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CANDELARIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CANDELARIA / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-PALMARES-CANDELARIA

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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
CANDELARIA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-0a6afd73bb4b8398663b2dfa
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 PRIMERO42.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS34.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA10.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL5.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.1%
Results for event-e65a7b805988d06e079d15cc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PALMARES PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426542%4Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202421534.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246410.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024355.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024325.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024132.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202471.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA51.6%
  • ALIANZA POR PALMARES18.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.8%
Results for event-a31b4967ddc33e3467048304
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033151.6%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR PALMAREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012018.7%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010917%2Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020304.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020274.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020203.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202050.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA POR PALMARES33.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA24.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.5%
Results for event-40c63df85d0e9b9cd5090af9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA POR PALMAREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620433.4%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614824.2%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613421.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166110%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016203.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016193.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016162.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201691.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

22.350–100 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=7.923930269413631, oldest_gap=9.165302782324062, previous_gap=32.86604361370716

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

68.8percentage 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=[[5.071315372424722,5.54675118858954,0,0,0,1.109350237717908,0,0,0,2.0602218700475436,10.142630744849445,0,76.06973058637084],[16.978193146417446,51.557632398753896,3.115264797507788,0,4.672897196261682,4.205607476635514,0,0,0,0,0,0,19.470404984423677],[21.93126022913257,9.983633387888707,24.222585924713584,3.109656301145663,0,0,0,0,0,1.4729950900163666,0,0,39.279869067103114]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

50.45percentage 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=[[5.071315372424722,5.54675118858954,0,0,0,1.109350237717908,0,0,0,2.0602218700475436,10.142630744849445,0,76.06973058637084],[16.978193146417446,51.557632398753896,3.115264797507788,0,4.672897196261682,4.205607476635514,0,0,0,0,0,0,19.470404984423677],[21.93126022913257,9.983633387888707,24.222585924713584,3.109656301145663,0,0,0,0,0,1.4729950900163666,0,0,39.279869067103114]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

59.63percentage 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=[[5.071315372424722,5.54675118858954,0,0,0,1.109350237717908,0,0,0,2.0602218700475436,10.142630744849445,0,76.06973058637084],[16.978193146417446,51.557632398753896,3.115264797507788,0,4.672897196261682,4.205607476635514,0,0,0,0,0,0,19.470404984423677],[21.93126022913257,9.983633387888707,24.222585924713584,3.109656301145663,0,0,0,0,0,1.4729950900163666,0,0,39.279869067103114]]

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?
EDITH ESQUIVEL CHAVARRIASINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
BERNARDO CHAVARRIA CHAVARRIASINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
YORDAN ISIDRO SANCHEZ CAMBRONEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
YULIANA AVILA CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
VICTOR EMILIO CHAVARRIA ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
MARIA SOFIA ESQUIVEL GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
LUIS FELIPE QUIROS QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
YORLENY RAMIREZ CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO HERNANDEZ MOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
MARIA ELENA HERNANDEZ SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
MARIA ISABEL CORDERO AVILASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WAGNER GERARDO ZUÑIGA SOTOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
VICTOR GERARDO MIRANDA ZUMBADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
NIXA HIYARIS MOLINARES RIVASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
ANTONIO MENA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FABIOLA DE MARIA SANCHEZ SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA FELICIA RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
LUIS GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
MARILYN CHAVARRIA CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ANDREY CAMBRONERO CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALLEN FRANCISCO ESQUIVEL RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
JKZEL DARIELA ARAUZ CHARPANTIERSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO HERNANDEZ MOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
OFELIA MARIA SEGURA CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
NURIA CAMPOS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
BERNARDO CHAVARRIA CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NIXA HIYARIS MOLINARES RIVASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
FRANCISCO EXTARLEN ABARCA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
ANGELICA MARIA LOPEZ RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
HELEN STEFANI GONZALEZ CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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