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SARAPIQUÍ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SARAPIQUÍ / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-1ee1c0dd514e1e01de837a10
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

  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO28.3%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO24.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.0%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE6.3%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA2.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.1%
Results for event-10dcc128d087ae6868b4ab6a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202429128.3%3Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202425224.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418117.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417517%1Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024656.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024292.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024232.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024111.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL39.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA26.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL8.2%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE7.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA7.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.0%
Results for event-6f642ebac53dc91a070d435d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202032039.1%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202021826.6%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208410.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020678.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020617.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020617.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202081%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL41.2%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA26.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.2%
Results for event-fb262a27e656218111378f28
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201634341.2%3Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621926.3%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620424.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016556.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201681%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

62.480–100 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=3.797468354430382, oldest_gap=14.885954381752704, previous_gap=12.454212454212456

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

56.91percentage 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=[[17.624148003894838,17.039922103213243,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.33495618305745,37.000973709834476],[39.072039072039075,26.61782661782662,0,0,8.18070818070818,7.448107448107448,0,0,0,10.256410256410257,0,0,8.424908424908425],[41.1764705882353,24.489795918367346,6.602641056422569,0.24009603841536614,0,0,0.24009603841536614,0,0,0.9603841536614646,0,0,26.290516206482593]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.05percentage 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=[[17.624148003894838,17.039922103213243,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.33495618305745,37.000973709834476],[39.072039072039075,26.61782661782662,0,0,8.18070818070818,7.448107448107448,0,0,0,10.256410256410257,0,0,8.424908424908425],[41.1764705882353,24.489795918367346,6.602641056422569,0.24009603841536614,0,0,0.24009603841536614,0,0,0.9603841536614646,0,0,26.290516206482593]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.98percentage 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=[[17.624148003894838,17.039922103213243,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.33495618305745,37.000973709834476],[39.072039072039075,26.61782661782662,0,0,8.18070818070818,7.448107448107448,0,0,0,10.256410256410257,0,0,8.424908424908425],[41.1764705882353,24.489795918367346,6.602641056422569,0.24009603841536614,0,0,0.24009603841536614,0,0,0.9603841536614646,0,0,26.290516206482593]]

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?
EDGAR MARIO ARAYA BOZASINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
PAOLA PATRICIA VILLANEA VILLALOBOSSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
SANDRA MARIA MENDEZ ULATECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
FEDERICO UGALDE CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
JENIFFER DAYANA PANIAGUA SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ISABEL FONSECA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MILENA ROCIO FERRETO ARTAVIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
JOSE EMILIANO ARIAS CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
PRISCILLA CAROLINA PEREZ CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FREDDY MILTON UGALDE VASQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANAIS PANIAGUA SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DONAL MORERA ESQUIVELSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JENIFFER DAYANA PANIAGUA SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDGAR MARIO ARAYA BOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIGUEL LOPEZ CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROSALIA VIQUEZ SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KATTIA ELENA SOTO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEISON STIVEN PANIAGUA SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CINTHIA MAYELA CHAVES ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARLOS ANDRES SALAZAR ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANAIS PANIAGUA SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DONAL MORERA ESQUIVELSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KATTIA MARIA GODINEZ PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS UGALDE VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXANDER GOMEZ FERRETOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO CRUZ NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CINDY GABRIELA CRUZ PRENDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN DANIEL JIMENEZ PADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSIBEL MAYELA CHAVES MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAsubstitute
MARITZABEL GOMEZ ARTAVIACONCEJALES 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. “SARAPIQUÍ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ALAJUELA-SARAPIQUI. 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.