Office briefing
ZAPOTAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.
Costa Rica · ZAPOTAL / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON-ZAPOTAL
Read the complete original research briefing
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
- ZAPOTAL / ALAJUELA
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-eea60c292bb99690462296ef
- 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 NACIONAL54.8%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.5%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA20.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 103 | 54.8% | 3 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 46 | 24.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 39 | 20.7% | 1 | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL48.2%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA28.1%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.1%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.5%
- INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 96 | 48.2% | 4 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 56 | 28.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 30 | 15.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 15 | 7.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 2 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL55.8%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA29.4%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN10.2%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.6%
- FRENTE AMPLIO1.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 110 | 55.8% | 4 | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 58 | 29.4% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 20 | 10.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 7 | 3.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 2 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI0 (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=30.319148936170215, oldest_gap=26.39593908629442, previous_gap=20.100502512562816
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility23.48percentage 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=[[54.787234042553195,24.46808510638298,0,0,0,20.74468085106383,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[48.24120603015076,7.5376884422110555,15.075376884422111,0,0,28.14070351758794,0,1.0050251256281406,0,0,0,0,0],[55.83756345177665,3.553299492385787,29.441624365482234,1.015228426395939,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.152284263959391]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility33.13percentage 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=[[54.787234042553195,24.46808510638298,0,0,0,20.74468085106383,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[48.24120603015076,7.5376884422110555,15.075376884422111,0,0,28.14070351758794,0,1.0050251256281406,0,0,0,0,0],[55.83756345177665,3.553299492385787,29.441624365482234,1.015228426395939,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.152284263959391]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility28.3percentage 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=[[54.787234042553195,24.46808510638298,0,0,0,20.74468085106383,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[48.24120603015076,7.5376884422110555,15.075376884422111,0,0,28.14070351758794,0,1.0050251256281406,0,0,0,0,0],[55.83756345177665,3.553299492385787,29.441624365482234,1.015228426395939,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.152284263959391]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FELIX ANGEL RAMIREZ SALAS | SINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ANDREA DEL CARMEN HERNANDEZ JIMENEZ | SINDICATURAS SUPLENTE | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| IRENE RAMIREZ MEZA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MAXIMINO SALAS RODRIGUEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| JUAN CARLOS FERNANDEZ SOLIS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| ANABELLE JIMENEZ JIMENEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | NUEVA REPÚBLICA | principal |
| BEATRIZ DE LA CRUZ SEGURA GONZALEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| JEINER JIMENEZ JIMENEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| RAFAEL ANGEL SALAS RODRIGUEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| RAFAEL GERARDO JIMENEZ RODRIGUEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | NUEVA REPÚBLICA | substitute |
| MAXIMINO SALAS RODRIGUEZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ROVIN MARISOL HERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| SONIA ZUMBADO MADRIGAL | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| JEINER JIMENEZ JIMENEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| YORLENE MARIA BADILLA RODRIGUEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARISOL DE LOS ANGELES JIMENEZ MONTERO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| JORGE ADRIAN SEGURA VEGA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| CARMEN LIDIA JIMENEZ SALAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MIGUEL ANGEL SALAS RODRIGUEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ALVIN MAURICIO SOTO CAMBRONERO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| MAXIMINO SALAS RODRIGUEZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARISOL DE LOS ANGELES JIMENEZ MONTERO | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| YORLENE FERNANDEZ CHAVES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MYNOR JESUS SEGURA GONZALEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| LEIDY MARIA SALAS LOBO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| RAUL HERNANDEZ BARRANTES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| GREIVIN GERARDO JIMENEZ CAMACHO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| JUANITA LUZ VARELA SOTO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| GIOVANNI BADILLA MORALES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ANA CECILIA JIMENEZ JIMENEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
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
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/16552/computovotos_febrero2024%5b1%5d.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8292/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202020.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8290/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202016.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_2451-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1801-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1656-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “ZAPOTAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SAN-RAMON-ZAPOTAL. 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.