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CAÑO NEGRO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CAÑO NEGRO / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-LOS-CHILES-CANO-NEGRO

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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
CAÑO NEGRO / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-403e6d1700877c8d33bafd85
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

  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA28.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO19.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS16.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.5%
Results for event-c28567da7f3fcacd9a11c6ac
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202415328.4%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414527%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410219%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248616%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024336.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024193.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL71.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO19.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.8%
Results for event-dd805700953141fb8b91e4fd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202031571.3%5Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208819.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020398.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL43.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA38.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.0%
Results for event-304998f493e456733116dd4b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618043.5%4Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616138.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016399.4%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016174.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016133.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201641%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

16.210–100 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=1.4869888475836426, oldest_gap=4.589371980676333, previous_gap=51.35746606334841

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

66.91percentage 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=[[26.95167286245353,0,0,0,0,6.133828996282528,0,0,0,0,28.438661710037174,0,38.47583643122677],[71.26696832579185,0,0,0,0,8.823529411764707,0,0,0,19.90950226244344,0,0,0],[43.47826086956522,9.420289855072463,38.888888888888886,3.140096618357488,0,0,0.966183574879227,0,0,0,0,0,4.106280193236715]]

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: 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=[[26.95167286245353,0,0,0,0,6.133828996282528,0,0,0,0,28.438661710037174,0,38.47583643122677],[71.26696832579185,0,0,0,0,8.823529411764707,0,0,0,19.90950226244344,0,0,0],[43.47826086956522,9.420289855072463,38.888888888888886,3.140096618357488,0,0,0.966183574879227,0,0,0,0,0,4.106280193236715]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

61.72percentage 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=[[26.95167286245353,0,0,0,0,6.133828996282528,0,0,0,0,28.438661710037174,0,38.47583643122677],[71.26696832579185,0,0,0,0,8.823529411764707,0,0,0,19.90950226244344,0,0,0],[43.47826086956522,9.420289855072463,38.888888888888886,3.140096618357488,0,0,0.966183574879227,0,0,0,0,0,4.106280193236715]]

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?
JESUS GERARDO MORA VALLESINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
ANA ARACELLY ORTIZ CENTENOSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
CIPRIANO GARCIA TELLESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
ELIZABETH BONILLA SEQUEIRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
RITA MARIA LORIA ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAVID BONILLA SEQUEIRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JONATHAN JOSUE SANDI CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
MARTHA YOGEBETH CANALES ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ANABEL AVILEZ BUSTOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FELIX ADRIAN ORTIZ DUARTECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ELIECER GAITAN ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EVELYN DEL CARMEN TALENO LEITONSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL CORDOBA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YORLENY MIRANDA REYESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN MARIA REYES PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WENDY YAJAIRA HERNANDEZ HURTADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAREN LIZ SANTAMARIA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALAN GONZALEZ DUARTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KAROL JOHANNA PEREZ OBANDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELIECER GAITAN ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAROL JOHANNA PEREZ OBANDOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CIPRIANO GARCIA TELLESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CINDY NATALIA MUÑOZ ALEMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN MARIA REYES PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS GARCIA CARBALLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALAN GONZALEZ DUARTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SINDY MARIA JARQUIN CENTENOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDVIN OBANDO GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANATOLIA MEZA BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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. “CAÑO NEGRO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-LOS-CHILES-CANO-NEGRO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S4c44e588c6, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S932f6cd5e7, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sfc571586ca.