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SAN JOSÉ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 JOSÉ / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a87f92ebfe2f5e3ae78fd98c
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 NACIONAL20.5%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO13.8%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA12.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA10.2%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO9.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.4%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE5.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA4.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.5%
Results for event-9ad4ddda93df6430ce0bf230
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,88520.5%3Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,27113.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,16612.7%2Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202493310.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248939.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248739.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244985.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244975.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244615%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243794.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243253.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.3%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE7.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS7.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.4%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.1%
Results for event-bfe91d37719cd1d9bfda872f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,03032.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,25913.5%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,02310.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208729.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207207.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207137.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206386.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205405.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202362.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202242.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020991.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL48.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.3%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA9.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.3%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE5.2%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN5.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.3%
Results for event-cc45e9b59696e66bada08c3a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164,22948.9%5Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201697411.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167939.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165416.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164565.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164535.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164525.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163183.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162082.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161201.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161101.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

32.730–100 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=6.6877246487310735, oldest_gap=37.61266466373931, previous_gap=18.93307675860595

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.44percentage 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=[[20.53153251279817,9.508768108049232,0,0,0,5.424245724866572,0,0,0,0,4.128090621936608,9.726609301818973,50.68075373053045],[32.39255933290571,13.459482574299765,10.936497754971136,2.3946974556339535,2.5229848193286295,9.322215095146461,0,1.0583707504810775,0,6.820611503100278,0,0,21.092580714132993],[48.86757568754333,11.254911023804022,6.251444418765889,5.269239657961636,1.2710885139819736,0,1.386642015253062,0,5.223018257453201,2.403512826438641,0,0,18.072567598798244]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.96percentage 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=[[20.53153251279817,9.508768108049232,0,0,0,5.424245724866572,0,0,0,0,4.128090621936608,9.726609301818973,50.68075373053045],[32.39255933290571,13.459482574299765,10.936497754971136,2.3946974556339535,2.5229848193286295,9.322215095146461,0,1.0583707504810775,0,6.820611503100278,0,0,21.092580714132993],[48.86757568754333,11.254911023804022,6.251444418765889,5.269239657961636,1.2710885139819736,0,1.386642015253062,0,5.223018257453201,2.403512826438641,0,0,18.072567598798244]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.7percentage 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=[[20.53153251279817,9.508768108049232,0,0,0,5.424245724866572,0,0,0,0,4.128090621936608,9.726609301818973,50.68075373053045],[32.39255933290571,13.459482574299765,10.936497754971136,2.3946974556339535,2.5229848193286295,9.322215095146461,0,1.0583707504810775,0,6.820611503100278,0,0,21.092580714132993],[48.86757568754333,11.254911023804022,6.251444418765889,5.269239657961636,1.2710885139819736,0,1.386642015253062,0,5.223018257453201,2.403512826438641,0,0,18.072567598798244]]

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?
ESTEBAN BENAVIDES VILLALOBOSSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
XINIA MARIA AGUERO AGUEROSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIANA VIQUEZ BENAVENTECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ABRAHAM JOSUE ESQUIVEL MURILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HAYDEE HERRERA CHEVEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAprincipal
HERNAN ALBERTO CASTRO PANIAGUACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAprincipal
TATIANA PAOLA VASQUEZ GUZMANCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MANFRED SAENZ ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
XINIA SOLANO CORTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAsubstitute
GUILLERMO CALDERON ACUÑACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAsubstitute
LUIS PORFIRIO CAMPOS PORRASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
XINIA MARIA AGUERO AGUEROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KEVYN VARGAS ARTAVIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROXANA GUZMAN CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALLAN ALBERTO CASTRO AGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DAMARIS ARROYO MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ELIZABETH ROJAS CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROINY GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MICHAEL GEOVANNI SEGURA GATJENSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA GRACIA UREÑA CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS PORFIRIO CAMPOS PORRASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROXANA GUZMAN CARVAJALSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEAN CARLOS EDUARTE PERAZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
XINIA MARIA AGUERO AGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OTTO LUIS FERNANDEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PATRICIA MARIA VINDAS ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YENDRI MELISSA MURILLO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS LUIS MEJIAS LARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KAROL ADRIANA ALVAREZ NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROINY GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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 JOSÉ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ALAJUELA-SAN-JOSE. 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.