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VENECIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
VENECIA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-af3a42ac021bec42bd617062
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 NACIONAL31.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.6%
  • PROGRESER15.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA10.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA8.6%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL6.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.2%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.4%
Results for event-ce792a11e604b1ead5994a3e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202486831.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202456120.6%1Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441215.2%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202429210.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242348.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241796.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024752.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024592.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024381.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL55.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO15.7%
  • PROGRESER10.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA1.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.4%
Results for event-3125555423e9ff20de7e2c6b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,57255%4Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202044915.7%1Recorded
PROGRESERcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030710.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201806.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201354.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020802.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020531.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020401.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020331.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020110.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL52.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA26.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.9%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.9%
  • ALIANZA SANCARLEÑA0.7%
Results for event-2055f3f73bd6e942587c9fb9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,63852%4Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201683726.6%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632510.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161344.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016722.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016591.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016591.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA SANCARLEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016230.7%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=11.295069904341428, oldest_gap=25.452812202097235, previous_gap=39.26573426573427

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.61percentage 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=[[31.935246504782928,20.6401766004415,0,0,0,2.759381898454746,0,0,0,0,10.743193524650477,0,33.92200147167035],[54.96503496503497,4.72027972027972,6.293706293706293,1.1538461538461537,1.3986013986013985,2.797202797202797,0,0,0,15.6993006993007,0,0,12.972027972027973],[52.049571020019066,4.258023514458214,26.59675881792183,1.8748013981569749,0,0,0,0,0,10.32729583730537,0,0,4.893549412138545]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

21.02percentage 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=[[31.935246504782928,20.6401766004415,0,0,0,2.759381898454746,0,0,0,0,10.743193524650477,0,33.92200147167035],[54.96503496503497,4.72027972027972,6.293706293706293,1.1538461538461537,1.3986013986013985,2.797202797202797,0,0,0,15.6993006993007,0,0,12.972027972027973],[52.049571020019066,4.258023514458214,26.59675881792183,1.8748013981569749,0,0,0,0,0,10.32729583730537,0,0,4.893549412138545]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.32percentage 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=[[31.935246504782928,20.6401766004415,0,0,0,2.759381898454746,0,0,0,0,10.743193524650477,0,33.92200147167035],[54.96503496503497,4.72027972027972,6.293706293706293,1.1538461538461537,1.3986013986013985,2.797202797202797,0,0,0,15.6993006993007,0,0,12.972027972027973],[52.049571020019066,4.258023514458214,26.59675881792183,1.8748013981569749,0,0,0,0,0,10.32729583730537,0,0,4.893549412138545]]

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?
MARIA ZORAIDA PEREZ ACUÑASINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANUEL ENRIQUE SALAS MATARRITASINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GIOVANNI GERARDO LIZANO MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SONIA VANESSA VALVERDE MORERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GEANCARLO JESUS MORA VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MANFRED ROJAS VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESERprincipal
GEINER GERARDO ARCE GUERREROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MILENA ZAMORA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAURICIO LISANDRO MEJIAS ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS VINICIO MENDEZ CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESERsubstitute
GUILLERMO JIMENEZ VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARGARITA HERRERA QUESADASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MANUEL ENRIQUE SALAS MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAUREN MORERA BARBOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN JOSE ARAYA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS VINICIO MENDEZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
GIOVANNI GERARDO LIZANO MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LILLIANA ESTRADA UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS FRANCISCO ZAMORA ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YAHAIRA MARIA BENAVIDES ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
GUILLERMO JIMENEZ VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARGARITA HERRERA QUESADASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FERNANDO ZAMORA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LILIANA VARGAS ESTRADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANUEL ENRIQUE SALAS MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
AMALIA CHINCHILLA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LAUREN MORERA BARBOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KENER FRANCISCO ZUMBADO BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VANESSA ALFARO QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS GUSTAVO RODRIGUEZ VARGASCONCEJALES 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. “VENECIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-CARLOS-VENECIA. 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.