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SAN ANTONIO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SAN ANTONIO / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-5b3d6eb18d625db5c6f50726
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 CRISTIANA17.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.8%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA14.0%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE11.5%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO10.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS6.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA4.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.7%
  • COLECTIVO CONVERGENCIA0.5%
Results for event-f1f57e10a19f06bf847e4f76
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,01217.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202495516.8%1Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202479514%1Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202465411.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202460810.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244507.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243796.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242584.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242314.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241532.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241512.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COLECTIVO CONVERGENCIAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024280.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.1%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE6.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.8%
Results for event-70c07ccab761a40b5322b595
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,95831.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,54225%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202066210.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204998.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203976.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203916.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203085%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202353.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201382.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020480.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL40.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.0%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA9.6%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN9.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.1%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.5%
Results for event-6220d5cde901d305d82a80b0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,21640.8%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201681715%1Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165249.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165119.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163987.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163386.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162214.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162214.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161923.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

74.020–100 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=1.004582305252029, oldest_gap=25.726369988966535, previous_gap=6.733570734865651

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.02percentage 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=[[16.83115967571378,17.83574198096581,0,2.696510398308072,0,4.547056750088121,0,0,0,0,4.071201973916109,10.715544589354952,43.30278463165316],[24.959533829718357,31.693104564584008,8.077047588216251,2.2337325995467787,3.803820006474587,10.715441890579475,0,0,0,4.985432178698608,0,0,13.531887342181937],[40.750275836704674,15.023905847738138,6.215520411916145,4.063994115483633,0,0,3.5307098197866864,0,9.396837072453108,7.318867230599485,0,0,13.699889665318132]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.05percentage 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=[[16.83115967571378,17.83574198096581,0,2.696510398308072,0,4.547056750088121,0,0,0,0,4.071201973916109,10.715544589354952,43.30278463165316],[24.959533829718357,31.693104564584008,8.077047588216251,2.2337325995467787,3.803820006474587,10.715441890579475,0,0,0,4.985432178698608,0,0,13.531887342181937],[40.750275836704674,15.023905847738138,6.215520411916145,4.063994115483633,0,0,3.5307098197866864,0,9.396837072453108,7.318867230599485,0,0,13.699889665318132]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.04percentage 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=[[16.83115967571378,17.83574198096581,0,2.696510398308072,0,4.547056750088121,0,0,0,0,4.071201973916109,10.715544589354952,43.30278463165316],[24.959533829718357,31.693104564584008,8.077047588216251,2.2337325995467787,3.803820006474587,10.715441890579475,0,0,0,4.985432178698608,0,0,13.531887342181937],[40.750275836704674,15.023905847738138,6.215520411916145,4.063994115483633,0,0,3.5307098197866864,0,9.396837072453108,7.318867230599485,0,0,13.699889665318132]]

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?
ARISTIDES MONTERO MORALESSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HILDA MARIA QUIROS JIMENEZSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANDREY MORALES HERRERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KATHIA MARIA BRICEÑO VENEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN LUIS CRUZ CRUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUIDO SANTAMARIA ZUMBADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAprincipal
VICTOR HUGO NUÑEZ OVIEDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ESMERALDA ALVARADO ALPIZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DIEGO ANDRES CORRALES ESCALANTECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FABIAN GABRIEL DELGADO LEONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAsubstitute
ARISTIDES MONTERO MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RAQUEL MARIA VILLALOBOS VENEGASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO MONTOYA MATACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KATHIA MARIA BRICEÑO VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OLIVETTE FERNANDEZ ROSALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN LUIS CRUZ CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HILDA MARIA QUIROS JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DAGOBERTO ALPIZAR LARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ISAIAS GUERRERO ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YETTY RODRIGUEZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MERCEDES MORALES ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OSCAR MARIO ALFARO GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSAURA MONGE BOLAÑOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN LUIS CRUZ CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA EUGENIA ARIAS ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILLIAM CASCANTE LOGANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RONALD GERARDO BENAVIDES JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OLIVETTE FERNANDEZ ROSALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SEBASTIAN JOSE CORELLA MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SILVIA MARIA SABA SALAMICONCEJALES 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. “SAN ANTONIO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ALAJUELA-SAN-ANTONIO. 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.