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QUESADA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
QUESADA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-9f647ca3033d6ac4f04ea0fc
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 NACIONAL29.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA20.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA17.6%
  • PROGRESER15.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.0%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL2.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.8%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.6%
Results for event-45302bb898382f73a958b35c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,76929.1%2Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,66620.6%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,27417.6%1Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,03515.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249927.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243923%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243782.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242311.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242131.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.9%
  • PROGRESER21.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA2.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.5%
Results for event-89a6bfe62f9293b704ae6f8e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204,94136.9%3Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,86621.4%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,42010.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,2329.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206294.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206094.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205774.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203772.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203612.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201951.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201951.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA24.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN11.1%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE5.6%
  • ALIANZA SANCARLEÑA4.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.9%
Results for event-a370296b16d07e5dde1236a8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165,14336.2%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,49124.6%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,73512.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,57211.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167955.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA SANCARLEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166924.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165053.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162651.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

45.410–100 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=8.517374517374517, oldest_gap=11.635441611494581, previous_gap=15.482763766601998

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.11percentage 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=[[29.104247104247104,7.66023166023166,0,0,0,1.7837837837837838,0,0,0,0,20.586872586872587,0,40.86486486486486],[36.86763169676168,9.192657812266825,10.595433517385464,4.544097895836442,4.693329353827787,4.305327563050291,0,0,0,1.4550067154156097,0,0,28.346515445455903],[36.22341174813354,12.220030990280321,24.587970136638962,1.8664600647978589,0,0,0,0,0,3.5568389914072402,0,0,21.545288068742074]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

19.12percentage 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=[[29.104247104247104,7.66023166023166,0,0,0,1.7837837837837838,0,0,0,0,20.586872586872587,0,40.86486486486486],[36.86763169676168,9.192657812266825,10.595433517385464,4.544097895836442,4.693329353827787,4.305327563050291,0,0,0,1.4550067154156097,0,0,28.346515445455903],[36.22341174813354,12.220030990280321,24.587970136638962,1.8664600647978589,0,0,0,0,0,3.5568389914072402,0,0,21.545288068742074]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.11percentage 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=[[29.104247104247104,7.66023166023166,0,0,0,1.7837837837837838,0,0,0,0,20.586872586872587,0,40.86486486486486],[36.86763169676168,9.192657812266825,10.595433517385464,4.544097895836442,4.693329353827787,4.305327563050291,0,0,0,1.4550067154156097,0,0,28.346515445455903],[36.22341174813354,12.220030990280321,24.587970136638962,1.8664600647978589,0,0,0,0,0,3.5568389914072402,0,0,21.545288068742074]]

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?
CARLOS MARIO GONZALEZ ROJASSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALICE CORRALES CALVOSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KAROL DIANA RODRIGUEZ ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RODOLFO SOTO LEONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
BRENDA CELINA BARQUERO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
JOHAIDY ELIBETH DURAN GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESERprincipal
MARILYN PAOLA BARRANTES JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DANNY FRANCISCO GAITAN RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
MAGDALIA SALAZAR ACOSTACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
ADRIANA VARGAS VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESERsubstitute
HILDA MARIA SANDOVAL GALERASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VICTOR HUGO GAMBOA BRENESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO ANTONIO VIQUEZ QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIETH MEJIAS VALERIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARMEN NURIA MORERA ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020PROGRESERprincipal
CARLOS MARIO GONZALEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020PROGRESERprincipal
ALVARO ALBERTO SOLIS ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA ISABEL RAMIREZ SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCISCO JAVIER GONZALEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020PROGRESERsubstitute
JEANNETTE MARIA JIMENEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020PROGRESERsubstitute
HILDA MARIA SANDOVAL GALERASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS FRANCISCO QUIROS ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTOR HUGO GAMBOA BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA ISABEL RAMIREZ SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SUSETH KARINA QUIROS MEJIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
FERNANDO CARRILLO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JUAN CARLOS QUIROS MEJIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RITA MARLENE CHAVARRIA MATACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ERIC ENRIQUE GONZALEZ QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA RUTH RODRIGUEZ CABALLEROCONCEJALES 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. “QUESADA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-CARLOS-QUESADA. 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.