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ATENAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ATENAS / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-bd81b404fefbf187d141bd13
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 DEMOCRÁTICO37.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO16.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA10.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.6%
Results for event-102d1c8069e03574bd6e8993
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,42537.2%3Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202461216%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202447412.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202445912%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202439410.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241734.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241534%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241393.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.7%
  • UNIÓN ATENIENSE12.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA11.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN10.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.7%
Results for event-a2b40cc898b00ba7eef4f245
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,02825.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202078119.7%2Recorded
UNIÓN ATENIENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202048912.3%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202045011.4%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040710.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203699.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202526.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201864.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA29.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.6%
Results for event-2f99c5dcedd801bce08f6995
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201699729.5%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201695228.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201668620.3%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201636910.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162527.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161233.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

26.280–100 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=21.2326978323322, oldest_gap=1.3317549570878953, previous_gap=6.234225138818779

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

57.13percentage 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=[[12.379211282319144,11.987464089840689,0,0,0,3.9958213632802297,0,0,0,15.983285453120919,10.289892922434056,37.21598328545312,8.148341603551842],[25.946491670873296,19.712266532054517,9.313478041393235,0,0,11.357900050479556,0,0,0,6.360424028268551,0,0,27.30943967693084],[28.174015981059487,20.301864456939924,29.505770938147382,7.457827759692217,0,0,3.6401302160402484,0,0,10.920390648120746,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.67percentage 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=[[12.379211282319144,11.987464089840689,0,0,0,3.9958213632802297,0,0,0,15.983285453120919,10.289892922434056,37.21598328545312,8.148341603551842],[25.946491670873296,19.712266532054517,9.313478041393235,0,0,11.357900050479556,0,0,0,6.360424028268551,0,0,27.30943967693084],[28.174015981059487,20.301864456939924,29.505770938147382,7.457827759692217,0,0,3.6401302160402484,0,0,10.920390648120746,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.9percentage 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=[[12.379211282319144,11.987464089840689,0,0,0,3.9958213632802297,0,0,0,15.983285453120919,10.289892922434056,37.21598328545312,8.148341603551842],[25.946491670873296,19.712266532054517,9.313478041393235,0,0,11.357900050479556,0,0,0,6.360424028268551,0,0,27.30943967693084],[28.174015981059487,20.301864456939924,29.505770938147382,7.457827759692217,0,0,3.6401302160402484,0,0,10.920390648120746,0,0,0]]

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?
ANA MARCELA VILLARREAL CALDERONSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
JORGE RAFAEL RAMIREZ RODRIGUEZSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
ELIAS AURELIO RODRIGUEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
CAROLINA AGUIAR SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
JOSE CARLOS CHAVES INNECKENCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDUARDO ENRIQUE GUTIERREZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ OVARESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
STEPHANIE JOSSETTE DELGADO PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
ADRIAN ALFONSO HERRERA ALPIZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN ANTONIO MORERA CORTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE CARLOS CHAVES INNECKENSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSA ISABEL GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANALIVE ESPINOZA MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAX OVIEDO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSHUA QUESADA LEDEZMACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEprincipal
LUIS WILLIAM ESPINOZA MENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
JUAN EDUARDO GONZALEZ CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOHANNA MARCELA MORA LEONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SEIDY JUDITH RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEsubstitute
MARIA PRISCILA PORRAS FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
EDVIN GERARDO LORIA PACHECOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MAYELA MARIA LEON VIQUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JULIETA MARIA VIQUEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
WILLIAM JESUS ORTEGA LEONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
FABIOLA CASTRO LOBOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOAQUIN CHAVES QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANDREY ARGUEDAS JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
YULIANA PATRICIA SANCHEZ CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA ESTER BRENES OVARESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAX OVIEDO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES 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. “ATENAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ATENAS-ATENAS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S51b819559c, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S4f56e4854d, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S0287240cf5.