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DESMONTE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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Costa Rica · DESMONTE / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-MATEO-DESMONTE
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1. What office, where, and when is the next election?
- Geography
- DESMONTE / ALAJUELA
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-c02e2d549ff8661ecd3078e6
- 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
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.6%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.2%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA18.1%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS14.6%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 98 | 38.6% | 2 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 69 | 27.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 46 | 18.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 37 | 14.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 4 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL43.1%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.4%
- FRENTE AMPLIO10.3%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.6%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.8%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS0.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 147 | 43.1% | 3 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 131 | 38.4% | 2 | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 35 | 10.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 19 | 5.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 6 | 1.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 3 | 0.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL45.3%
- FRENTE AMPLIO32.8%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.1%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.4%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 134 | 45.3% | 3 | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 97 | 32.8% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 24 | 8.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 22 | 7.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 19 | 6.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI52.460–100 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=11.41732283464567, oldest_gap=12.5, previous_gap=4.692082111436953
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility27.97percentage 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=[[27.165354330708663,38.58267716535433,0,0,0,18.11023622047244,0,0,0,1.5748031496062993,0,0,14.566929133858268],[43.10850439882698,38.41642228739003,0,10.263929618768328,1.7595307917888563,5.571847507331379,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.8797653958944281],[45.270270270270274,8.108108108108109,6.418918918918919,32.770270270270274,0,0,0,0,0,7.4324324324324325,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility38.52percentage 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=[[27.165354330708663,38.58267716535433,0,0,0,18.11023622047244,0,0,0,1.5748031496062993,0,0,14.566929133858268],[43.10850439882698,38.41642228739003,0,10.263929618768328,1.7595307917888563,5.571847507331379,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.8797653958944281],[45.270270270270274,8.108108108108109,6.418918918918919,32.770270270270274,0,0,0,0,0,7.4324324324324325,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility33.24percentage 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=[[27.165354330708663,38.58267716535433,0,0,0,18.11023622047244,0,0,0,1.5748031496062993,0,0,14.566929133858268],[43.10850439882698,38.41642228739003,0,10.263929618768328,1.7595307917888563,5.571847507331379,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.8797653958944281],[45.270270270270274,8.108108108108109,6.418918918918919,32.770270270270274,0,0,0,0,0,7.4324324324324325,0,0,0]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSE LUIS ALPIZAR RODRIGUEZ | SINDICATURA PROPIETARIO | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| HAZEL GARCIA CARRILLO | SINDICATURA SUPLENTE | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| JENNIFER VANESSA VALERIO MURILLO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| JAVIER MAURICIO VALERIO PEREZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARIA CECILIA CHAVES PEREZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | NUEVA REPÚBLICA | principal |
| ANDREY EDUARDO RAMIREZ MONTOYA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| YOLANDA PEREZ MENA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| JORGE VALERIO RODRIGUEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MARIO ENRIQUE CASTAÑEDA RAMIREZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | NUEVA REPÚBLICA | substitute |
| GERMAN HUMBERTO ARBUROLA CAMPOS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| EDGAR FRANCISCO LORIA JIMENEZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| NATALIA MARCELA CAMPOS LORIA | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MARIA AUXILIADORA CHAVES CHAVES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ANDREY EDUARDO RAMIREZ MONTOYA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| KIMBERLY DAYANA ARBUROLA AROSTEGUIS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| MAURICIO MUÑOZ ARBUROLA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| GEYLOR LLERANDI FIGEAC ZUÑIGA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ANNIA VALERIO ALVARADO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ADRIAN ESPINOZA VILLALOBOS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| OLGA PEREZ PEREZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| MARIA EUGENIA CHAVES CHAVES | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| CESAR ISIDRO RAMIREZ RAMIREZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| JORGE MADRIGAL AMORES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| LUIS FERNANDO CHAVES CHAVES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| YESENIA ROMAN RAMIREZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | FRENTE AMPLIO | principal |
| JOHAN GERARDO CASTAÑEDA SOTO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | FRENTE AMPLIO | principal |
| EUGENIO VALERIO ALVARADO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MARTA BEILA JIMENEZ VILLALOBOS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ARNOLDO RODRIGUEZ ALVARADO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | FRENTE AMPLIO | substitute |
| ELVIRA SOTO VASQUEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | FRENTE AMPLIO | substitute |
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
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/16552/computovotos_febrero2024%5b1%5d.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8292/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202020.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8290/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202016.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_2453-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1803-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1658-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “DESMONTE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-MATEO-DESMONTE. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sd0f291679f, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S1c89820e7a, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sa126c8cb1f.