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PALMARES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PALMARES / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-bffe690c81974701cbf5f809
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

  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA36.8%
  • PALMARES PRIMERO26.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS13.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL7.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA2.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.3%
Results for event-e0b0988a08f156ab8d7d1819
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202483736.8%3Recorded
PALMARES PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202459226%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430013.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241757.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241627.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241235.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024592.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024291.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA25.7%
  • ALIANZA POR PALMARES18.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA14.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.1%
Results for event-fd2766b293af587ed16f4e4c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202075631.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202061925.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POR PALMAREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202045518.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202035414.7%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201034.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020933.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020271.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA32.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.1%
  • ALIANZA POR PALMARES11.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.3%
Results for event-a6c267e33706276c9e738245
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201678532.4%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201663126%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201631813.1%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR PALMAREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201627211.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161556.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016843.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016642.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016602.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016552.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

56.010–100 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=10.75977162933685, oldest_gap=6.353135313531354, previous_gap=5.691732447029494

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

69percentage 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=[[7.1146245059288535,2.5911286780852,0,5.4018445322793145,0,1.2736056214317084,0,0,0,7.6855511638120335,36.758893280632414,0,39.174352217830474],[31.408392189447444,25.71665974241795,14.707104279185709,0,4.279185708350644,3.8637307852098046,0,0,0,0,0,0,20.02492729538845],[26.03135313531353,13.118811881188119,32.384488448844884,2.6402640264026402,0,0,3.4653465346534653,0,0,2.4752475247524752,0,0,19.884488448844884]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.26percentage 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=[[7.1146245059288535,2.5911286780852,0,5.4018445322793145,0,1.2736056214317084,0,0,0,7.6855511638120335,36.758893280632414,0,39.174352217830474],[31.408392189447444,25.71665974241795,14.707104279185709,0,4.279185708350644,3.8637307852098046,0,0,0,0,0,0,20.02492729538845],[26.03135313531353,13.118811881188119,32.384488448844884,2.6402640264026402,0,0,3.4653465346534653,0,0,2.4752475247524752,0,0,19.884488448844884]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.63percentage 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=[[7.1146245059288535,2.5911286780852,0,5.4018445322793145,0,1.2736056214317084,0,0,0,7.6855511638120335,36.758893280632414,0,39.174352217830474],[31.408392189447444,25.71665974241795,14.707104279185709,0,4.279185708350644,3.8637307852098046,0,0,0,0,0,0,20.02492729538845],[26.03135313531353,13.118811881188119,32.384488448844884,2.6402640264026402,0,0,3.4653465346534653,0,0,2.4752475247524752,0,0,19.884488448844884]]

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?
ANA ROSA VARGAS VASQUEZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
ESTEBAN ROBERTO ARROYO QUIROSSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ROLDAN CAMPOS VASQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
ANA CECILIA ALVAREZ CABEZASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
ROGELIO FRANCISCO VASQUEZ MURILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
ANA PAULA MOYA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
JUAN ANTONIO VASQUEZ SALASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ARIANA MARIA JIMENEZ VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
JOSE LUIS MOYA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
ANDREA MARIA ARIAS SANCHOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
JUAN MANUEL CESPEDES SAGOTSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IVANJULY MARIA RAMIREZ SOLANOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS CARLOS ARAYA MONGECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEANNETTE CALVO CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FLOR MARIA ARRIETA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
DEIBY JOSE PICADO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JOSE JOAQUIN VASQUEZ CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIANGEL VARGAS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YENSY DE LOS ANGELES GONZALEZ CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
ANA MARIA GONZALEZ SIBAJACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JESUS MARIA TORRES ARIASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARIA CECILIA CASTILLO SANCHOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
RONNY CRUZ MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
CARMEN GARCIA NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
CLARA RITA BADILLA CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
XINIA MARIA CORDERO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIANGEL ZUÑIGA VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
FELIX ANGEL ZUMBADO ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ADONAY MARTIN MADRIGAL LEDEZMACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL JOSE BOLAÑOS VARGASCONCEJALES 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. “PALMARES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-PALMARES-PALMARES. 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.