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NARANJO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
NARANJO / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-fbdb648536e4d86d65d3367b
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 NACIONAL45.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA25.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA17.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA8.4%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO4.0%
Results for event-c14ecc41e4ebae09974ab484
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,39045.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,31325%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202489817.1%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244428.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242124%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA64.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL8.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.3%
  • ACCIÓN NARANJEÑA4.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL3.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.3%
Results for event-13c362617e284ef756267717
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,69264%5Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204708.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204297.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203085.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN NARANJEÑAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202754.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202574.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201823.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020811.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020751.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA22.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA18.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE16.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO5.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.9%
  • DE LOS TRABAJADORES1.1%
Results for event-c2e3a1df168e13ff849ec3f1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,25922.7%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,02118.4%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201691816.5%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201689116%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164668.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164508.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163275.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161612.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DE LOS TRABAJADOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016611.1%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=20.494766888677447, oldest_gap=4.285199855959672, previous_gap=55.85023400936037

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

53.12percentage 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=[[45.480494766888675,24.98572787821123,0,0,0,17.08848715509039,0,0,0,0,0,4.034253092293055,8.41103710751665],[8.146992546368521,63.99722655572889,4.454844860461085,0,1.3000520020800832,5.338880221875542,0,3.154792858381002,0,1.4040561622464898,0,0,12.203154792858381],[16.042491897731363,22.668347137198417,18.383147281238745,8.390349297803384,0,0,5.887648541591646,2.898811667266835,0,8.102268635217861,0,0,17.626935541951745]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.22percentage 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=[[45.480494766888675,24.98572787821123,0,0,0,17.08848715509039,0,0,0,0,0,4.034253092293055,8.41103710751665],[8.146992546368521,63.99722655572889,4.454844860461085,0,1.3000520020800832,5.338880221875542,0,3.154792858381002,0,1.4040561622464898,0,0,12.203154792858381],[16.042491897731363,22.668347137198417,18.383147281238745,8.390349297803384,0,0,5.887648541591646,2.898811667266835,0,8.102268635217861,0,0,17.626935541951745]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

50.67percentage 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=[[45.480494766888675,24.98572787821123,0,0,0,17.08848715509039,0,0,0,0,0,4.034253092293055,8.41103710751665],[8.146992546368521,63.99722655572889,4.454844860461085,0,1.3000520020800832,5.338880221875542,0,3.154792858381002,0,1.4040561622464898,0,0,12.203154792858381],[16.042491897731363,22.668347137198417,18.383147281238745,8.390349297803384,0,0,5.887648541591646,2.898811667266835,0,8.102268635217861,0,0,17.626935541951745]]

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?
GEANNINE AGUERO ARGUIJOSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALONSO MATAMOROS ARCESINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YESSICA VIVIANA CUBERO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DIEGO ESTEBAN SEGURA SOTELACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HELDER ALONSO MORALES ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GRACE ARAYA PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ANA SOFIA CHINCHILLA CHINCHILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS GUSTAVO ROJAS CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GUSTAVO ADOLFO RUIZ ARAUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LEIDY DEL CARMEN MENA CAMBRONEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
LAURA PATRICIA SANCHEZ FONSECASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JAVIER MOISES SALAZAR SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA JOSE FERNANDEZ VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
AARON SALAS CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YAMILETH SALAS PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN MANUEL CHAVES VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RAQUEL BLANCO SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WILBER ARTURO SANCHEZ ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OLGA LIDIA CHAVES VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HELDER ALONSO MORALES ALFAROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OLGA MARITA CASTRO CASTROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OLGA LIDIA CHAVES VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DEL ROSARIO SANCHO MORERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JOSE RODRIGO ROJAS MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
MANUEL ANGEL RODRIGUEZ PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALVARO VARGAS UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ERIK RIVERA ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIO UMAÑA ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
LILIA ARROYO ARCECONCEJALES 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. “NARANJO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-NARANJO-NARANJO. 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.