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SANTIAGO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SANTIAGO / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-5904057982f4be15221eea24
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 PRIMERO41.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA30.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS10.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL9.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.4%
Results for event-fecd4870e98a5db089451802
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PALMARES PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202427041.5%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202419930.6%2Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246910.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024609.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024223.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024213.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202491.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.7%
  • ALIANZA POR PALMARES20.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA13.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.7%
Results for event-33844830bdd87eadd084c882
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202025834.4%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017022.7%2Recorded
ALIANZA POR PALMAREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202015220.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010013.3%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020506.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020202.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA POR PALMARES35.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA17.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.1%
Results for event-ddbd8a16bd9fcb70d9089dd7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA POR PALMAREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201624535%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618025.7%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201612517.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169613.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016182.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016172.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016121.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201681.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

44.990–100 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=10.923076923076923, oldest_gap=9.272467902995718, previous_gap=11.73333333333333

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

64.45percentage 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: 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=[[9.23076923076923,3.3846153846153846,0,0,0,1.3846153846153846,0,0,0,3.230769230769231,30.615384615384617,0,52.15384615384615],[22.666666666666668,34.4,13.333333333333334,0,6.666666666666667,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22.933333333333334],[25.677603423680456,13.69472182596291,17.83166904422254,2.5677603423680457,0,0,2.425106990014265,0,0,1.1412268188302426,0,0,36.66191155492154]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.37percentage 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=[[9.23076923076923,3.3846153846153846,0,0,0,1.3846153846153846,0,0,0,3.230769230769231,30.615384615384617,0,52.15384615384615],[22.666666666666668,34.4,13.333333333333334,0,6.666666666666667,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22.933333333333334],[25.677603423680456,13.69472182596291,17.83166904422254,2.5677603423680457,0,0,2.425106990014265,0,0,1.1412268188302426,0,0,36.66191155492154]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.91percentage 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=[[9.23076923076923,3.3846153846153846,0,0,0,1.3846153846153846,0,0,0,3.230769230769231,30.615384615384617,0,52.15384615384615],[22.666666666666668,34.4,13.333333333333334,0,6.666666666666667,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22.933333333333334],[25.677603423680456,13.69472182596291,17.83166904422254,2.5677603423680457,0,0,2.425106990014265,0,0,1.1412268188302426,0,0,36.66191155492154]]

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?
JUAN PABLO RAMIREZ CARRANZASINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
GRETTEL GERARDA ZUÑIGA NARANJOSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
CINTHIA DEL CARMEN NARANJO MENACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
JORGE LUIS NARANJO ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
JOSUE MARTIN JIMENEZ ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
SANDRA MORA MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
YESENIA ZUÑIGA PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
LEANDRO JESUS RAMIREZ ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO ALVAREZ MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
LISANDRO GERARDO SEGURA GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
OLGA MARTA MENDEZ NARANJOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EMMANUEL GERARDO CHAVARRIA ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DANILO ALEXANDER SOLANO ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JACQUELINE MORALES JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALICIA VARGAS JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
LEONIDAS SEGURA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JOSE FRANCISCO VARGAS GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DEL CARMEN JIMENEZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANGELICA PARRA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
MARCOS ARMANDO ALVAREZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
FERNANDO ALONSO CHACON RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
OLGA MARTA MENDEZ NARANJOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
ENRIQUE NARANJO ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
ROLANDO JOSE RAMIREZ SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DANIEL ALVAREZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
EMMANUEL GERARDO CHAVARRIA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE DOMINGO ALVARADO RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
DANIEL ARGUEDAS BOLAÑOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA MERCEDES ROJAS ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ANA YENSI VARGAS JIMENEZCONCEJALES 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. “SANTIAGO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-PALMARES-SANTIAGO. 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.