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LA CEIBA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · LA CEIBA / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-OROTINA-LA-CEIBA

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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
LA CEIBA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-60b24ec48f50d21dca502e48
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 NACIONAL44.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA40.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS11.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.5%
Results for event-dc1b8fdc5e46b33c15cbb818
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418744.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416840%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244611%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024194.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL35.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA33.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA15.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA11.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.8%
Results for event-b1b56342f518dad092047f68
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019735.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202018433.4%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208415.2%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206511.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020213.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA39.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL13.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA0.8%
Results for event-b41315e5ece41bff218d9597
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621544.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201619239.7%2Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166613.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

80.510–100 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=4.5238095238095255, oldest_gap=4.752066115702476, previous_gap=2.359346642468239

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.04percentage 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=[[44.523809523809526,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.476190476190476],[35.75317604355717,33.39382940108893,0,0,0,11.796733212341199,0,0,0,0,15.245009074410163,0,3.8112522686025407],[44.421487603305785,39.66942148760331,0.8264462809917356,0,13.636363636363637,0,0,0,0,1.4462809917355373,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.85percentage 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=[[44.523809523809526,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.476190476190476],[35.75317604355717,33.39382940108893,0,0,0,11.796733212341199,0,0,0,0,15.245009074410163,0,3.8112522686025407],[44.421487603305785,39.66942148760331,0.8264462809917356,0,13.636363636363637,0,0,0,0,1.4462809917355373,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.95percentage 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=[[44.523809523809526,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.476190476190476],[35.75317604355717,33.39382940108893,0,0,0,11.796733212341199,0,0,0,0,15.245009074410163,0,3.8112522686025407],[44.421487603305785,39.66942148760331,0.8264462809917356,0,13.636363636363637,0,0,0,0,1.4462809917355373,0,0,0]]

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 EMILIO ALPIZAR SOLORZANOSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LINNETH RUIZ MIRANDASINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WENDY REBECA ALPIZAR CALVOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RODRIGO GUEVARA FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GRETTEL FABIOLA SALAZAR RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ISMAEL FAJARDO MARTINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KATHERINE DEL CARMEN ALPIZAR JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERMAN APARICIO VALDERRAMOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ESTER ADRIANA CERDAS MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MANRIQUE NUÑEZ CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RONALD SANTIAGO VILLALOBOS CAMBRONEROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IVANNIA ARROYO BERROCALSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KAROL MARIA SALAS GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WARNER GUILLEN MENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GLORIA LORENA CHAVES NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WENDY REBECA ALPIZAR CALVOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
MARIO VASQUEZ BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LINNETH RUIZ MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAINOR ALPIZAR SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARLOS ENRIQUE CORDERO VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
RONALD SANTIAGO VILLALOBOS CAMBRONEROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IVANNIA ARROYO BERROCALSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MINOR RODRIGUEZ MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PAOLA MURILLO CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YORLENY MARIA IRIAS CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
AUDILIO HERNAN SANCHEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
PRISCILLA MURILLO CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WARNER GUILLEN MENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KEILYN FAJARDO MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FRANCISCO JOSE SANDI RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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. “LA CEIBA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-OROTINA-LA-CEIBA. 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.