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SAN PEDRO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SAN PEDRO / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-0ec6ee3174cb4f085ccdd757
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA44.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.9%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO5.9%
Results for event-84554e520db4799a5db7cfa4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,46444.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202486826.5%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202434510.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242166.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241935.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241925.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA43.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO18.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS7.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.7%
Results for event-21597fd05bdac85b7afecf95
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,60543%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202093725.1%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202068118.2%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202757.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201363.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201002.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO25.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA12.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO10.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE6.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.1%
Results for event-6afc435fec035f7922fb74f4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201687825.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671120.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201667219.6%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201641612.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201634810.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162236.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161735.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

16.180–100 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=18.181818181818183, oldest_gap=4.88161356328559, previous_gap=17.8896625602571

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

11.87percentage 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=[[26.47956070774863,44.66137888956681,0,0,0,6.589383770591824,0,0,0,10.52471018913972,0,5.857230018303844,5.887736424649177],[25.093733261917514,42.983395822174614,0,0,2.678093197643278,3.642206748794858,0,0,0,18.237814675950723,0,0,7.364756293519014],[20.78339666764104,19.643379128909675,12.160187079801227,10.172464191756797,5.057000876936568,0,0,0,0,25.66501023092663,0,0,6.518561824028062]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.14percentage 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=[[26.47956070774863,44.66137888956681,0,0,0,6.589383770591824,0,0,0,10.52471018913972,0,5.857230018303844,5.887736424649177],[25.093733261917514,42.983395822174614,0,0,2.678093197643278,3.642206748794858,0,0,0,18.237814675950723,0,0,7.364756293519014],[20.78339666764104,19.643379128909675,12.160187079801227,10.172464191756797,5.057000876936568,0,0,0,0,25.66501023092663,0,0,6.518561824028062]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22percentage 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=[[26.47956070774863,44.66137888956681,0,0,0,6.589383770591824,0,0,0,10.52471018913972,0,5.857230018303844,5.887736424649177],[25.093733261917514,42.983395822174614,0,0,2.678093197643278,3.642206748794858,0,0,0,18.237814675950723,0,0,7.364756293519014],[20.78339666764104,19.643379128909675,12.160187079801227,10.172464191756797,5.057000876936568,0,0,0,0,25.66501023092663,0,0,6.518561824028062]]

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?
MARIA DEL PILAR MURILLO MURILLOSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN JOSE CAMPOS MADRIGALSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
XINIA JIMENEZ PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SERGIO JIMENEZ PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DIANA MAYELA ARGUEDAS SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EUGENIO VIQUEZ QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
XINIA PORRAS ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OSCAR GERARDO RODRIGUEZ VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELSI MARIA ACOSTA SABORIOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS ALBERTO CARRERA GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO MORERA NUÑEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARGARITA MURILLO MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MAURICIO CRUZ SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
NATALIA MARIA CAMACHO JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALBERTO ALFARO ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GILBERT GERARDO SIBAJA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES HIDALGO UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SERGIO JIMENEZ PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
AYDRIETH PATRICIA DIAZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JULIA MORALES ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
SERGIO ASDRUBAL FERNANDEZ CAMBRONEROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
INGRID GISELLA MURILLO ALFAROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
RANDALL JESUS GOMEZ FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
VIVIANA SHIRLENE MOREIRA BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
FLOR DE MARIA TREJOS SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HIPOLITO CORTES ENRIQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BERNARDO AGUILAR FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
ANA ADELA VARGAS SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
JOSE ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MELISSA BOLAÑOS CESPEDESCONCEJALES 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. “SAN PEDRO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-POAS-SAN-PEDRO. 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.