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PITAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PITAL / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b9b2626947aabe929339007b
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 NACIONAL31.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA26.8%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA18.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.8%
  • PROGRESER7.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.6%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.6%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL1.5%
Results for event-72fb512caad068bc12ce0deb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,01931.2%3Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202487526.8%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202459118.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242888.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242497.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024872.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024531.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024511.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024481.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL53.6%
  • PROGRESER12.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.1%
Results for event-d4b72aa84745244ab2c1f358
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,79253.6%5Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040312%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202377.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202296.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202166.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201975.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201685%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201033.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL47.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA25.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.1%
  • ALIANZA SANCARLEÑA0.9%
Results for event-077f11639d13146ebe0db1c1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,55147.6%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201681425%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201652616.1%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161935.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016571.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016541.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016351.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA SANCARLEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016300.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

13.160–100 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=4.415823367065318, oldest_gap=22.607361963190183, previous_gap=41.52466367713004

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.93percentage 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=[[31.248083409996934,8.831646734130635,0,0,0,2.6678932842686294,0,0,0,0,18.12327506899724,0,39.12910150260656],[53.57249626307922,7.085201793721973,6.846038863976084,0,6.457399103139013,3.079222720478326,0,0,0,5.889387144992527,0,0,17.070254110612858],[47.576687116564415,16.134969325153374,24.969325153374232,1.0736196319018405,0,0,0,0,0,5.920245398773006,0,0,4.325153374233128]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.28percentage 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=[[31.248083409996934,8.831646734130635,0,0,0,2.6678932842686294,0,0,0,0,18.12327506899724,0,39.12910150260656],[53.57249626307922,7.085201793721973,6.846038863976084,0,6.457399103139013,3.079222720478326,0,0,0,5.889387144992527,0,0,17.070254110612858],[47.576687116564415,16.134969325153374,24.969325153374232,1.0736196319018405,0,0,0,0,0,5.920245398773006,0,0,4.325153374233128]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.1percentage 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=[[31.248083409996934,8.831646734130635,0,0,0,2.6678932842686294,0,0,0,0,18.12327506899724,0,39.12910150260656],[53.57249626307922,7.085201793721973,6.846038863976084,0,6.457399103139013,3.079222720478326,0,0,0,5.889387144992527,0,0,17.070254110612858],[47.576687116564415,16.134969325153374,24.969325153374232,1.0736196319018405,0,0,0,0,0,5.920245398773006,0,0,4.325153374233128]]

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?
ALBERTO VARGAS RODRIGUEZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EMMA PATRICIA ROJAS CHAVESSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KAREN PATRICIA PANIAGUA CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE ARTURO QUESADA SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE FRANCISCO CHAVES MADRIGALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
LUIS ARTURO ALVARADO CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
MONICA GAMBOA GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTOR MANUEL CASTRO VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RODOLFO SALAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
ARTURO QUESADA VIQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
THAIS CHAVARRIA AGUILARSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HANSEL ARAYA JARASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN SOLIS CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESMERALDA DEL SOCORRO REYES MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ISAAC ALONSO RAMIREZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARMEN PRISCILA CHAVERRI GAMBOACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RONNY ALBERTO RAMIREZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ALEJANDRA ALVAREZ ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NERGI ARAYA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ZORAIDA EMILIA RAMIREZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
THAIS CHAVARRIA AGUILARSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RIGOBERTO MORA VILLALOBOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN SOLIS CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YICEL MOLINA MEJIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESTEBAN JOSE CASCANTE ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
TERESA ALVAREZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROSIBEL ROJAS SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM JESUS JIMENEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAISY RAMIREZ SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
EDGAR ANTONIO LOPEZ SEGURACONCEJALES 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. “PITAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-CARLOS-PITAL. 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.