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TAMBOR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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TAMBOR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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TAMBOR — 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: 62.1/100. 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 47.8 points; earlier interval 35.3 points; two-interval mean 41.6 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
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA66621.28%3
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL63320.23%1
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA48015.34%1
NUESTRO PUEBLO34310.96%0
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE2969.46%0
LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2417.70%0
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO2036.49%0
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1896.04%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS782.49%0

Result source · PDF page 483; district 12 · 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
HENRY VIQUEZ LORIASINDICATURA PROPIETARIOUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
EVELYN VANESSA SALAS VILLEGASSINDICATURA SUPLENTEUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
WILLIAM MORERA ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
MARTA ELENA CORDOBA RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
ANDRES CASTRO BARQUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LUIS ENRIQUE ELIZONDO BENAVIDESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)RENOVEMOS ALAJUELANoDeclaration; inferred party-code join
DIXON CAMPOS LORIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
MARIA ELIETT CASCANTE ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
JUAN GONZALO PEREIRA ARROYOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MIGUEL ANGEL CASCANTE MADRIGALCONCEJALÍAS 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 NACIONAL1,27936.78%3
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA79922.98%1
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO54215.59%1
NUEVA REPÚBLICA2898.31%0
DESPERTAR ALAJUELENSE2497.16%0
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1173.36%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN982.82%0
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL812.33%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS230.66%0

Result source · Sheet 4.29; district 12 · 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
MARIO MIRANDA HUERTASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
KATTIA MARIA LOPEZ ROMANSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
JAVIER ALONSO ALVARADO LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LISIDIA MARIA VILLALOBOS LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MARIA ELIETT CASCANTE ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
LEONEL OSVALDO ARAYA PORTUGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANONoDeclaration
MERLINA MARIA CASTILLO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
GERARDO AMADO CASTRO SANTAMARIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
GREYVEN JESUS SALAS HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
LAURA ARRIETA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESREPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOYesDeclaration
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 NACIONAL1,37848.83%4
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA58520.73%1
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA30610.84%0
RENOVEMOS ALAJUELA1675.92%0
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1665.88%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1083.83%0
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE692.45%0
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL431.52%0

Result source · Sheet 4.29; district 12 · 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
MARIO MIRANDA HUERTASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
KATTIA MARIA LOPEZ ROMANSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
LIZET LOPEZ ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ANTHONY DAVID ESPINOZA LUNACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ANABELLE RAMIREZ RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
JORGE ARTURO SANCHEZ MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
HENRY VARGAS ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
PAOLA RODRIGUEZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
ANDRES CASTRO BARQUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MELISSA MARIA SANABRIA SIBAJACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration

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