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BUENOS AIRES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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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
- BUENOS AIRES / ALAJUELA
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-1ecce59120b99164fdd2dec1
- 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
- PALMARES PRIMERO40.0%
- LIBERAL PROGRESISTA27.4%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS12.3%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL6.6%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.0%
- FRENTE AMPLIO3.7%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.7%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALMARES PRIMERO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 933 | 40% | 3 | Recorded |
| LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 640 | 27.4% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 288 | 12.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 153 | 6.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 116 | 5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 86 | 3.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 86 | 3.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 33 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.0%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.5%
- ALIANZA POR PALMARES14.3%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.7%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.2%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.0%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 916 | 38% | 1 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 638 | 26.5% | 2 | Recorded |
| ALIANZA POR PALMARES | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 346 | 14.3% | 1 | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 234 | 9.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 126 | 5.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 121 | 5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 31 | 1.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.7%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.7%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA20.0%
- ALIANZA POR PALMARES16.8%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.5%
- RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE5.5%
- FRENTE AMPLIO4.1%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 467 | 21.7% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 466 | 21.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 430 | 20% | 1 | Recorded |
| ALIANZA POR PALMARES | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 362 | 16.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 183 | 8.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 119 | 5.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 88 | 4.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 35 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI45.040–100 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=12.54817987152034, oldest_gap=0.04651162790697683, previous_gap=11.525704809286896
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility71.44percentage 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=[[6.552462526766595,4.967880085653105,0,3.6830835117773018,0,1.4132762312633833,0,0,0,3.6830835117773018,27.40899357601713,0,52.29122055674518],[26.451077943615257,37.97678275290215,9.701492537313433,0,5.016583747927031,5.223880597014926,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.630182421227197],[21.72093023255814,21.674418604651162,20,4.093023255813954,0,0,0,0,0,1.627906976744186,0,0,30.883720930232556]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility31.27percentage 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=[[6.552462526766595,4.967880085653105,0,3.6830835117773018,0,1.4132762312633833,0,0,0,3.6830835117773018,27.40899357601713,0,52.29122055674518],[26.451077943615257,37.97678275290215,9.701492537313433,0,5.016583747927031,5.223880597014926,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.630182421227197],[21.72093023255814,21.674418604651162,20,4.093023255813954,0,0,0,0,0,1.627906976744186,0,0,30.883720930232556]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility51.35percentage 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=[[6.552462526766595,4.967880085653105,0,3.6830835117773018,0,1.4132762312633833,0,0,0,3.6830835117773018,27.40899357601713,0,52.29122055674518],[26.451077943615257,37.97678275290215,9.701492537313433,0,5.016583747927031,5.223880597014926,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.630182421227197],[21.72093023255814,21.674418604651162,20,4.093023255813954,0,0,0,0,0,1.627906976744186,0,0,30.883720930232556]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KATTIA ELENA CONEJO SANCHEZ | SINDICATURA PROPIETARIA | 2024 | PALMARES PRIMERO | principal |
| JOSE JOAQUIN LOPEZ GUTIERREZ | SINDICATURA SUPLENTE | 2024 | PALMARES PRIMERO | substitute |
| FRANCISCO LEDEZMA CHAVES | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | PALMARES PRIMERO | principal |
| LAURA VIVIANA CAMPOS CALDERON | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | PALMARES PRIMERO | principal |
| MILAGRO RODRIGUEZ BLANCO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | principal |
| STEVEN FERNANDO VEGA MELENDEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | principal |
| ANA LAURA ARIAS VASQUEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | substitute |
| DILAN YOHEL CASTILLO ROJAS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | substitute |
| SERGIO CASTRO MUÑOZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| VERA CRUZ CASTILLO CASTRO | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| EMILIA MARIA VARGAS RAMIREZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| SERGIO ANDRES NUÑEZ MYERS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ANA EMILCE ABARCA UGALDE | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | ALIANZA POR PALMARES | principal |
| JOCELYN COROMOTO QUESADA AMARO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| KARLA OSIRIS CAMPOS VARGAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MIGUEL ANGEL GUTIERREZ CAMARENO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| LILEY MENA MORA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | ALIANZA POR PALMARES | substitute |
| OSCAR ADRIAN QUESADA RAMIREZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| MILENE FERNANDEZ VARGAS | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ISIDRO VALVERDE MOYA | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| JORGE EDUARDO SOLIS VASQUEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| OSCAR LUIS ARCE SIBAJA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| LUCY AMELIA TONER TONER | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| ANA GABRIELA ALVAREZ VASQUEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | ALIANZA POR PALMARES | principal |
| JORGE ESTEBAN CHAVES VARELA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ALEJANDRO JOSE QUESADA CASTRO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| GUSTAVO CASTRO RAMIREZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| MAGDA SUAREZ GONZALEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | ALIANZA POR PALMARES | 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
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- 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_2456-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1806-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1661-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “BUENOS AIRES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-PALMARES-BUENOS-AIRES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sa9c14e4cc2, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sc9a95d2031, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S696f402911.