Costa Rica · ALAJUELA
MERCEDES — 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.
Historical competition
Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.
Provisional imported-series CI: 8.5/100. 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 49.2 points; earlier interval 39.1 points; two-interval mean 44.2 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 list | Candidate | Votes or marks | Vote share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | 458 | 36.38% | 3 | |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | 256 | 20.33% | 1 | |
| AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | 131 | 10.41% | 1 | |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | 127 | 10.09% | 0 | |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | 108 | 8.58% | 0 | |
| LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | 86 | 6.83% | 0 | |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | 47 | 3.73% | 0 | |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | 46 | 3.65% | 0 |
Result source · PDF page 491; district 3 · 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.
| Name | Office | Party or list | Substitute | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARIA MAYELA SAENZ ROJAS | SINDICATURA PROPIETARIA | PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | No | Declaration |
| JORGE LUIS CASTRO MIRANDA | SINDICATURA SUPLENTE | PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | Yes | Declaration |
| JULIO CESAR CHAVES GODINEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | No | Declaration |
| GABRIELA CHASSOUL DUARTE | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | No | Declaration |
| RANDY JOSUE RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| FERNANDO ENRIQUE CUBERO CAMPOS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | No | Declaration |
| SEBASTIAN MORERA ALPIZAR | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | Yes | Declaration |
| ANA MERCEDES MASIS PEREZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | Yes | Declaration |
| LEONARDO JOSE VARGAS GONZALEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| DIDIER DANILO RAMOS CORDERO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | Yes | Declaration |
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 list | Candidate | Votes or marks | Vote share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | 539 | 42.58% | 3 | |
| UNIÓN ATENIENSE | 215 | 16.98% | 1 | |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | 162 | 12.80% | 1 | |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | 102 | 8.06% | 0 | |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | 89 | 7.03% | 0 | |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | 60 | 4.74% | 0 | |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | 52 | 4.11% | 0 | |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | 47 | 3.71% | 0 |
Result source · Sheet 4.33; district 3 · 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.
| Name | Office | Party or list | Substitute | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIDIER MORA CHAVES | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| IDALIE RODRIGUEZ VIQUEZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| ALVARO ROJAS CUBERO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| YAMILETH ALPIZAR MUÑOZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| VALENTIN VILLARREAL CAMPOS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | UNIÓN ATENIENSE | No | Declaration |
| PABLO ALONSO BOGANTES VARGAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | No | Declaration |
| JOSE ENRIQUE VARGAS BARRIOS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| DAMARIS CECILIA OVARES BRENES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| FABIAN RODRIGUEZ BARRIOS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | UNIÓN ATENIENSE | Yes | Declaration |
| LUZ ELENA GATGENS AVILA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | Yes | Declaration |
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 list | Candidate | Votes or marks | Vote share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | 410 | 39.23% | 3 | |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | 307 | 29.38% | 2 | |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | 157 | 15.02% | 0 | |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | 104 | 9.95% | 0 | |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | 37 | 3.54% | 0 | |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO | 30 | 2.87% | 0 |
Result source · Sheet 4.33; district 3 · 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.
| Name | Office | Party or list | Substitute | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDALIE RODRIGUEZ VIQUEZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| DIDIER MORA CHAVES | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| MARCELO LOPEZ LEON | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| YOJANA AGUILAR SUAREZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | No | Declaration |
| LUIS GUILLERMO SOLANO LORIA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | No | Declaration |
| ROCIO PEREZ FERNANDEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | No | Declaration |
| ALAN OCONITRILLO BOGANTES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| NATALIA SUAREZ SIBAJA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | Yes | Declaration |
| DAVID BOGANTES LEDEZMA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | Yes | Declaration |
| GLORIA GUEVARA BERMUDEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | Yes | Declaration |
Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-ALAJUELA-ATENAS-MERCEDES.