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CARRIZAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CARRIZAL / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-ALAJUELA-CARRIZAL

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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
CARRIZAL / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-48caf9993201caae188ae6e8
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA29.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.9%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO21.3%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA9.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.9%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE2.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.8%
Results for event-f677744a3ba33c12645705a5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202457729.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202450325.9%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441321.3%1Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241749%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024894.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024572.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024562.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024331.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024231.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024150.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA41.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.3%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE4.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.7%
Results for event-0cf4b44af0d073008439a5d6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202070841.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040323.4%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201478.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201267.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201086.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020784.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020653.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020583.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020291.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL40.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.5%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA9.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL0.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE0.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.3%
Results for event-16ec4013468340d1b62d6245
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201675040.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201670838.5%2Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161789.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161467.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016181%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016140.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016130.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201660.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201650.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

60.850–100 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=3.8144329896907223, oldest_gap=2.2850924918389595, previous_gap=17.71196283391405

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.57percentage 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=[[25.927835051546392,29.742268041237114,0,0,0,1.7010309278350515,0,0,0,0,1.1855670103092784,21.288659793814432,20.15463917525773],[23.40301974448316,41.11498257839721,6.2717770034843205,0,3.7746806039488967,8.536585365853659,0,0,0,7.317073170731708,0,0,9.581881533101045],[40.80522306855278,38.52013057671382,7.943416757344941,0.9793253536452666,0.7616974972796517,0,0.2720348204570185,0,0,0.3264417845484222,0,0,10.391730141458106]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

21.14percentage 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=[[25.927835051546392,29.742268041237114,0,0,0,1.7010309278350515,0,0,0,0,1.1855670103092784,21.288659793814432,20.15463917525773],[23.40301974448316,41.11498257839721,6.2717770034843205,0,3.7746806039488967,8.536585365853659,0,0,0,7.317073170731708,0,0,9.581881533101045],[40.80522306855278,38.52013057671382,7.943416757344941,0.9793253536452666,0.7616974972796517,0,0.2720348204570185,0,0,0.3264417845484222,0,0,10.391730141458106]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.35percentage 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=[[25.927835051546392,29.742268041237114,0,0,0,1.7010309278350515,0,0,0,0,1.1855670103092784,21.288659793814432,20.15463917525773],[23.40301974448316,41.11498257839721,6.2717770034843205,0,3.7746806039488967,8.536585365853659,0,0,0,7.317073170731708,0,0,9.581881533101045],[40.80522306855278,38.52013057671382,7.943416757344941,0.9793253536452666,0.7616974972796517,0,0.2720348204570185,0,0,0.3264417845484222,0,0,10.391730141458106]]

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?
CARLOS ALBERTO ALFARO ARAYASINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
XINIA ROJAS CARVAJALSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RIGOBERTO SALAS MONTEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ZULAY GUTIERREZ NUÑEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAIKOL JOSE RODRIGUEZ MOLINACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CESAR ANDRES SALAS SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
CARLOS ANTONIO DIAZ DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YENDRI UGALDE RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EDUARDO MENDEZ MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RONALD MEJIAS JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
MARVIN ALBERTO MORA BOLAÑOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
XINIA ROJAS CARVAJALSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EMILY MARIA CARRANZA PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RIGOBERTO SALAS MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LILLIANA PATRICIA FERNANDEZ ARRIETACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS ENRIQUE PANIAGUA NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDDY JOSE RODRIGUEZ CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARSI DALI RODRIGUEZ MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JESUS ALBERTO MORA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAYRA RODRIGUEZ MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR ENRIQUE BARRANTES RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIGIA MARIA JIMENEZ RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YENORY RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE MARIA RODRIGUEZ MESENCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA DESIDERIA ALFARO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RONALD PANIAGUA NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SERGIO MOISES ROJAS VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LILLIANA PATRICIA FERNANDEZ ARRIETACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FELIPE GOMEZ RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YORLENI VALVERDE CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO 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. “CARRIZAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ALAJUELA-CARRIZAL. 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.