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FLORENCIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
FLORENCIA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e4aa80aa4e4397134e1eb986
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 NACIONAL28.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA19.7%
  • PROGRESER17.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA16.1%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO5.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.6%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL2.0%
Results for event-c922c3265687b2bed12eb5a7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,14028.1%2Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202479919.7%1Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202469417.1%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202465216.1%1Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242355.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242135.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241393.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241072.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024812%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL45.0%
  • PROGRESER15.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.1%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA1.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.6%
Results for event-711ab77b84ff45736f6c16f5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,97145%4Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202068015.5%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202050511.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203979.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202495.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201994.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201182.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020932.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020791.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020681.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020250.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL41.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA26.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.4%
  • ALIANZA SANCARLEÑA1.5%
Results for event-c6d3e2284b56abbce3ea905b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,64641.5%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,04226.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201657814.6%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162235.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162065.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161233.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016942.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA SANCARLEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016591.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

23.030–100 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=8.399014778325125, oldest_gap=15.210274490052882, previous_gap=29.447992700729927

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.25percentage 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=[[28.07881773399015,5.246305418719212,0,0,0,3.4236453201970445,0,0,0,0,19.679802955665025,0,43.57142857142857],[44.958941605839414,11.519160583941606,9.055656934306569,2.6916058394160585,4.539233576642336,5.679744525547445,0,0,0,1.551094890510949,0,0,20.00456204379562],[41.45051624276001,14.555527574918157,26.240241752707128,2.3671619239486277,0,0,0,0,0,5.187610173759758,0,0,10.19894233190632]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.86percentage 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=[[28.07881773399015,5.246305418719212,0,0,0,3.4236453201970445,0,0,0,0,19.679802955665025,0,43.57142857142857],[44.958941605839414,11.519160583941606,9.055656934306569,2.6916058394160585,4.539233576642336,5.679744525547445,0,0,0,1.551094890510949,0,0,20.00456204379562],[41.45051624276001,14.555527574918157,26.240241752707128,2.3671619239486277,0,0,0,0,0,5.187610173759758,0,0,10.19894233190632]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.55percentage 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=[[28.07881773399015,5.246305418719212,0,0,0,3.4236453201970445,0,0,0,0,19.679802955665025,0,43.57142857142857],[44.958941605839414,11.519160583941606,9.055656934306569,2.6916058394160585,4.539233576642336,5.679744525547445,0,0,0,1.551094890510949,0,0,20.00456204379562],[41.45051624276001,14.555527574918157,26.240241752707128,2.3671619239486277,0,0,0,0,0,5.187610173759758,0,0,10.19894233190632]]

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?
ALEJANDRA MARIN ALPIZARSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EMANUEL SALAZAR SOLISSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAIME GERARDO SOTO CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
REBECA DELGADO GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
MELVIN MUÑOZ TORRESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESERprincipal
JESUS UGALDE RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
ROY DIEGO BOGARIN MONGECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HELKIN ADRIANA MORA MORERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
MAINOR SANDI ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESERsubstitute
JOSE MIGUEL CASTRO CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
XINIA MARIA GAMBOA SANTAMARIASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILSON MANUEL ROMAN LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JIMMY GERARDO ARAYA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARGARITA DURAN ACUÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GEOVANNY GONZALEZ ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JENNIFER ANDREA MONTERO VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020PROGRESERprincipal
AARON DAVID GUZMAN SAENZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ESTELA MARIA SOLIS MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN DE DIOS MORA MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR ARIEL LOPEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020PROGRESERsubstitute
XINIA MARIA GAMBOA SANTAMARIASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILSON MANUEL ROMAN LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM GERARDO ZUÑIGA CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESMERALDA MORA CABEZASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSIBEL JIMENEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JEANNETTE LOPEZ DURANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JAIME GERARDO SOTO CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LILLIAM DAMARIS VARGAS CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GAMALIER MADRIGAL PIZARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ALVARO ANTONIO ACUÑA ARROYOCONCEJALES 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. “FLORENCIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-CARLOS-FLORENCIA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sff41c3cddb, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S4891bb2efd, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S284ac4df53.