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CONCEPCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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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
CONCEPCIÓN / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b2dd8f39e8503bbe6fc73957
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

  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO26.7%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO24.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL10.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA7.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.3%
Results for event-de7e7cabca5d67ffa0ba0906
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202436626.7%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433424.3%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426419.2%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414110.3%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241057.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024695%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024614.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024322.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIÓN ATENIENSE36.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL13.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA11.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN9.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.6%
Results for event-355d4467494c1e6ebbf851fb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIÓN ATENIENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202052936.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202024016.5%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202018913%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017211.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201359.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020785.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020604.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020533.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA23.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO14.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO4.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.6%
Results for event-c2a684088dce452f748d1b5a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201636234.1%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201624923.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621820.5%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615014.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016464.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016383.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

57.910–100 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=2.332361516034986, oldest_gap=10.630291627469422, previous_gap=19.848901098901102

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.99percentage 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=[[10.276967930029155,19.24198250728863,0,0,0,7.653061224489796,0,0,0,26.676384839650147,2.3323615160349855,24.34402332361516,9.475218658892128],[12.98076923076923,16.483516483516482,5.357142857142857,0,0,11.813186813186814,0,0,0,4.1208791208791204,0,0,49.244505494505496],[34.05456255879586,20.507996237064912,23.424270931326436,3.574788334901223,0,0,4.327375352775165,0,0,14.111006585136407,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

61.06percentage 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=[[10.276967930029155,19.24198250728863,0,0,0,7.653061224489796,0,0,0,26.676384839650147,2.3323615160349855,24.34402332361516,9.475218658892128],[12.98076923076923,16.483516483516482,5.357142857142857,0,0,11.813186813186814,0,0,0,4.1208791208791204,0,0,49.244505494505496],[34.05456255879586,20.507996237064912,23.424270931326436,3.574788334901223,0,0,4.327375352775165,0,0,14.111006585136407,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

56.52percentage 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=[[10.276967930029155,19.24198250728863,0,0,0,7.653061224489796,0,0,0,26.676384839650147,2.3323615160349855,24.34402332361516,9.475218658892128],[12.98076923076923,16.483516483516482,5.357142857142857,0,0,11.813186813186814,0,0,0,4.1208791208791204,0,0,49.244505494505496],[34.05456255879586,20.507996237064912,23.424270931326436,3.574788334901223,0,0,4.327375352775165,0,0,14.111006585136407,0,0,0]]

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?
CARLOS EDUARDO MADRIGAL FERNANDEZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MARIA GABRIELA PORRAS LOPEZSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
SIRBANO MORA GUERREROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
ELIZETH AMALIA ALFARO ARGUEDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
DANILO VASQUEZ TRIGUEROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DORIS BOLAÑOS ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERMAN CHAVARRIA ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
MARIA PAULA RODRIGUEZ BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
KEVIN ALBERTO TRIGUEROS ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RANDALL JOSE ALFARO LEONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OMAR RAMOS ARCESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEprincipal
ANA VICTORIA ESPINOZA SALASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEsubstitute
MARDEN SILVERIO MORA GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEprincipal
NATALY ARTAVIA MUÑOZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEprincipal
JIMENA MARIA HERNANDEZ ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KARINA RODRIGUEZ CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JENNY SEGURA ARRIETACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEsubstitute
RONNY JAVIER PORRAS CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEsubstitute
LESLIE VANESSA VASQUEZ PANIAGUACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FRANCISCO SOTO ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JENIFFER KARINA ARGUEDAS BERROCALSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE ALBERTO MORA GUERREROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RAMON GERARDO CHACON FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HEISY TRIGUEROS LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LIGIA VARGAS MATAMOROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
PABLO ANDRES CASTRO CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
ALICE CAMPOS HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS JESUS ARGUEDAS PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
RICARDO AUGUSTO CASTRO CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOHNNY VILLALOBOS JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute

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. “CONCEPCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ATENAS-CONCEPCION. 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.