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SAN JUAN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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SAN JUAN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.

Election expectation2028-02-06
Imported event records3
Usable vote comparison cycles3 of 3
Seat comparison cycles3 of 3

Historical competition

Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.

Provisional imported-series CI: 0.0/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.

Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 51.5 points; earlier interval 43.6 points; two-interval mean 47.5 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

Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.

Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.

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.

Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Electoral event evidence

Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.

2024-02-04 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA1,32943.42%3
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL86928.39%1
NUEVA REPÚBLICA64220.97%1
RECICLADORES Y VISIONARIOS2217.22%0

Result source · PDF page 485; district 3 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
MARIANELA MORA ALPIZARSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIAUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
JOSE PABLO SAUZA SEGURASINDICATURAS SUPLENTEUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
JOSE MARIANO RAMIREZ ALPIZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
STEFANY ROJAS CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
MARIBEL ARROYO VALVERDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
GERARDO SOTO HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASNUEVA REPÚBLICANoDeclaration
RICARDO ALONSO ALPIZAR SALASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
LILLIANA MARIA PANIAGUA CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
MARIA AURELIA QUESADA ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MASSIEL VIVIANA SANCHEZ SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESNUEVA REPÚBLICAYesDeclaration
2020-02-02 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,52049.74%3
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA45614.92%1
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL36211.85%1
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3059.98%0
FRENTE AMPLIO1685.50%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA1585.17%0
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL872.85%0

Result source · Sheet 4.30; district 3 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
IRACEMA CRUZ JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIALIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LUIS GUILLERMO SOTO FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
OLIVIER CARRANZA VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MARICELA DEL CARMEN CASTRO MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LEDDIS MARIA GONZALEZ PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
CLAUDIO CHAVES SANDOVALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
JESSICA LOBO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
ROGER RODRIGUEZ CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
FABIOLA MARIA ALPIZAR VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
YAJAIRA ROJAS MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESINTEGRACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
2016-02-07 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL72527.11%2
NUEVA GENERACIÓN43416.23%1
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA37013.84%1
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA37013.84%0
LIGA RAMONENSE33812.64%1
FRENTE AMPLIO2258.41%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1355.05%0
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE772.88%0

Result source · Sheet 4.30; district 3 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
JOSE MARTIN SANTAMARIA PORRASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
IRACEMA CRUZ JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES MONTERO ALPIZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ALEJANDRA CAROLINA FLORES VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)NUEVA GENERACIÓNNoDeclaration
SILVIA MARIA ZELEDON LACAYOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
OSCAR VASQUEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIGA RAMONENSENoDeclaration; inferred party-code join
YAUDITT MARIA GUZMAN VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
LUIS ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESNUEVA GENERACIÓNYesDeclaration
WARNER RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON-SAN-JUAN.