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DESAMPARADOS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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DESAMPARADOS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.

Election expectation2028-02-06
Imported event records3
Usable vote comparison cycles3 of 3
Seat comparison cycles3 of 3

Historical competition

Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.

Provisional imported-series CI: 16.8/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.

Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 42.1 points; earlier interval 27.1 points; two-interval mean 34.6 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

Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.

Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.

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.

Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Electoral event evidence

Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.

2024-02-04 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,52926.62%3
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA66911.65%1
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO62610.90%1
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5709.93%0
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE5509.58%0
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4067.07%0
NUESTRO PUEBLO3916.81%0
LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2814.89%0
FRENTE AMPLIO1983.45%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA1973.43%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS1753.05%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN1512.63%0

Result source · PDF page 483; district 10 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
HUGO ANDRES BARQUERO SUAREZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
CYNTHIA VILLALTA ALFAROSINDICATURA SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
ELSIE MARIA SANTAMARIA STELLERCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LUIS FABIAN BARRANTES SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ANA CECILIA AVILA PARAJELESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)RENOVEMOS ALAJUELANoDeclaration; inferred party-code join
SERGIO EDUARDO DIAZ MARINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICONoDeclaration
LYNDA MILAGRO CASTILLO HURTADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
LUIS DIEGO BRAVO ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
FRANCINE VEGA CARVAJALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESRENOVEMOS ALAJUELAYesDeclaration; inferred party-code join
ISAI ALEXANDER RODRIGUEZ MARINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESPROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOYesDeclaration
2020-02-02 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,76233.02%3
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA83315.61%2
NUEVA REPÚBLICA60911.41%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO59311.11%0
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE54610.23%0
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4508.43%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN2073.88%0
FRENTE AMPLIO1342.51%0
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1342.51%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS681.27%0

Result source · Sheet 4.29; district 10 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
JOSE ANTONIO BARRANTES SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
CYNTHIA VILLALTA ALFAROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
JOSE ANTONIO FERNANDEZ LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ANA CECILIA SALAS ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ADINA SANCHEZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
JUAN RAFAEL BRENES BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
SUGEY VILLALOBOS ZUMBADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
NATHANAEL MEJIA ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
SERGIO GARCIA SABORIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
ANDREA MELISSA PICADO ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
2016-02-07 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,96037.96%3
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO70713.69%1
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA66912.96%1
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA4548.79%0
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN4107.94%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3526.82%0
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2805.42%0
FRENTE AMPLIO1573.04%0
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1282.48%0
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL470.91%0

Result source · Sheet 4.29; district 10 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
JOSE ANTONIO BARRANTES SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LYNDA MILAGRO CASTILLO HURTADOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MYNOR SANDOVAL VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LUISA MARIA SOTO MORERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
RODRIGO RAMIREZ JARQUINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIONoDeclaration
ANA YURI BRENES CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
ELSIE MARIA SANTAMARIA STELLERCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
RANDALL OVIEDO ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
TATIANA JIMENEZ PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESMOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOYesDeclaration
MICHAEL VARGAS SAENZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-ALAJUELA-ALAJUELA-DESAMPARADOS.