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EL MASTATE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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Costa Rica · EL MASTATE / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-OROTINA-EL-MASTATE
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1. What office, where, and when is the next election?
- Geography
- EL MASTATE / ALAJUELA
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-c5d0bbc337a5b174514b9542
- 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 NACIONAL32.0%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA28.8%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS27.9%
- AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA11.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 180 | 32% | 3 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 162 | 28.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 157 | 27.9% | 1 | Recorded |
| AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 63 | 11.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA30.5%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.6%
- LIBERAL PROGRESISTA26.5%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.1%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 234 | 30.5% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 227 | 29.6% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 203 | 26.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 70 | 9.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 32 | 4.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL59.8%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.6%
- RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.9%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.8%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 389 | 59.8% | 4 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 225 | 34.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 19 | 2.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 18 | 2.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI76.420–100 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=3.202846975088967, oldest_gap=25.192012288786486, previous_gap=0.9138381201044403
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility37.36percentage 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=[[32.02846975088968,28.82562277580071,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39.145907473309606],[29.634464751958223,30.548302872062663,0,0,0,9.138381201044387,0,0,0,0,26.50130548302872,0,4.177545691906006],[59.754224270353305,34.56221198156682,2.7649769585253456,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.9185867895545314]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility36.9percentage 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=[[32.02846975088968,28.82562277580071,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39.145907473309606],[29.634464751958223,30.548302872062663,0,0,0,9.138381201044387,0,0,0,0,26.50130548302872,0,4.177545691906006],[59.754224270353305,34.56221198156682,2.7649769585253456,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.9185867895545314]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility37.13percentage 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=[[32.02846975088968,28.82562277580071,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39.145907473309606],[29.634464751958223,30.548302872062663,0,0,0,9.138381201044387,0,0,0,0,26.50130548302872,0,4.177545691906006],[59.754224270353305,34.56221198156682,2.7649769585253456,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.9185867895545314]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUBEN ALBERTO LEDEZMA VINDAS | SINDICATURA PROPIETARIO | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MONTSERRAT VALERIA MONTERO SOSA | SINDICATURA SUPLENTE | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MARBEY CHACON PORRAS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| FERNANDO RAMOS CASTELLON | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| CLOTILDE REYES TAPIA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| JOHAN CONTRERAS LARA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| PAOLA LARA ARIAS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| JOSE ANTONIO LEON RAMOS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ALICE ANDREA JIMENEZ HERNANDEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| MARIA GERARDINA GUZMAN QUESADA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| GAUDY LORIA MENA | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| GERMAN MONTERO MONTERO | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| SILVANA MONGE SERRANO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MARIA JOSE HERNANDEZ CAMPOS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| OSCAR ARIEL RODRIGUEZ LEDEZMA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| LUIS FERNANDO AZOFEIFA SALAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | principal |
| OSCAR MAURICIO MONGE RAMIREZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MARIA FERNANDA RAMIREZ CHACON | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| PAOLA LARA ARIAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | substitute |
| RUBEN ALBERTO LEDEZMA VINDAS | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| VIKY MARIA SOLANO RAMOS | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| OSCAR ARIEL RODRIGUEZ LEDEZMA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| KARINA DE LOS ANGELES PEREZ ARROYO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARIA AUXILIADORA LEON ARROYO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ROXANA MARIA MORA PORRAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| CARLOS ALBERTO MONTERO ARROYO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| DAMARIS ARROYO CHACON | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ISIDRO ALBERTO MAROTO MONTERO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| KATHERINE MARIA ALVARADO MORA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
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
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/16552/computovotos_febrero2024%5b1%5d.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8292/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202020.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8290/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202016.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_2458-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1808-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1663-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “EL MASTATE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-OROTINA-EL-MASTATE. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S2e64032f90, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Se112cd31c4, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S24e4dd9ff9.