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POCOSOL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
POCOSOL / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-83715c075640c4ae79c6dd6f
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 NACIONAL48.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA16.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA15.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.1%
  • PROGRESER6.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.8%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.5%
Results for event-59592bad69076c63941af367
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,30048.5%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202443316.2%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441815.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242178.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241676.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024562.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024491.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024401.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL54.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN15.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.9%
  • PROGRESER5.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.5%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA0.6%
Results for event-a8d1d2f719cad09248e4c7c5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,72654.7%4Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202048915.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201896%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201875.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201835.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201304.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201153.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020692.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020471.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020190.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL55.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA19.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO9.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.4%
Results for event-c245146607b50c600ad67103
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,41555.8%4Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201649019.3%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201626610.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162339.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016562.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016421.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016351.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=32.35074626865672, oldest_gap=36.46038628301143, previous_gap=39.22003804692454

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

21.18percentage 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=[[48.507462686567166,8.097014925373134,0,0,0,2.08955223880597,0,0,0,0,16.15671641791045,0,25.149253731343283],[54.72415979708307,4.121750158528852,5.992390615091947,0,5.928979074191503,3.6461636017755232,0,0,0,1.4901712111604313,0,0,24.096385542168672],[55.77453685455262,10.484824595979504,19.31415057154119,2.207331493890422,0,0,0,0,0,9.184075679936933,0,0,3.03508080409933]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.64percentage 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=[[48.507462686567166,8.097014925373134,0,0,0,2.08955223880597,0,0,0,0,16.15671641791045,0,25.149253731343283],[54.72415979708307,4.121750158528852,5.992390615091947,0,5.928979074191503,3.6461636017755232,0,0,0,1.4901712111604313,0,0,24.096385542168672],[55.77453685455262,10.484824595979504,19.31415057154119,2.207331493890422,0,0,0,0,0,9.184075679936933,0,0,3.03508080409933]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.91percentage 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=[[48.507462686567166,8.097014925373134,0,0,0,2.08955223880597,0,0,0,0,16.15671641791045,0,25.149253731343283],[54.72415979708307,4.121750158528852,5.992390615091947,0,5.928979074191503,3.6461636017755232,0,0,0,1.4901712111604313,0,0,24.096385542168672],[55.77453685455262,10.484824595979504,19.31415057154119,2.207331493890422,0,0,0,0,0,9.184075679936933,0,0,3.03508080409933]]

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?
JOSE LUIS MORA SIBAJASINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUCIA CORRALES ARIASSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOHANNA PATRICIA HIDALGO ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CRISTIAN GERARDO AGUERO PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA PATRICIA MATARRITA ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
XINIA ARAYA CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
ADRIANA ZAMORA BERMUDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MANUEL ANGEL BLANCO ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAYRA ESTHER LOPEZ MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
LEYDI VANESSA RODRIGUEZ JARACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
OMER SALAS VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAIBELL MORALES ULATESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO SOLIS LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ADILIA VARGAS SIBAJACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE LUIS MORA SIBAJACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS MIGUEL QUIROS ARROYOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
JONATHAN ELI MADRIGAL SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GISELLE MORA ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ASDRUBAL VILLALOBOS ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RIGOBERTO SOLIS MEJIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
OMER SALAS VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
AMALIA SALAS PORRASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO SOLIS LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GISELLA RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADEMAR SOTO MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OLDEMAR DURAN CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
GERARDO RODRIGUEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRA TATIANA ALVARADO SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN ANTONIO MORERA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YERLIN PATRICIA LEDEZMA HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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. “POCOSOL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-CARLOS-POCOSOL. 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.