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SAN JOSÉ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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SAN JOSÉ — 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: 32.7/100. 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 43.4 points; earlier interval 26.0 points; two-interval mean 34.7 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 NACIONAL1,88520.53%3
NUESTRO PUEBLO1,27113.84%0
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA1,16612.70%2
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA93310.16%0
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO8939.73%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8739.51%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA4985.42%0
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE4975.41%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS4615.02%0
LIBERAL PROGRESISTA3794.13%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN3253.54%0

Result source · PDF page 482; district 2 · 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
ESTEBAN BENAVIDES VILLALOBOSSINDICATURA PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
XINIA MARIA AGUERO AGUEROSINDICATURA SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARIANA VIQUEZ BENAVENTECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ABRAHAM JOSUE ESQUIVEL MURILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
HAYDEE HERRERA CHEVEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)RENOVEMOS ALAJUELANoDeclaration; inferred party-code join
HERNAN ALBERTO CASTRO PANIAGUACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)RENOVEMOS ALAJUELANoDeclaration; inferred party-code join
TATIANA PAOLA VASQUEZ GUZMANCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MANFRED SAENZ ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
XINIA SOLANO CORTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESRENOVEMOS ALAJUELAYesDeclaration; inferred party-code join
GUILLERMO CALDERON ACUÑACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESRENOVEMOS ALAJUELAYesDeclaration; inferred party-code join
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 NACIONAL3,03032.39%3
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA1,25913.46%2
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1,02310.94%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA8729.32%0
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE7207.70%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS7137.62%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6386.82%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN5405.77%0
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2362.52%0
FRENTE AMPLIO2242.39%0
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL991.06%0

Result source · Sheet 4.29; district 2 · 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
LUIS PORFIRIO CAMPOS PORRASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
XINIA MARIA AGUERO AGUEROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
KEVYN VARGAS ARTAVIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ROXANA GUZMAN CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ALLAN ALBERTO CASTRO AGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
DAMARIS ARROYO MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
ELIZABETH ROJAS CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
ROINY GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MICHAEL GEOVANNI SEGURA GATJENSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
MARIA GRACIA UREÑA CASTROCONCEJALES 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 NACIONAL4,22948.87%5
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA97411.25%0
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA7939.16%0
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5416.25%0
FRENTE AMPLIO4565.27%0
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4535.23%0
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN4525.22%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN3183.67%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2082.40%0
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1201.39%0
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1101.27%0

Result source · Sheet 4.29; district 2 · 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
LUIS PORFIRIO CAMPOS PORRASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ROXANA GUZMAN CARVAJALSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
JEAN CARLOS EDUARTE PERAZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
XINIA MARIA AGUERO AGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
OTTO LUIS FERNANDEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
PATRICIA MARIA VINDAS ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
YENDRI MELISSA MURILLO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
CARLOS LUIS MEJIAS LARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
KAROL ADRIANA ALVAREZ NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
ROINY GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration

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