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AGUAS ZARCAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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AGUAS ZARCAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.

Election expectation2028-02-06
Imported event records3
Usable vote comparison cycles3 of 3
Seat comparison cycles3 of 3

Historical competition

Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.

Provisional imported-series CI: 33.7/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.

Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 46.4 points; earlier interval 31.6 points; two-interval mean 39.0 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

Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.

Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.

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.

Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Electoral event evidence

Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.

2024-02-04 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1,23224.49%1
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,18023.45%2
LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1,02220.31%1
PROGRESER63412.60%1
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA2915.78%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS2284.53%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA1913.80%0
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL1422.82%0
PUEBLO SOBERANO1112.21%0

Result source · PDF page 498; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
LUZANA MARIA MARADIAGA JIMENEZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIALIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LUIS ANGEL HIDALGO ROJASSINDICATURA SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
SILVIO DANIEL NICARAGUA RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDANoDeclaration
GERMAN GERARDO MENA CABEZASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
HECTOR ROJAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERAL PROGRESISTANoDeclaration
SENIA SALAS AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)PROGRESERNoDeclaration
FERNANDO HUMBERTO BRENES ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESAQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAYesDeclaration
MANUEL ENRIQUE MORERA CAMBRONEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
CARLOS MAURICIO ACUÑA MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERAL PROGRESISTAYesDeclaration
ROSA MARIA MORALES BARRANTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESPROGRESERYesDeclaration
2020-02-02 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL2,36948.64%4
PROGRESER65213.39%1
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4469.16%0
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3196.55%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3026.20%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA2244.60%0
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA2144.39%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2104.31%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN711.46%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS631.29%0

Result source · Sheet 4.38; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
LETICIA CAMPOS GUZMANSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIALIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MARINO CARVAJAL VILLALOBOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
YESENIA MARIA MORALES VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LUIS ANGEL HIDALGO ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
EVA VIRGINIA ROMERO MONTOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ROSA MARIA MORALES BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)PROGRESERNoDeclaration; inferred party-code join
KATTY CHAVES MUÑOZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
JOSE ENRIQUE MENDEZ GARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
YENDRY MARIA VARGAS CARRANZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
GERARDO ENRIQUE ROJAS UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESPROGRESERYesDeclaration; inferred party-code join
2016-02-07 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,98444.16%3
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1,05923.57%1
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA82218.30%1
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2535.63%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN1513.36%0
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE972.16%0
ALIANZA SANCARLEÑA751.67%0
FRENTE AMPLIO521.16%0

Result source · Sheet 4.38; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
JUAN CARLOS BRENES ESQUIVELSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LETICIA CAMPOS GUZMANSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
YESENIA MARIA MORALES VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
JOSE ARNOLDO CUEVAS SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MARIA ISABEL RODRIGUEZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
SONIA MARIA RETANA CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
MANUEL ENRIQUE MORERA CAMBRONEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
ETELGIVE ROJAS QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
LUIS EMILIO SIBAJA ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration
YEUDY GLEEN MURILLO ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-CARLOS-AGUAS-ZARCAS.