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HACIENDA VIEJA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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Costa Rica · HACIENDA VIEJA / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-OROTINA-HACIENDA-VIEJA
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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
- HACIENDA VIEJA / ALAJUELA
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-694094a4a8374f8336640c76
- 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 CRISTIANA38.6%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.4%
- AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA16.4%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS10.9%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 160 | 38.6% | 3 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 134 | 32.4% | 1 | Recorded |
| AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 68 | 16.4% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 45 | 10.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 7 | 1.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.0%
- LIBERAL PROGRESISTA27.0%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.5%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.9%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 171 | 34% | 3 | Recorded |
| LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 136 | 27% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 108 | 21.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 45 | 8.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 43 | 8.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA48.1%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL45.2%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.5%
- RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 195 | 48.1% | 3 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 183 | 45.2% | 2 | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 14 | 3.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 13 | 3.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI69.240–100 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=6.280193236714979, oldest_gap=2.962962962962962, previous_gap=6.958250497017893
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility35.92percentage 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=[[32.367149758454104,38.64734299516908,0,0,0,1.6908212560386473,0,0,0,0,0,0,27.294685990338163],[33.99602385685885,21.47117296222664,0,0,0,8.946322067594433,0,0,0,0,27.037773359840955,0,8.548707753479125],[45.18518518518518,48.148148148148145,0,0,3.45679012345679,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.2098765432098766]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility41.32percentage 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=[[32.367149758454104,38.64734299516908,0,0,0,1.6908212560386473,0,0,0,0,0,0,27.294685990338163],[33.99602385685885,21.47117296222664,0,0,0,8.946322067594433,0,0,0,0,27.037773359840955,0,8.548707753479125],[45.18518518518518,48.148148148148145,0,0,3.45679012345679,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.2098765432098766]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility38.62percentage 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=[[32.367149758454104,38.64734299516908,0,0,0,1.6908212560386473,0,0,0,0,0,0,27.294685990338163],[33.99602385685885,21.47117296222664,0,0,0,8.946322067594433,0,0,0,0,27.037773359840955,0,8.548707753479125],[45.18518518518518,48.148148148148145,0,0,3.45679012345679,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.2098765432098766]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUSTAVO ADOLFO HERNANDEZ ROJAS | SINDICATURA PROPIETARIO | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| CELIA AGUILAR SALAZAR | SINDICATURA SUPLENTE | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| LIDIER DE LOS ANGELES HERNANDEZ MONTERO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MARIANELA HERNANDEZ ROJAS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| BRYAN JESUS VARGAS CAMPOS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| LAURA CRISTINA SOLIS ROJAS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | principal |
| JOSE ENRIQUE ABARCA SOLORZANO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| DANILO GERARDO LARA QUESADA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| CHARLOTTE CORDERO JIMENEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | substitute |
| LORENA MARIA ROJAS CHINCHILLA | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ORLANDO GERARDO CHAVES SANDOVAL | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| RODOLFO ANTONIO VARGAS MESEN | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| EVA MARIA VARGAS ROJAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| LIDIER DE LOS ANGELES HERNANDEZ MONTERO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | principal |
| JOHAN ALBERTO CASTILLO CORDOBA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| GRACIELA JIMENA CAMPOS ARIAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MINOR CASTRO GONZALEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| YESENIA ENRIQUEZ RODRIGUEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | substitute |
| GUSTAVO ADOLFO HERNANDEZ ROJAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| LIDIER DE LOS ANGELES HERNANDEZ MONTERO | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| ANGELA MARIA MORA MORALES | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| GIOVANNI FLORES MESEN | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MAYELA ARIAS HERNANDEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| ORLANDO GERARDO CHAVES SANDOVAL | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| NORMA MARIA ROJAS BADILLA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| JOSERIC GUTIERREZ ARIAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| ESTEBAN GERARDO GONZALEZ CASTILLO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| RODOLFO ANTONIO VARGAS MESEN | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| IRINA MARIA CASTILLO GONZALEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | 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. “HACIENDA VIEJA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-OROTINA-HACIENDA-VIEJA. 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.