339464, previous_gap=11.701230821109423

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.82percentage 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=[[22.711424633098193,9.154301467607233,0,0,0,3.3325225006081247,0,0,0,0.9729992702505473,3.591988972674937,11.392199789183492,48.844563366577475],[27.963243972348675,12.44309559939302,16.262013151239252,4.164559096273815,2.7061203844208395,8.775923115832068,0,1.2814027988534817,0,8.396560445118867,0,0,18.00708143651998],[48.439345368651935,7.887632866542939,4.749451661886283,5.188122152859794,1.518474776446769,0,3.2731567403408133,0,5.753332208537203,2.049940948203138,0,0,21.14054327653113]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.66percentage 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=[[22.711424633098193,9.154301467607233,0,0,0,3.3325225006081247,0,0,0,0.9729992702505473,3.591988972674937,11.392199789183492,48.844563366577475],[27.963243972348675,12.44309559939302,16.262013151239252,4.164559096273815,2.7061203844208395,8.775923115832068,0,1.2814027988534817,0,8.396560445118867,0,0,18.00708143651998],[48.439345368651935,7.887632866542939,4.749451661886283,5.188122152859794,1.518474776446769,0,3.2731567403408133,0,5.753332208537203,2.049940948203138,0,0,21.14054327653113]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.74percentage 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=[[22.711424633098193,9.154301467607233,0,0,0,3.3325225006081247,0,0,0,0.9729992702505473,3.591988972674937,11.392199789183492,48.844563366577475],[27.963243972348675,12.44309559939302,16.262013151239252,4.164559096273815,2.7061203844208395,8.775923115832068,0,1.2814027988534817,0,8.396560445118867,0,0,18.00708143651998],[48.439345368651935,7.887632866542939,4.749451661886283,5.188122152859794,1.518474776446769,0,3.2731567403408133,0,5.753332208537203,2.049940948203138,0,0,21.14054327653113]]

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?
MARIEL LEANDRO FLORESSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS FERNANDO GUERRERO TREJOSSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SEBASTIAN FERNANDO LORIA VIOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NICOLE MARIA LOPEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE LUIS CORDOBA LORIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAprincipal
CARLOS EDUARDO CHAVARRA ARROYOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
CELSO JIMENEZ MONTOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ALFREDO LEON RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAsubstitute
JEFFRY PORRAS RUIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
JORGE ARTURO CAMPOS UGALDESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ELENA SEGURA EDUARTESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA PATRICIA GONZALEZ CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDGAR AVILA VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ZAILYN VANESSA CHINCHILLA MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
HERIBERTO HERNANDEZ ARROYOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SIRA YAMILETH SANCHEZ MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS LUIS CHAVARRIA MADRIGALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTA EUGENIA GUILLEN MADRIGALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
CARLOS GERARDO TORRES MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JORGE ARTURO CAMPOS UGALDESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ELENA SEGURA EDUARTESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIANA VARGAS OLMOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERARDO ANTONIO ARIAS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YULIANA DE LOS ANGELES ALFARO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA PATRICIA VARGAS CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAprincipal
CARLOS LUIS CHAVARRIA MADRIGALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GRISELDA PORTUGUEZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDGAR AVILA VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR MARIO SOLANO RIVASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAsubstitute

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. “ALAJUELA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ALAJUELA-ALAJUELA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sab9efc3b85, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S9a52b0016f, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S437da93588.