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SAN ROQUE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · SAN ROQUE / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-GRECIA-SAN-ROQUE

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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
SAN ROQUE / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e90da802cf001cfc4606e048
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

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS19.9%
  • NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGA19.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL13.0%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO11.3%
  • UNIÓN GRIEGA8.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.7%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO4.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.2%
Results for event-9fb3ec70a882071be7ae3fc6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202466819.9%2Recorded
NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202466119.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202446013.7%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202443813%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202438011.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243008.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241574.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241404.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241153.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024421.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGA24.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN9.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA7.7%
  • UNIÓN GRIEGA7.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.7%
Results for event-570342d552dcc9ad85dfd24c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202091324.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202077221%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202072919.8%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203609.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202857.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GRIEGAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202647.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202607.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020992.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.4%
  • NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGA18.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO16.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO12.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.0%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.3%
Results for event-130f74792d1088b452856928
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,06230.4%2Recorded
NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201663918.3%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201657016.3%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201642512.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163369.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161835.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161564.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016712%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016461.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

87.570–100 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=0.20827134781315237, oldest_gap=12.12729357798165, previous_gap=3.8294405214557337

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.12percentage 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=[[13.031835763165725,13.68640285629277,0,0,0,3.4216007140731923,0,0,0,0,0,11.30615888128533,58.55400178518299],[20.966865833785985,19.79902227050516,0,0,2.6887561108093427,7.740358500814774,0,0,0,7.061379684953829,0,0,41.74361759913091],[30.44724770642202,9.63302752293578,5.246559633027523,4.472477064220183,0,0,16.341743119266056,0,1.3188073394495412,12.184633027522937,0,0,20.355504587155966]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.98percentage 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=[[13.031835763165725,13.68640285629277,0,0,0,3.4216007140731923,0,0,0,0,0,11.30615888128533,58.55400178518299],[20.966865833785985,19.79902227050516,0,0,2.6887561108093427,7.740358500814774,0,0,0,7.061379684953829,0,0,41.74361759913091],[30.44724770642202,9.63302752293578,5.246559633027523,4.472477064220183,0,0,16.341743119266056,0,1.3188073394495412,12.184633027522937,0,0,20.355504587155966]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.05percentage 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=[[13.031835763165725,13.68640285629277,0,0,0,3.4216007140731923,0,0,0,0,0,11.30615888128533,58.55400178518299],[20.966865833785985,19.79902227050516,0,0,2.6887561108093427,7.740358500814774,0,0,0,7.061379684953829,0,0,41.74361759913091],[30.44724770642202,9.63302752293578,5.246559633027523,4.472477064220183,0,0,16.341743119266056,0,1.3188073394495412,12.184633027522937,0,0,20.355504587155966]]

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?
RAFAEL GERARDO RODRIGUEZ HIDALGOSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
NIKOLE DAYANA CRUZ ARGUEDASSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ALVARO JOSUE RODRIGUEZ CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
IVANNIA BLANCO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
JOHANA MORENO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YORLENY SOLIS BARRANTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BRANDON JESUS MONGE ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
FREDDY RODRIGUEZ ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
EMILIANO GOMEZ VIQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA DANIELA VIQUEZ ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SIGIFREDO GOMEZ PANIAGUASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
ANA CECILIA ZUMBADO MOLINASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
DIXIE ZAMORA MEJIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
FREDDY RODRIGUEZ ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
GREIVIN GERARDO RODRIGUEZ ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIZANIAS RODRIGUEZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SINDY OVIEDO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
LUIS ABRAHAN RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
SILVIA ISABEL ZAMORA RETANACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SILVIA ELENA GOMEZ MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HILDA AURORA QUESADA ROJASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WADDY ORLANDO ZAMORA MATAMOROSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FERNANDO MONTERO BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OLIVIER RODRIGUEZ ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAprincipal
MARIA VIRGINIA SALAS ROMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
NELSON ALBERTO ALFARO QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
YORLENY MARIA RUIZ HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
IDALI BARRIENTOS QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA MAYORÍA GRIEGAsubstitute
JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ PANIAGUACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute
ANA CECILIA ZUMBADO MOLINACONCEJALES 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. “SAN ROQUE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-GRECIA-SAN-ROQUE. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Scd4fe90594, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S70bf0c7eec, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Se189e7acb6.