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ÁNGELES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · ÁNGELES / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON-ANGELES

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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
ÁNGELES / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-dd7a26abe173a3797e4ad173
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 CRISTIANA49.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA12.3%
  • RECICLADORES Y VISIONARIOS6.8%
Results for event-0a71e958857b45a77970d449
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202473449.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202447131.6%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418312.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECICLADORES Y VISIONARIOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241016.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL55.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL9.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.1%
Results for event-1bb6aa7998f966a59c09f42c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202072455.3%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202021016%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014310.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201269.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020675.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020403.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN16.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA14.1%
  • LIGA RAMONENSE12.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO10.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.6%
Results for event-8370bf4f7d736f57857265bb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201656231.9%3Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201629516.7%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201624814.1%1Recorded
LIGA RAMONENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201622712.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618610.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016935.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016895%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016643.6%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=17.66286098052384, oldest_gap=15.136054421768709, previous_gap=39.23664122137404

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.22percentage 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=[[31.631967763599732,49.29482874412357,0,0,0,12.29012760241773,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.783075889858965],[55.267175572519086,16.03053435114504,10.916030534351146,0,3.053435114503817,5.114503816793893,0,9.618320610687023,0,0,0,0,0],[31.859410430839002,5.272108843537415,14.058956916099774,10.54421768707483,0,0,0,0,0,5.045351473922903,0,0,33.21995464852608]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.95percentage 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=[[31.631967763599732,49.29482874412357,0,0,0,12.29012760241773,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.783075889858965],[55.267175572519086,16.03053435114504,10.916030534351146,0,3.053435114503817,5.114503816793893,0,9.618320610687023,0,0,0,0,0],[31.859410430839002,5.272108843537415,14.058956916099774,10.54421768707483,0,0,0,0,0,5.045351473922903,0,0,33.21995464852608]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

49.59percentage 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=[[31.631967763599732,49.29482874412357,0,0,0,12.29012760241773,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.783075889858965],[55.267175572519086,16.03053435114504,10.916030534351146,0,3.053435114503817,5.114503816793893,0,9.618320610687023,0,0,0,0,0],[31.859410430839002,5.272108843537415,14.058956916099774,10.54421768707483,0,0,0,0,0,5.045351473922903,0,0,33.21995464852608]]

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?
LUIS CARLOS ROBLES CHAVESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VERA BEATRIZ VILLALOBOS ALVAREZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RUTH MARY ARAYA PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MANUEL ALEJANDRO BARBOZA ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARCOS VARGAS CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA LILIA FALLAS MOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAROL GALEANO MOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARCOS VINICIO ROJAS BOLAÑOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JORGE ALEJANDRO ARIAS RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GISELLE CRISTINA RAMIREZ REYESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCOS VARGAS CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ISABEL ALVARADO GUERREROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SILVIA ELENA HUERTAS LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN LUIS ARIAS CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BIANCA GERARDINA MARIN CAMBRONEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDIER FERNANDEZ CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARTA ANTONIA ZUÑIGA MATAMOROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO BALTODANO VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ROSA RAMIREZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BELISA DEL CARMEN VILLALOBOS SOLORZANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARCOS VARGAS CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIETH DEL CARMEN ARIAS PICADOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE MARIO ARAYA PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SILVIA ELENA HUERTAS LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
XINIA MARIA ROJAS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
NEFTALI PICADO HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
SONIA MARIA CAMPOS UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SERGIO MONGE SANDICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDREA DEL CARMEN CASTRO CASTROCONCEJALES 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. “ÁNGELES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON-ANGELES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sfc698ffe74, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sbe144212a4, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S7a26c9447a.