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EL AMPARO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · EL AMPARO / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-LOS-CHILES-EL-AMPARO

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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
EL AMPARO / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-67f694d4b465e479549be5e2
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 PODEMOS47.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.5%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO15.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA11.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA7.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.3%
Results for event-0c0fa6465f71b3827487b509
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202466747.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202421715.5%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202421015%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202415711.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241037.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024463.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO51.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL35.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.9%
Results for event-2a580b5d5b8cbc4cecea3ba8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202068551.4%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202046835.1%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201279.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020523.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • FRENTE AMPLIO44.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA12.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.9%
Results for event-390933f84bf4e976b94639bf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201650244.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201633129.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614412.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016776.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016514.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016332.9%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=32.142857142857146, oldest_gap=15.026362038664324, previous_gap=16.291291291291287

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

81.21percentage 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=[[15.5,0,0,0,0,3.2857142857142856,0,0,0,0,7.357142857142857,0,73.85714285714286],[35.13513513513514,0,0,0,3.903903903903904,9.534534534534535,0,0,0,51.426426426426424,0,0,0],[29.08611599297012,6.766256590509666,12.653778558875219,44.112478031634446,0,0,2.8998242530755713,0,0,0,0,0,4.481546572934974]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

70.91percentage 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: 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=[[15.5,0,0,0,0,3.2857142857142856,0,0,0,0,7.357142857142857,0,73.85714285714286],[35.13513513513514,0,0,0,3.903903903903904,9.534534534534535,0,0,0,51.426426426426424,0,0,0],[29.08611599297012,6.766256590509666,12.653778558875219,44.112478031634446,0,0,2.8998242530755713,0,0,0,0,0,4.481546572934974]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

76.06percentage 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=[[15.5,0,0,0,0,3.2857142857142856,0,0,0,0,7.357142857142857,0,73.85714285714286],[35.13513513513514,0,0,0,3.903903903903904,9.534534534534535,0,0,0,51.426426426426424,0,0,0],[29.08611599297012,6.766256590509666,12.653778558875219,44.112478031634446,0,0,2.8998242530755713,0,0,0,0,0,4.481546572934974]]

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?
JEFFRY GABRIEL SEQUEIRA CASTILLOSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
BLANCA IRMA CASTILLO CAMBRONEROSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
FABIO JAVIER MORALES MALTEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ROSIBEL CAMPOS ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MAYNOR LUIS MENDOZA PICHARDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ASDRUBAL CAMPOS JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO ROJAS DELGADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ELSIE ROJAS GUTIERREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JOHNNY ALEXANDER RUIZ SALASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GIOVANNI ALEXANDER RODRIGUEZ GAITANCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
JENNY MARIA TORRES BARRERASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MANUEL RUIZ SALASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
ERIK ORTEGA DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
XINIA LORENA TORRES BARRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
ROLANDO MORALES PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GABY LISSETH JIMENEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GREY HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS SEGURA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
FREDDY JIMENEZ HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BOLIVAR LOPEZ MONTOYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
YESENIA DEL CARMEN VARGAS JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
HERIBERTO MORALES PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
STEPHANNY BARBA PEÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
ALBERT ANTONIO GAITAN ARTAVIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DENIS GERARDO ROJAS VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
KAROL FERNANDA MORERA DURANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
RAMON ELIECER ORIAS LEZAMACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
MELISSA ALFARO GUIDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “EL AMPARO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-LOS-CHILES-EL-AMPARO. 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.