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TAMBOR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
TAMBOR / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-df5ef99b608cfb018410cffe
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 CRISTIANA21.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.2%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA15.3%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO11.0%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE9.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA7.7%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO6.5%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA6.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.5%
Results for event-1b5ae843db0391d9c2216fb3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202466621.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202463320.2%1Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202448015.3%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202434311%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242969.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242417.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242036.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241896%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024782.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO15.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.3%
  • DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE7.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.7%
Results for event-39c18768b810060b1917698f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,27936.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202079923%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202054215.6%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202898.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202497.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201173.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020982.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020812.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020230.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL48.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA20.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.8%
  • RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA5.9%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN5.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.5%
Results for event-c828c9a6769dd04c67b0d4d2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,37848.8%4Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201658520.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630610.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161675.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161665.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161083.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016692.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016431.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

62.080–100 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=1.0546500479386403, oldest_gap=28.10063784549964, previous_gap=13.805004314063847

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.84percentage 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=[[20.230105465004794,21.284755512943434,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.702141259188239,6.487695749440716,44.29530201342283],[36.784584411849295,22.979580097785448,3.364969801553063,0,2.3295944779982745,8.311763014092609,0,0,0,15.58815070463043,0,0,10.641357492090885],[48.83061658398299,10.843373493975903,20.729978738483346,0,1.5237420269312545,0,0,0,5.882352941176471,3.8270729978738482,0,0,8.362863217576187]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.29percentage 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=[[20.230105465004794,21.284755512943434,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.702141259188239,6.487695749440716,44.29530201342283],[36.784584411849295,22.979580097785448,3.364969801553063,0,2.3295944779982745,8.311763014092609,0,0,0,15.58815070463043,0,0,10.641357492090885],[48.83061658398299,10.843373493975903,20.729978738483346,0,1.5237420269312545,0,0,0,5.882352941176471,3.8270729978738482,0,0,8.362863217576187]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.57percentage 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=[[20.230105465004794,21.284755512943434,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.702141259188239,6.487695749440716,44.29530201342283],[36.784584411849295,22.979580097785448,3.364969801553063,0,2.3295944779982745,8.311763014092609,0,0,0,15.58815070463043,0,0,10.641357492090885],[48.83061658398299,10.843373493975903,20.729978738483346,0,1.5237420269312545,0,0,0,5.882352941176471,3.8270729978738482,0,0,8.362863217576187]]

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?
HENRY VIQUEZ LORIASINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EVELYN VANESSA SALAS VILLEGASSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WILLIAM MORERA ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARTA ELENA CORDOBA RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANDRES CASTRO BARQUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ENRIQUE ELIZONDO BENAVIDESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAprincipal
DIXON CAMPOS LORIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA ELIETT CASCANTE ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JUAN GONZALO PEREIRA ARROYOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL ANGEL CASCANTE MADRIGALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024RENOVEMOS ALAJUELAsubstitute
MARIO MIRANDA HUERTASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATTIA MARIA LOPEZ ROMANSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAVIER ALONSO ALVARADO LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LISIDIA MARIA VILLALOBOS LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ELIETT CASCANTE ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LEONEL OSVALDO ARAYA PORTUGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MERLINA MARIA CASTILLO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO AMADO CASTRO SANTAMARIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GREYVEN JESUS SALAS HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LAURA ARRIETA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
MARIO MIRANDA HUERTASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATTIA MARIA LOPEZ ROMANSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LIZET LOPEZ ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANTHONY DAVID ESPINOZA LUNACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANABELLE RAMIREZ RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE ARTURO SANCHEZ MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
HENRY VARGAS ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PAOLA RODRIGUEZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDRES CASTRO BARQUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MELISSA MARIA SANABRIA SIBAJACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN 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. “TAMBOR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ALAJUELA-TAMBOR. 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.