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PIEDADES NORTE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PIEDADES NORTE / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-6aa4f5af6146fd535e60f875
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 CRISTIANA45.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.1%
  • RECICLADORES Y VISIONARIOS5.0%
Results for event-082bea8f1da11a56938c180a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,11645.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202481133%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426010.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241506.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECICLADORES Y VISIONARIOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241245%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL63.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.6%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL7.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.7%
Results for event-107d50a303c8f6f02974d703
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,35863.5%5Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201848.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201657.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201627.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201105.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201004.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020582.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.4%
  • LIGA RAMONENSE20.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN11.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.9%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.8%
Results for event-4076d6da99c014753421a65c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201666036.4%3Recorded
LIGA RAMONENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637020.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201627715.3%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620211.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161196.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161025.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016522.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016321.8%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=12.393336042259243, oldest_gap=15.986769570011027, previous_gap=54.93682732802995

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

49.64percentage 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=[[32.954083705810646,45.34741974806989,0,6.095083299471759,0,10.564811052417717,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.038602194229988],[63.547028544688814,7.580720636406177,8.610201216658867,5.147402901263454,2.71408516612073,4.679457182966776,0,7.72110435189518,0,0,0,0,0],[36.38368246968027,5.622932745314222,15.270121278941566,6.560088202866593,0,0,0,0,0,2.866593164277839,0,0,33.29658213891951]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.24percentage 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: 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=[[32.954083705810646,45.34741974806989,0,6.095083299471759,0,10.564811052417717,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.038602194229988],[63.547028544688814,7.580720636406177,8.610201216658867,5.147402901263454,2.71408516612073,4.679457182966776,0,7.72110435189518,0,0,0,0,0],[36.38368246968027,5.622932745314222,15.270121278941566,6.560088202866593,0,0,0,0,0,2.866593164277839,0,0,33.29658213891951]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.94percentage 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=[[32.954083705810646,45.34741974806989,0,6.095083299471759,0,10.564811052417717,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.038602194229988],[63.547028544688814,7.580720636406177,8.610201216658867,5.147402901263454,2.71408516612073,4.679457182966776,0,7.72110435189518,0,0,0,0,0],[36.38368246968027,5.622932745314222,15.270121278941566,6.560088202866593,0,0,0,0,0,2.866593164277839,0,0,33.29658213891951]]

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?
VICTOR HUGO ULATE OREAMUNOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
NIXYA MARIA RODRIGUEZ CARVAJALSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YORLENE MARIA QUESADA MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DAVIS MARTIN CALVO ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JEANNETTE PRENDAS VEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXANDER GERARDO SALAS CRUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANGIE MARIA ARIAS FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SANDER GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ GAMBOACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROSITA MARIA MORERA MORERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS MANUEL JIMENEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIBEL CARVAJAL MATASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OLIVIER ROBLES ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEANNETTE PRENDAS VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VICTOR HUGO ULATE OREAMUNOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDITH MARIA ROSALES ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXANDER GERARDO SALAS CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERICK ALONSO CARVAJAL FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA YANCY FERNANDEZ UREÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EUGENIO NUÑEZ ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSITA MARIA MORERA MORERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIBEL CARVAJAL MATASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROXANA PEREZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE ANDRES RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA ELENA CHACON CAMBRONEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIGA RAMONENSEprincipal
VICTOR HUGO ULATE OREAMUNOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ROLANDO EMILIO VALVERDE MADRIGALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARGARITA ELIZONDO ARROYOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEANNETTE PRENDAS VEGACONCEJALES 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. “PIEDADES NORTE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON-PIEDADES-NORTE. 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.