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SAN JORGE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 JORGE / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-757dbe049637a91187913c68
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS34.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA10.8%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO10.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA6.8%
Results for event-9e3ee9101114ee1a0afe705e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202425237.4%3Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202422934%2Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247310.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247310.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024466.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL60.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO26.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL7.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.8%
Results for event-36cf6ca5c69ab66d76dbbd87
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202036660.6%4Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202016226.8%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020477.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020294.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL58.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO4.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.8%
Results for event-205fb1c8bc7f2392a436f7ca
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632458.9%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169617.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016488.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016478.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016254.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016101.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

18.360–100 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=3.4175334323922755, oldest_gap=41.45454545454545, previous_gap=33.774834437086085

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

62.56percentage 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=[[37.444279346211,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.846953937592868,0,51.70876671619613],[60.59602649006622,0,0,0,7.781456953642384,4.801324503311259,0,0,0,26.821192052980134,0,0,0],[58.90909090909091,17.454545454545453,8.727272727272727,8.545454545454545,0,0,4.545454545454546,0,0,0,0,0,1.8181818181818181]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.09percentage 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=[[37.444279346211,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.846953937592868,0,51.70876671619613],[60.59602649006622,0,0,0,7.781456953642384,4.801324503311259,0,0,0,26.821192052980134,0,0,0],[58.90909090909091,17.454545454545453,8.727272727272727,8.545454545454545,0,0,4.545454545454546,0,0,0,0,0,1.8181818181818181]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.82percentage 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: 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=[[37.444279346211,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.846953937592868,0,51.70876671619613],[60.59602649006622,0,0,0,7.781456953642384,4.801324503311259,0,0,0,26.821192052980134,0,0,0],[58.90909090909091,17.454545454545453,8.727272727272727,8.545454545454545,0,0,4.545454545454546,0,0,0,0,0,1.8181818181818181]]

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?
MIGUEL ANGEL SALAS RODRIGUEZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA JULEISI DELGADO CABEZASSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAUREN DAYANNA LOPEZ RUIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GILBERTO DELGADO BORBONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIANA MURILLO LEITONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MINOR GERARDO MONGE QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JESSIKA VANESSA BAEZ SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILBERTH CABEZAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIANELA TALENO ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO CHAVES ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MAURICIO GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA JULEISI DELGADO CABEZASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES HIDALGO MATAMOROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL SALAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GRACE MARCELA RODRIGUEZ LARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN FELIX VASQUEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
HAZEL DAMARIS GAMBOA ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCOS DAVID GONZALEZ SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAYANA REYES QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VILMA ELENA TALENO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
MAURICIO GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IRENE MADRIGAL FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL ANGEL SALAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES HIDALGO MATAMOROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SERGIO EDUARDO CABEZAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SANDRA ROSA MEDINA SEQUEIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GILBERTO DELGADO BORBONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HAZEL DAMARIS GAMBOA ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXIS SANCHEZ ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL ENRIQUE RODRIGUEZ MADRIGALCONCEJALES 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. “SAN JORGE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-LOS-CHILES-SAN-JORGE. 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.