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ESQUIPULAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ESQUIPULAS / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b42e5ac89be529366f9a67c1
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 PRIMERO32.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA32.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS11.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL6.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.1%
Results for event-ed6a9163e575f93644aaab18
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PALMARES PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202463432.9%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202462032.2%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202422911.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241336.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241156%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241045.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024703.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024221.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA29.9%
  • ALIANZA POR PALMARES24.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.6%
Results for event-414e5e14decad2d9d78e9d56
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202056829.9%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR PALMAREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202046224.4%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202044123.2%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201548.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201327%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201296.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020110.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA POR PALMARES37.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA17.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.5%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.1%
Results for event-62d727745ef75ee18df3b9ac
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA POR PALMAREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662837.2%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201635921.2%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201629517.5%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620912.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016724.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016462.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016362.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016261.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016191.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

81.480–100 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=0.7265179034769105, oldest_gap=15.91715976331361, previous_gap=5.587770163415922

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

61.05percentage 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=[[6.9019200830306175,5.967825635703165,0,3.6325895173845355,0,1.141670991177997,0,0,0,5.396990140114167,32.174364296834455,0,44.78463933575506],[23.247232472324722,29.942013705851345,6.958355297838692,0,6.800210859251449,8.118081180811808,0,0,0,0,0,0,24.93410648392198],[21.242603550295858,12.366863905325443,17.45562130177515,4.260355029585799,0,0,2.7218934911242605,0,1.1242603550295858,1.5384615384615385,0,0,39.289940828402365]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.5percentage 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=[[6.9019200830306175,5.967825635703165,0,3.6325895173845355,0,1.141670991177997,0,0,0,5.396990140114167,32.174364296834455,0,44.78463933575506],[23.247232472324722,29.942013705851345,6.958355297838692,0,6.800210859251449,8.118081180811808,0,0,0,0,0,0,24.93410648392198],[21.242603550295858,12.366863905325443,17.45562130177515,4.260355029585799,0,0,2.7218934911242605,0,1.1242603550295858,1.5384615384615385,0,0,39.289940828402365]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.78percentage 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=[[6.9019200830306175,5.967825635703165,0,3.6325895173845355,0,1.141670991177997,0,0,0,5.396990140114167,32.174364296834455,0,44.78463933575506],[23.247232472324722,29.942013705851345,6.958355297838692,0,6.800210859251449,8.118081180811808,0,0,0,0,0,0,24.93410648392198],[21.242603550295858,12.366863905325443,17.45562130177515,4.260355029585799,0,0,2.7218934911242605,0,1.1242603550295858,1.5384615384615385,0,0,39.289940828402365]]

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?
ROMAN CASTILLO SIBAJASINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
JULIA MARIA TORUÑO TORUÑOSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
KARLA MARIA MADRIGAL GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
ORLANDO ROJAS VARELACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
FRESY ANDREA RAMIREZ QUIELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
EDUARDO JOSUE MADRIZ BLANCOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
LILIANA MARIA MASIS REYESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
OLGER SOLIS CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
GUISSELL MARIA MONTERO CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
GUSTAVO ALONSO ROJAS HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
GERARDO RUIZ SOLISSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA ANDREA CORRALES QUESADASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SARA MARIA GOMEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
LUIS DIEGO CAMPOS RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
MARIA MAGDALENA FERNANDEZ LEDEZMACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROY GERARDO NUÑEZ SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SHIRLEY CHAVARRIA BENAVIDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
LUIS MARIANO NUÑEZ ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
MARCIA MURILLO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO MARVIN ROJAS VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS EMILIO SOLANO BADILLASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
YORLENE MARIA DELGADO MORASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
CHRISTIAN GOMEZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
ANALIVE QUIROS VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
WILFREDO SOLIS CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FULVIO CASTRO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
WILBER MORA MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
MARIA ELENA CARVAJAL CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
DAGOBERTO CHAVARRIA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RODOLFO LEONARDO JIMENEZ CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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