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SAN JUAN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 JUAN / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e4766e0996c2bd8b39465ecd
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA39.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA18.5%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.6%
Results for event-e029bfda6f8c07a819fdcce7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202438839.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433734.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418118.5%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024757.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA75.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL8.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL4.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.6%
  • ACCIÓN NARANJEÑA1.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.0%
Results for event-2e894723cc23ba9ab0b20c1c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202085675.1%5Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020938.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020575%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020544.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020393.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020181.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN NARANJEÑAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020121.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020111%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA33.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA13.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE11.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.9%
Results for event-f6f40fa485a3721b3f2a54e0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201631433.4%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201622523.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201612913.7%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611211.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016758%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016414.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016272.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016181.9%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=5.198776758409785, oldest_gap=9.458023379383633, previous_gap=66.9298245614035

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.24percentage 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=[[34.35270132517839,39.55147808358817,0,0,0,18.450560652395513,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.6452599388379205],[4.7368421052631575,75.08771929824562,1.5789473684210527,0,0,3.4210526315789473,0,8.157894736842104,0,0.9649122807017544,0,0,6.052631578947368],[23.910733262486715,33.36875664187035,13.708820403825717,4.357066950053135,0,0,2.869287991498406,1.9128586609989373,0,7.970244420828905,0,0,11.902231668437832]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.39percentage 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=[[34.35270132517839,39.55147808358817,0,0,0,18.450560652395513,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.6452599388379205],[4.7368421052631575,75.08771929824562,1.5789473684210527,0,0,3.4210526315789473,0,8.157894736842104,0,0.9649122807017544,0,0,6.052631578947368],[23.910733262486715,33.36875664187035,13.708820403825717,4.357066950053135,0,0,2.869287991498406,1.9128586609989373,0,7.970244420828905,0,0,11.902231668437832]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.81percentage 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=[[34.35270132517839,39.55147808358817,0,0,0,18.450560652395513,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.6452599388379205],[4.7368421052631575,75.08771929824562,1.5789473684210527,0,0,3.4210526315789473,0,8.157894736842104,0,0.9649122807017544,0,0,6.052631578947368],[23.910733262486715,33.36875664187035,13.708820403825717,4.357066950053135,0,0,2.869287991498406,1.9128586609989373,0,7.970244420828905,0,0,11.902231668437832]]

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?
LUIS ALBERTO VARGAS JIMENEZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OLGA MARIA ELIZONDO VARELASINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARVIN MORALES RAMOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA MAGALI ACUÑA MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS ESTEBAN MORALES CUBEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE FRANCISCO MURILLO QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
ARNOLDO VALVERDE ELIZONDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ZELMIRA NAVARRO VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JAIRO ANDRES ALPIZAR MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTOR MORALES CERDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO VARGAS JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA MAGALI ACUÑA MENDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ARNOLDO VALVERDE ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SIRIA MARIA ARROYO VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARVIN MORALES RAMOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OLGA MARIA ELIZONDO VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE DANIEL MATAMOROS SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANA PATRICIA RAMIREZ ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
VICTOR MORALES CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NELSON UMAÑA FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA MAGALI ACUÑA MENDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JEFFREY FRANCISCO CAMPOS BENAVIDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SIRIA MARIA ARROYO VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
NICOLAS CORRALES BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARICRUZ SANTANA PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
XINIA MARLENE RODRIGUEZ SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JEFFRY MURILLO CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LEIDY FRANCINIA MENDEZ CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SONIA MARIA ROJAS MONTOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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 JUAN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-NARANJO-SAN-JUAN. 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.