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ESCOBAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ESCOBAL / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-f22ee836d15ef95083cca47e
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 DEMOCRÁTICO51.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO15.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL5.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA3.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.2%
Results for event-995d3b179010a4dac40914b9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202421751.2%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248419.8%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246715.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024225.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024143.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202481.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202471.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202451.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS41.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.5%
  • UNIÓN ATENIENSE11.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.9%
Results for event-eb483650bce82cb6d459ba60
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202013941.5%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209227.5%2Recorded
UNIÓN ATENIENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204011.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203510.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020164.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020103%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA26.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.0%
Results for event-1a29f0693b8aa5029eae19cb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201612938.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168726.2%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167221.7%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163410.2%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016103%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=31.367924528301884, oldest_gap=12.650602409638552, previous_gap=14.029850746268654

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

76.66percentage 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=[[5.188679245283019,19.81132075471698,0,0,0,1.8867924528301887,0,0,0,15.80188679245283,3.30188679245283,51.179245283018865,2.830188679245283],[27.46268656716418,10.447761194029852,0,0,0,4.776119402985074,0,0,0,2.985074626865672,0,0,54.32835820895522],[38.855421686746986,21.686746987951807,26.204819277108435,3.0120481927710845,0,0,0,0,0,10.240963855421686,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

59.1percentage 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=[[5.188679245283019,19.81132075471698,0,0,0,1.8867924528301887,0,0,0,15.80188679245283,3.30188679245283,51.179245283018865,2.830188679245283],[27.46268656716418,10.447761194029852,0,0,0,4.776119402985074,0,0,0,2.985074626865672,0,0,54.32835820895522],[38.855421686746986,21.686746987951807,26.204819277108435,3.0120481927710845,0,0,0,0,0,10.240963855421686,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

67.88percentage 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=[[5.188679245283019,19.81132075471698,0,0,0,1.8867924528301887,0,0,0,15.80188679245283,3.30188679245283,51.179245283018865,2.830188679245283],[27.46268656716418,10.447761194029852,0,0,0,4.776119402985074,0,0,0,2.985074626865672,0,0,54.32835820895522],[38.855421686746986,21.686746987951807,26.204819277108435,3.0120481927710845,0,0,0,0,0,10.240963855421686,0,0,0]]

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?
DAGOBERTO GUERRERO ARIASSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
STEPHANIE DE LOS ANGELES SALAZAR GARCIASINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
OLGA MARTA GARCIA RAMOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
JOSE ROBERTO BRENES ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
ANA LUCRECIA GONZALEZ VENEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
TERESINA ARIAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DANNY JESUS TRIGUEROS GUERREROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
FRANCINY MARIA SANDOVAL CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
WILBER GAMALIEL CHAVES CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
SERGIO ANTONIO FERNANDEZ VALVERDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JORGE ENRIQUE OCAÑA PORRASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MARICELA MORA PORRASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
RONALD RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA GABRIELA ARCE ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HENRY CASTRO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEprincipal
LUIS MIGUEL CASTRO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DIONISIO VARGAS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEsubstitute
NICOLE DE JESUS CASTRO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RONALD RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JACKELINE CASTRO GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILBER GAMALIEL CHAVES CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARIA GABRIELA GONZALEZ LUNACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LUIS MIGUEL CASTRO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ISIDRO HIDALGO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MARIA DEL ROCIO SIBAJA ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
DAGOBERTO GUERRERO ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MONICA FERNANDEZ ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALFREDO MARTIN SANDOVAL CHAVARRIACONCEJALES 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. “ESCOBAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ATENAS-ESCOBAL. 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.