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GARITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
GARITA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-c3d1ba814b3f5d30b9bf0611
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 NACIONAL28.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA26.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO9.8%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO9.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.4%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA6.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.4%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE3.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.9%
Results for event-c73c276d3f948077cf64d996
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202451128.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202447326.2%2Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241779.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241759.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241347.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241236.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024804.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024583.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024412.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024351.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA17.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.3%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE11.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO9.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.1%
Results for event-33c20e86d92578a91dad4d7e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202051927.3%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033317.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202031216.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202023412.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202022111.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201849.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020794.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020201.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Withheld

Unknown0–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · 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.

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=2.102933038184837, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=9.779179810725552

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.31percentage 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=[[28.27891532927504,26.175982291090204,0,0,0,4.427227448810183,0,0,0,0,0,9.684560044272274,31.433314886552296],[27.28706624605678,12.302839116719243,16.40378548895899,0,4.153522607781283,17.50788643533123,0,0,0,9.674027339642482,0,0,12.67087276550999],null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[28.27891532927504,26.175982291090204,0,0,0,4.427227448810183,0,0,0,0,0,9.684560044272274,31.433314886552296],[27.28706624605678,12.302839116719243,16.40378548895899,0,4.153522607781283,17.50788643533123,0,0,0,9.674027339642482,0,0,12.67087276550999],null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

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=[[28.27891532927504,26.175982291090204,0,0,0,4.427227448810183,0,0,0,0,0,9.684560044272274,31.433314886552296],[27.28706624605678,12.302839116719243,16.40378548895899,0,4.153522607781283,17.50788643533123,0,0,0,9.674027339642482,0,0,12.67087276550999],null]

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?
MARIA CELINA CASTILLO GONZALEZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WALTER GONZALEZ VASQUEZSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCO JOSE GOMEZ UGALDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HAYLLIN GARCIA NIÑOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SAUL CORDERO GUZMANCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA FERNANDA GONZALEZ BURGOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
NELSON SIBAJA MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VERONICA PATRICIA CAMPOS DELGADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MELVIN HERRERA CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NANCY GONZALEZ CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA CELINA CASTILLO GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RANDALL GUILLERMO SALGADO CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ASDRUBAL ALFARO ACOSTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SANDRA CHINCHILLA CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSA ISELA QUIROS CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
MARIA CECILIA ARIAS GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
YACSIRY DE LOS ANGELES CHAVES AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANTHONY BARRIENTOS CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BERNAL SANCHEZ CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
FRANCO JOSE GOMEZ UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN 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. “GARITA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ALAJUELA-GARITA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sab9efc3b85, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S9a52b0016f.