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JESÚS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
JESÚS / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a5c7e375e9c4b011dcc952e6
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 DEMOCRÁTICO28.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA11.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO11.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.9%
Results for event-84b05c51e15318a30332eee9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202446528.6%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202434621.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202424615.1%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202419111.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418411.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241126.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024804.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.9%
  • UNIÓN ATENIENSE20.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN10.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS6.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.9%
Results for event-af66df76f3204fbc064bf840
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202037923%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202036121.9%2Recorded
UNIÓN ATENIENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033920.5%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017510.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201629.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201036.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020845.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020482.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA22.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO7.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.4%
Results for event-05654d4138432070e26e4ae1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201646632.6%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632923%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632622.8%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615310.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161077.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016493.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

71.590–100 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=7.327586206896552, oldest_gap=9.58041958041958, previous_gap=1.0902483343428209

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.82percentage 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=[[15.147783251231527,21.305418719211822,0,0,0,6.896551724137931,0,0,0,11.330049261083744,11.761083743842365,28.633004926108374,4.926108374384237],[22.955784373107207,21.865536038764386,5.087825560266505,0,0,9.812235009085402,0,0,0,2.90732889158086,0,0,37.37129012719564],[32.58741258741259,23.006993006993007,22.797202797202797,3.4265734265734267,0,0,7.4825174825174825,0,0,10.6993006993007,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.18percentage 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=[[15.147783251231527,21.305418719211822,0,0,0,6.896551724137931,0,0,0,11.330049261083744,11.761083743842365,28.633004926108374,4.926108374384237],[22.955784373107207,21.865536038764386,5.087825560266505,0,0,9.812235009085402,0,0,0,2.90732889158086,0,0,37.37129012719564],[32.58741258741259,23.006993006993007,22.797202797202797,3.4265734265734267,0,0,7.4825174825174825,0,0,10.6993006993007,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48percentage 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=[[15.147783251231527,21.305418719211822,0,0,0,6.896551724137931,0,0,0,11.330049261083744,11.761083743842365,28.633004926108374,4.926108374384237],[22.955784373107207,21.865536038764386,5.087825560266505,0,0,9.812235009085402,0,0,0,2.90732889158086,0,0,37.37129012719564],[32.58741258741259,23.006993006993007,22.797202797202797,3.4265734265734267,0,0,7.4825174825174825,0,0,10.6993006993007,0,0,0]]

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?
LUIS GERARDO CAMPOS RODRIGUEZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
SONIA MARIA MARIN GONZALEZSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
MARY PAULA QUESADA DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
OVIDIO BRENES MURILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
LEDA MARIA GUERRERO GUERREROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LIZ CAROLINA GONZALEZ HIDALGOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA CRISTINA MADRIGAL AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
OSCAR EMILIO MIRANDA DELGADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
KAREN VANESSA ARGUELLO ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WALTER QUESADA MARINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA PAULA VILLEGAS ARGUEDASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GILBERT AGUERO TREJOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ANGEL HIDALGO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA JOSE VEGA ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE ANTONIO ALPIZAR DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEprincipal
MARIA GRACIELA ARCE MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEprincipal
MERY ISABEL MORA CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA DEL PILAR ALPIZAR MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROSA ELENA DELGADO DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEsubstitute
SERGIO GONZALEZ ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN ATENIENSEsubstitute
LORENA MURILLO CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JESUS ALONSO ALVARADO MENDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GEISSEL MARIA HERRERA HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO VARGAS ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARMEN ALICIA RAMIREZ BOGANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WARNER GERARDO MADRIGAL ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
GILBERTO JENKINS ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SIRLEY MARIA VEGA MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEONIDAS RAFAEL MORA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALICIO CAMPOS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES 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. “JESÚS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ATENAS-JESUS. 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.