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ZARAGOZA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ZARAGOZA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a4a2bdc2d083c48fa35e8248
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 PROGRESISTA36.5%
  • PALMARES PRIMERO32.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL10.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS10.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.7%
Results for event-dba717da5c6c5cff5398db2e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,23536.5%3Recorded
PALMARES PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,10332.6%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202435110.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202434810.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241614.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241313.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024591.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • PALMARES PRIMERO30.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.0%
  • ALIANZA POR PALMARES10.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.5%
Results for event-9625cf07deff7c0ec0664fc8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PALMARES PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,09730.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202083123.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202071220%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR PALMAREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202036010.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203319.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201203.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020822.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020190.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA22.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.4%
  • ALIANZA POR PALMARES21.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.7%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN0.6%
Results for event-8fb2f6d530f0a095eef98239
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201677022.8%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201675522.4%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR PALMAREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671621.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201657317%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161614.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161193.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161163.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016912.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016561.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016190.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

76.860–100 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=3.896103896103895, oldest_gap=0.44431279620853203, previous_gap=7.488738738738739

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.34percentage 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=[[10.360094451003542,0,0,3.8665879574970483,0,1.7414403778040142,0,0,0,4.75206611570248,36.45218417945691,0,42.82762691853601],[20.045045045045047,23.39527027027027,9.318693693693694,0,2.3085585585585586,3.3783783783783785,0,0,0,0,0,0,41.55405405405405],[22.363744075829384,16.972748815165875,22.808056872037916,3.4360189573459716,0,0,2.6954976303317535,0,0.5627962085308057,3.5248815165876777,0,0,27.636255924170616]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.03percentage 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=[[10.360094451003542,0,0,3.8665879574970483,0,1.7414403778040142,0,0,0,4.75206611570248,36.45218417945691,0,42.82762691853601],[20.045045045045047,23.39527027027027,9.318693693693694,0,2.3085585585585586,3.3783783783783785,0,0,0,0,0,0,41.55405405405405],[22.363744075829384,16.972748815165875,22.808056872037916,3.4360189573459716,0,0,2.6954976303317535,0,0.5627962085308057,3.5248815165876777,0,0,27.636255924170616]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.19percentage 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=[[10.360094451003542,0,0,3.8665879574970483,0,1.7414403778040142,0,0,0,4.75206611570248,36.45218417945691,0,42.82762691853601],[20.045045045045047,23.39527027027027,9.318693693693694,0,2.3085585585585586,3.3783783783783785,0,0,0,0,0,0,41.55405405405405],[22.363744075829384,16.972748815165875,22.808056872037916,3.4360189573459716,0,0,2.6954976303317535,0,0.5627962085308057,3.5248815165876777,0,0,27.636255924170616]]

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 LUCIA ARGUEDAS CASTROSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
MANUEL ENRIQUE GONZALEZ TERANSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
JUAN DIEGO RAMIREZ CESPEDESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
MARIA EUGENIA ROJAS CESPEDESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
MARGOT NAJERA SANCHOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
MOISES CHAVARRIA NAJERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
ERIK FRANCISCO ROJAS ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
IDANIA MOLINA CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ADRIANA NAJERA SANCHOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
HUMBERTO SALAZAR HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
ANA LUCRECIA NAJERA SANCHOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
JOSUE VARGAS VASQUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
JOSE ANTONIO ALFARO CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
MARIA ALEJANDRA ROJAS JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020PALMARES PRIMEROprincipal
MARIA MARGARITA VASQUEZ VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MILAGRO DEL JESUS RAMIREZ ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
AYLLEEN MARIA CASTILLO QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
JOHANES ANTONIO MORERA VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020PALMARES PRIMEROsubstitute
AGUSTIN EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HILDA ESQUIVEL ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
JAVIER VASQUEZ VASQUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ZOILA ROSA COTO SERRANOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ADRIANA MARIA MORA VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ANDREY GERARDO ROJAS JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN LUIS ARGUEDAS BOLAÑOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESprincipal
ALCIDES FRANCISCO CARBALLO ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANCISCO JAVIER VASQUEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
KAROL NATALIA CAMPOS QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ALONSO GARCIA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA POR PALMARESsubstitute
GUADALUPE SOTO BOLAÑOSCONCEJALES 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. “ZARAGOZA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-PALMARES-ZARAGOZA. 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.