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CONCEPCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CONCEPCIÓN / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-6a933aa3378417a8f9845aa7
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 NACIONAL52.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA13.3%
Results for event-e8f07b5a87bf5e953a3f9116
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202445452.6%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202429434.1%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411513.3%1Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL65.0%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL10.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.0%
Results for event-a1750c7438c1fe7e4048d0f6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202051965%5Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208510.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020779.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020506.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020445.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020243%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA22.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN12.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA12.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.3%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE0.1%
Results for event-55a8685311270294f49dbe43
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201627738.2%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616122.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168912.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168812.1%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016547.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016314.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016243.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610.1%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=18.539976825028972, oldest_gap=15.999999999999996, previous_gap=54.31789737171464

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.75percentage 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=[[52.6071842410197,34.06720741599073,0,0,0,13.325608342989572,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[64.95619524405507,9.637046307884857,6.257822277847309,0,5.506883604505632,3.0037546933667083,0,10.638297872340425,0,0,0,0,0],[38.206896551724135,22.20689655172414,12.137931034482758,3.310344827586207,4.275862068965517,0,0,0,0,7.448275862068965,0,0,12.413793103448276]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.62percentage 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=[[52.6071842410197,34.06720741599073,0,0,0,13.325608342989572,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[64.95619524405507,9.637046307884857,6.257822277847309,0,5.506883604505632,3.0037546933667083,0,10.638297872340425,0,0,0,0,0],[38.206896551724135,22.20689655172414,12.137931034482758,3.310344827586207,4.275862068965517,0,0,0,0,7.448275862068965,0,0,12.413793103448276]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.19percentage 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=[[52.6071842410197,34.06720741599073,0,0,0,13.325608342989572,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[64.95619524405507,9.637046307884857,6.257822277847309,0,5.506883604505632,3.0037546933667083,0,10.638297872340425,0,0,0,0,0],[38.206896551724135,22.20689655172414,12.137931034482758,3.310344827586207,4.275862068965517,0,0,0,0,7.448275862068965,0,0,12.413793103448276]]

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?
IRENE MARIA RAMIREZ MENDEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRO QUESADA MURILLOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANTHONY JOSUE JIMENEZ SOLORZANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RITA MARIA ARAYA MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILLIAM GERARDO JARA ULATECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EDGAR FONSECA ELIZONDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
SERGIO ROJAS RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VERONICA CHAVES CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BRYAN GERARDO GRANADOS JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARTA IRIS FALLAS ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
MINDER JIMENEZ MENDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ANGEL SOLORZANO QUESADASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL VARELA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RITA MARIA ARAYA MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JAVIER QUESADA ALPIZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FLOR MARIA MARIN CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JIMMY ALFARO MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTA IRIS SOLORZANO QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ARTURO LOBO MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RUTH ELENA VALVERDE GUIDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MINDER JIMENEZ MENDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ANGEL SOLORZANO QUESADASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BRAYAN DE LOS ANGELES LOBO FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAMARIS EUGENIA MOYA SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JIMMY ALFARO MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS MARIANO LOBO MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
DORIS ROXANA MORERA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE FRANCISCO JIMENEZ MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FLOR MARIA MARIN CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALICIA CAMBRONERO ALPIZARCONCEJALES 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. “CONCEPCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON-CONCEPCION. 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.