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COYOLAR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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COYOLAR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.

Election expectation2028-02-06
Imported event records3
Usable vote comparison cycles3 of 3
Seat comparison cycles3 of 3

Historical competition

Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.

Provisional imported-series CI: 4.4/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.

Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 38.5 points; earlier interval 28.5 points; two-interval mean 33.5 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

Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.

Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.

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.

Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Electoral event evidence

Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.

2024-02-04 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL54343.16%3
UNIDOS PODEMOS27021.46%1
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24519.48%1
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA16413.04%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA362.86%0

Result source · PDF page 496; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
BERNICE SHANTANY JAMES ROGERSSINDICATURA PROPIETARIALIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
RIGOBERTO CHAVERRI ESPINOZASINDICATURA SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARIO ALBERTO GONZALEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
PAULA MARIA MONGE MURILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
CARLOS GIOVANNI LEITON CASASOLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
ANGELLO JOSUE HERNANDEZ ARRIETACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
JOSE LUIS SOTO GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
PATRICIA BERROCAL VEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
DIEGO ALEJANDRO ALPIZAR PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
OMAR ROMARIO CAMARENO CHAVESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
2020-02-02 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL65637.90%3
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA50128.94%1
LIBERAL PROGRESISTA43425.07%1
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL643.70%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA543.12%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN221.27%0

Result source · Sheet 4.37; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
ISAURA UMAÑA RAMOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIALIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
WILBER ANTONIO SOTO MONTEROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
RIGOBERTO CHAVERRI ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
PAULA MARIA MONGE MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
NARCISA MADRIGAL VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
ERIKA BADILLA MEDINACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERAL PROGRESISTANoDeclaration
JUAN JOSE SOTO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MELISSA DELGADO VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
KAROL JOHANNA RODRIGUEZ SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
TANNYA PAMELA ULLOA DESANTICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERAL PROGRESISTAYesDeclaration
2016-02-07 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL90964.19%4
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA42730.16%1
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL574.03%0
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE130.92%0
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA100.71%0

Result source · Sheet 4.37; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
MANUELA HERNANDEZ AGUEROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIALIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
CHRISTIAN JIMENEZ GUERREROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MANUEL EDUARDO HERRERA GARITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ILEANA JIMENEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
WILBER ANTONIO SOTO MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
DAMIAN ROJAS BALTODANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
PAOLA SALAS VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
WILBER GUILLERMO JIMENEZ BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARIA LUCRECIA SOTO PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
DAGOBERTO FUENTES RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-ALAJUELA-OROTINA-COYOLAR.