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SAN JUAN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SAN JUAN / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-0f8021e520bbbf9560d0a5d6
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 CRISTIANA43.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA21.0%
  • RECICLADORES Y VISIONARIOS7.2%
Results for event-b3106910a9b6d4ad46e5843c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,32943.4%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202486928.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202464221%1Recorded
RECICLADORES Y VISIONARIOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242217.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL49.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL11.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.8%
Results for event-cb65cfe2252c98374683928e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,52049.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202045614.9%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202036211.8%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030510%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201685.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201585.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020872.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN16.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA13.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.8%
  • LIGA RAMONENSE12.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.9%
Results for event-3d694fabf624d0441a6b1426
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201672527.1%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201643416.2%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637013.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637013.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIGA RAMONENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201633812.6%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162258.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161355%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016772.9%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=15.027768703038223, oldest_gap=10.88257292445774, previous_gap=34.816753926701566

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.52percentage 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: 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=[[28.38941522378308,43.4171839268213,0,0,0,20.973538059457695,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.219862789937928],[49.738219895287955,14.921465968586388,9.980366492146597,5.49738219895288,2.8468586387434556,5.170157068062827,0,11.845549738219896,0,0,0,0,0],[27.112939416604338,13.836948391922213,13.836948391922213,8.414360508601346,0,0,0,0,0,5.048616305160808,0,0,31.75018698578908]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.57percentage 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=[[28.38941522378308,43.4171839268213,0,0,0,20.973538059457695,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.219862789937928],[49.738219895287955,14.921465968586388,9.980366492146597,5.49738219895288,2.8468586387434556,5.170157068062827,0,11.845549738219896,0,0,0,0,0],[27.112939416604338,13.836948391922213,13.836948391922213,8.414360508601346,0,0,0,0,0,5.048616305160808,0,0,31.75018698578908]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.55percentage 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=[[28.38941522378308,43.4171839268213,0,0,0,20.973538059457695,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.219862789937928],[49.738219895287955,14.921465968586388,9.980366492146597,5.49738219895288,2.8468586387434556,5.170157068062827,0,11.845549738219896,0,0,0,0,0],[27.112939416604338,13.836948391922213,13.836948391922213,8.414360508601346,0,0,0,0,0,5.048616305160808,0,0,31.75018698578908]]

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?
MARIANELA MORA ALPIZARSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE PABLO SAUZA SEGURASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE MARIANO RAMIREZ ALPIZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
STEFANY ROJAS CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIBEL ARROYO VALVERDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERARDO SOTO HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
RICARDO ALONSO ALPIZAR SALASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LILLIANA MARIA PANIAGUA CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA AURELIA QUESADA ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MASSIEL VIVIANA SANCHEZ SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
IRACEMA CRUZ JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS GUILLERMO SOTO FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OLIVIER CARRANZA VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARICELA DEL CARMEN CASTRO MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LEDDIS MARIA GONZALEZ PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CLAUDIO CHAVES SANDOVALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JESSICA LOBO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROGER RODRIGUEZ CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FABIOLA MARIA ALPIZAR VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YAJAIRA ROJAS MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE MARTIN SANTAMARIA PORRASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IRACEMA CRUZ JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES MONTERO ALPIZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA CAROLINA FLORES VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
SILVIA MARIA ZELEDON LACAYOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
OSCAR VASQUEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIGA RAMONENSEprincipal
YAUDITT MARIA GUZMAN VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
WARNER RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES 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. “SAN JUAN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON-SAN-JUAN. 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.