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CIRRÍ SUR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CIRRÍ SUR / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-NARANJO-CIRRI-SUR

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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
CIRRÍ SUR / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-284dabbd40455caa6a926c68
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 NACIONAL42.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA13.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA13.5%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO9.2%
Results for event-0c8205afb254209a5a342f0d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202455642.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202427621%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418213.9%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417713.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241219.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA52.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN19.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.2%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL4.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.4%
  • ACCIÓN NARANJEÑA1.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.3%
Results for event-99bfdd10941a76809fc1d33f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202073952%3Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202027719.5%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202023016.2%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020594.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020402.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020342.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN NARANJEÑAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020221.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020191.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA27.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE17.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL5.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.7%
Results for event-12272930343ec78ac070e29c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632327.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621218.2%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201619917.1%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618415.8%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016776.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016716.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016655.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016312.7%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=21.341463414634145, oldest_gap=9.552495697074011, previous_gap=32.53521126760563

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.5percentage 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=[[42.3780487804878,21.036585365853657,0,0,0,13.490853658536585,0,0,0,0,0,9.222560975609756,13.871951219512194],[16.197183098591548,52.04225352112676,2.816901408450704,0,0,2.3943661971830985,0,4.154929577464789,0,1.3380281690140845,0,0,21.056338028169016],[15.834767641996558,18.244406196213426,27.796901893287437,6.626506024096385,0,0,2.667814113597246,5.593803786574871,0,6.110154905335628,0,0,17.125645438898452]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.49percentage 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=[[42.3780487804878,21.036585365853657,0,0,0,13.490853658536585,0,0,0,0,0,9.222560975609756,13.871951219512194],[16.197183098591548,52.04225352112676,2.816901408450704,0,0,2.3943661971830985,0,4.154929577464789,0,1.3380281690140845,0,0,21.056338028169016],[15.834767641996558,18.244406196213426,27.796901893287437,6.626506024096385,0,0,2.667814113597246,5.593803786574871,0,6.110154905335628,0,0,17.125645438898452]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.49percentage 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=[[42.3780487804878,21.036585365853657,0,0,0,13.490853658536585,0,0,0,0,0,9.222560975609756,13.871951219512194],[16.197183098591548,52.04225352112676,2.816901408450704,0,0,2.3943661971830985,0,4.154929577464789,0,1.3380281690140845,0,0,21.056338028169016],[15.834767641996558,18.244406196213426,27.796901893287437,6.626506024096385,0,0,2.667814113597246,5.593803786574871,0,6.110154905335628,0,0,17.125645438898452]]

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?
OVIDIO ROJAS CUBEROSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YIRLANIA RODRIGUEZ SOTOSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANTHONY ERASMO SERRANO SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAREN VANESSA AGUILERA MUÑOZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
AGUSTIN ARRIETA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA DAISY SOLIS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
JOSE ALLAN RODRIGUEZ ARRIETACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VALERIA CHAVES CHINCHILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JULIO CESAR ARRIETA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROSA ZAMORA CARVAJALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
AGUSTIN ARRIETA SOLISSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
XINIA MARIA CAMPOS SALAZARSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JUAN AGUSTIN SOTO ARRIETACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA LIDIETH HERRERA AGUILERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
REIMAN LOPEZ SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO ACUÑA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JULIO CESAR ARRIETA CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NIDIA MARIA CASTRO ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JENNY NOELIA GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
AGUSTIN ARRIETA SOLISSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
XINIA MARIA CAMPOS SALAZARSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
REIMAN LOPEZ SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARGARITA SALAZAR ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
TERESITA MARTA AGUILERA CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
JENNY NOELIA GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA ELODIA FUENTES VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA LIDIETH HERRERA AGUILERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROSA IRENE ALVAREZ MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO ACUÑA ROJASCONCEJALES 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. “CIRRÍ SUR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-NARANJO-CIRRI-SUR. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S417ce30162, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S1e4a0f04da, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S1f7e491d3c.