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SAN JERÓNIMO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 JERÓNIMO / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-1a1fdc0c78f6a4d14a33728f
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 NACIONAL48.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA33.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA13.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.7%
Results for event-eefe328a8df4aad8b07b0a46
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202447548.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202432433.3%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412713.1%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024464.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA64.2%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL13.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL5.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.9%
  • ACCIÓN NARANJEÑA2.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.5%
Results for event-bc359d9b4fa1ee3fea2e1228
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202069964.2%4Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014113%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020938.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020605.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020534.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN NARANJEÑAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020262.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020161.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL22.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.6%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE17.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL13.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO8.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.0%
Results for event-ed7ad992a0ae05da7073db4f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620422.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618420.6%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615517.4%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201612213.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016718%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016677.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016637.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016273%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=15.534979423868307, oldest_gap=2.2396416573348255, previous_gap=51.286764705882355

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.55percentage 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=[[48.86831275720164,33.333333333333336,0,0,0,13.065843621399177,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.732510288065844],[5.514705882352941,64.24632352941177,0,0,0,4.8713235294117645,0,12.959558823529411,0,1.4705882352941178,0,0,10.9375],[13.66181410974244,20.604703247480405,7.054871220604703,3.0235162374020157,0,0,7.950727883538634,22.84434490481523,0,7.502799552071669,0,0,17.357222844344903]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.51percentage 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=[[48.86831275720164,33.333333333333336,0,0,0,13.065843621399177,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.732510288065844],[5.514705882352941,64.24632352941177,0,0,0,4.8713235294117645,0,12.959558823529411,0,1.4705882352941178,0,0,10.9375],[13.66181410974244,20.604703247480405,7.054871220604703,3.0235162374020157,0,0,7.950727883538634,22.84434490481523,0,7.502799552071669,0,0,17.357222844344903]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

50.03percentage 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=[[48.86831275720164,33.333333333333336,0,0,0,13.065843621399177,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.732510288065844],[5.514705882352941,64.24632352941177,0,0,0,4.8713235294117645,0,12.959558823529411,0,1.4705882352941178,0,0,10.9375],[13.66181410974244,20.604703247480405,7.054871220604703,3.0235162374020157,0,0,7.950727883538634,22.84434490481523,0,7.502799552071669,0,0,17.357222844344903]]

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?
MARIA ELENA FONSECA MORASINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TITO GERARDO ROJAS HERNANDEZSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JACKELINE GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ENRIQUE CASTRO MOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIANELA SALAZAR CUBILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ELIDIET MARIBEL GONZALEZ CUBEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
CHRIS MARIA FERNANDEZ VEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELI ALEXANDER CASTRO FONSECACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LISSETTE MAYELA BOGANTES CHAVESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
VICTOR MELSEN GONZALEZ CUBEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
ZOILA ROSA BONILLA RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YEINER EDUARDO BARRANTES SALAZARSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANAZITA MURILLO RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HENRY SALAZAR VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA LUCIA SALAZAR MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RICHEL PAOLA SALAZAR GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARILYN VANESA CABEZAS JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELIDER ANTONIO CABEZAS CUBEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROSA GUADALUPE JIMENEZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RANDALL LEITON CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARJORIE SEGURA CASTROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE GUADAMUZ VARELASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GEISEL VIVIANA HERRERA ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANUEL ANGEL GONZALEZ VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA ISABEL CORDERO LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
MARIA ELENA FONSECA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS GUILLERMO BARRANTES RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS HERRERA AGUILERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WILBERTH ARMANDO MADRIGAL GUEVARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
EDGAR SEGURA CABEZASCONCEJALES 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. “SAN JERÓNIMO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-NARANJO-SAN-JERONIMO. 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.