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PIEDADES SUR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 SUR / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-9e20661b0d96e58dc53059ff
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 NACIONAL56.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.5%
  • RECICLADORES Y VISIONARIOS3.2%
Results for event-33281a8b8e192a08cef6dfad
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202489156.4%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202450331.8%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241358.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECICLADORES Y VISIONARIOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024513.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL65.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL8.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.9%
Results for event-25125cb76385235cbfbb3000
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202097965.7%5Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017611.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201338.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020986.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020382.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020362.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020291.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL63.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN11.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.5%
  • LIGA RAMONENSE3.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE0.6%
Results for event-94e6aef4ebfbfd199020ab69
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201685163.3%5Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615111.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614610.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016604.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIGA RAMONENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016493.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016473.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016322.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201680.6%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=24.55696202531645, oldest_gap=52.08333333333333, previous_gap=53.9288112827401

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.37percentage 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=[[56.392405063291136,31.835443037974684,0,0,0,8.544303797468354,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.2278481012658227],[65.74882471457354,11.820013431833445,2.552048354600403,6.581598388179986,1.9476158495634655,2.4177300201477503,0,8.93216924110141,0,0,0,0,0],[63.31845238095238,3.4970238095238093,10.863095238095237,4.464285714285714,0,0,0,0,0,2.380952380952381,0,0,15.476190476190476]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.17percentage 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=[[56.392405063291136,31.835443037974684,0,0,0,8.544303797468354,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.2278481012658227],[65.74882471457354,11.820013431833445,2.552048354600403,6.581598388179986,1.9476158495634655,2.4177300201477503,0,8.93216924110141,0,0,0,0,0],[63.31845238095238,3.4970238095238093,10.863095238095237,4.464285714285714,0,0,0,0,0,2.380952380952381,0,0,15.476190476190476]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.77percentage 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=[[56.392405063291136,31.835443037974684,0,0,0,8.544303797468354,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.2278481012658227],[65.74882471457354,11.820013431833445,2.552048354600403,6.581598388179986,1.9476158495634655,2.4177300201477503,0,8.93216924110141,0,0,0,0,0],[63.31845238095238,3.4970238095238093,10.863095238095237,4.464285714285714,0,0,0,0,0,2.380952380952381,0,0,15.476190476190476]]

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?
GILBERT QUESADA HERNANDEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NANCY MILENA CAMPOS BADILLASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LISSETTE VILLALOBOS JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS FERNANDO SALAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAREN TATIANA GUERRERO MEJIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS CARLOS CARVAJAL RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA CRISTINA CUBERO ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAGOBERTO FRANCISCO MONTERO CRUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARJORIE RODRIGUEZ CARRANZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESUS ESTEBAN ARAYA QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO SALAS RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LISSETTE VILLALOBOS JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCOS VASQUEZ VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SONIA PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERARDO FERNANDEZ ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ENID MARIA MATAMOROS BADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAGOBERTO FRANCISCO MONTERO CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KATTIA GONZALEZ PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN VICENTE RODRIGUEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA CRISTINA CUBERO ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO SALAS RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LISSETTE VILLALOBOS JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM MORA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA BENITA MUÑOZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OSCAR CARRANZA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA CRISTINA CUBERO ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DEL CARMEN SOLIS ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCOS VASQUEZ VASQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CYNTHIA MARIETH VARGAS SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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 SUR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON-PIEDADES-SUR. 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.