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CARRILLOS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CARRILLOS / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e7c9784e5829833297478cb2
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA30.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO12.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS10.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.5%
Results for event-29b220dc575257c1a22b377d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202467538.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202453130.6%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420912%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417310%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241478.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL40.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA28.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO23.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.4%
Results for event-8b48969a0e206fa2b28d6354
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202079640.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202056128.4%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202046323.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201045.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020482.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA28.9%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE25.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.9%
Results for event-2824367ff71907dd619030d6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662331.4%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201657328.9%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201649625%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161577.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016763.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016582.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

55.960–100 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=8.299711815561956, oldest_gap=2.5214321734745333, previous_gap=11.916835699797158

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

12.89percentage 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=[[38.90489913544668,30.605187319884728,0,0,0,8.472622478386167,0,0,0,12.046109510086456,0,0,9.971181556195965],[40.36511156186612,28.448275862068964,0,0,0,5.273833671399594,0,0,0,23.47870182555781,0,0,2.4340770791075053],[31.41704488149269,7.917297024710035,28.895612708018156,2.924861321230459,0,0,0,0,0,3.832576903681291,0,0,25.012607160867372]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

54.4percentage 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=[[38.90489913544668,30.605187319884728,0,0,0,8.472622478386167,0,0,0,12.046109510086456,0,0,9.971181556195965],[40.36511156186612,28.448275862068964,0,0,0,5.273833671399594,0,0,0,23.47870182555781,0,0,2.4340770791075053],[31.41704488149269,7.917297024710035,28.895612708018156,2.924861321230459,0,0,0,0,0,3.832576903681291,0,0,25.012607160867372]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.65percentage 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=[[38.90489913544668,30.605187319884728,0,0,0,8.472622478386167,0,0,0,12.046109510086456,0,0,9.971181556195965],[40.36511156186612,28.448275862068964,0,0,0,5.273833671399594,0,0,0,23.47870182555781,0,0,2.4340770791075053],[31.41704488149269,7.917297024710035,28.895612708018156,2.924861321230459,0,0,0,0,0,3.832576903681291,0,0,25.012607160867372]]

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?
CHARLES YOSETH SUAREZ ALVAREZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
REBECA DURAN GAMBOASINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ISABEL MARIA CHAVES QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VICTOR ISAAC ARIAS VALVERDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN PABLO HERRERA ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES VALVERDE ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ERIKA MARIA DIAZ FLORESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OMAR ANTHONY SOLANO ZUMBADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MANFRED GERARDO SALAS AGUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARTA IRIS OCONITRILLO SEQUEIRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FLORA VIRGINIA SOLIS VALVERDESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CHARLES YOSETH SUAREZ ALVAREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YULIBED MOREIRA SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL ALFARO ARTAVIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LILIANA MARIA FONSECA VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANCINI MOLINA RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
JUAN PABLO VALVERDE ARRIETACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELIETH LARA OVIEDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CHRISTIAN ROJAS VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EDILBERTO PEÑA GUEVARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
FLORA VIRGINIA SOLIS VALVERDESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARCO VINICIO VALVERDE SOLISSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WALTER HERNANDEZ CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARYURY LEON SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GONZALO ELIZONDO BENAVIDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL ALFARO ARTAVIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
DINORAH MARIA VARGAS GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTOR HUGO GARRO JARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NOEMY ACUÑA VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
YORLENI VALVERDE ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute

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. “CARRILLOS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-POAS-CARRILLOS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S43219629c2, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S00fecb95a4, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S75d6135240.