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RODRÍGUEZ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · RODRÍGUEZ / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-SARCHI-RODRIGUEZ

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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
RODRÍGUEZ / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-deebf6b76a8e608798fa35d2
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

  • ALIANZA POR SARCHÍ43.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.2%
  • SOMOS12.5%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO6.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL3.4%
Results for event-c046b6f826cd1c2407d4968e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA POR SARCHÍcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441443.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202432334.2%1Recorded
SOMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411812.5%1Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024576%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024323.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA POR SARCHÍ33.2%
  • SOMOS SARCHÍ21.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.6%
  • FUERZA SARCHISEÑA12.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA7.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL5.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.8%
Results for event-58b186428087361682078ebd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA POR SARCHÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202028233.2%2Recorded
SOMOS SARCHÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202018621.9%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012414.6%1Recorded
FUERZA SARCHISEÑAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010212%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020677.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020475.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020414.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA46.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN18.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA13.1%
Results for event-2a1acc382b6b754c1816412c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632946%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616222.7%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613018.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169413.1%1Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

42.440–100 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=9.639830508474581, oldest_gap=23.356643356643357, previous_gap=11.307420494699649

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

19.61percentage 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=[[3.389830508474576,34.21610169491525,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62.39406779661017],[5.535924617196702,14.605418138987044,0,0,0,7.8916372202591285,0,0,0,0,0,0,71.96702002355713],[22.657342657342657,46.01398601398601,13.146853146853147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18.181818181818183]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

61.68percentage 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=[[3.389830508474576,34.21610169491525,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62.39406779661017],[5.535924617196702,14.605418138987044,0,0,0,7.8916372202591285,0,0,0,0,0,0,71.96702002355713],[22.657342657342657,46.01398601398601,13.146853146853147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18.181818181818183]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.64percentage 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: 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=[[3.389830508474576,34.21610169491525,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62.39406779661017],[5.535924617196702,14.605418138987044,0,0,0,7.8916372202591285,0,0,0,0,0,0,71.96702002355713],[22.657342657342657,46.01398601398601,13.146853146853147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18.181818181818183]]

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?
WILBERT ANDREY ZAMORA CUBEROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍprincipal
ANNIA CRISTINA SIBAJA VEGASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍsubstitute
NATALIA MEDINA QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍprincipal
GUSTAVO CUBERO SIBAJACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍprincipal
DIEGO RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SILENE PORRAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024SOMOSprincipal
LAURA PATRICIA MADRIGAL CORRALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍsubstitute
JOSE DAVID ROJAS QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO SOLIS ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ADRIANA MARIA ZAMORA CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024SOMOSsubstitute
DAUVER ALONSO ESPINOZA CORRALESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ALIANZA POR SARCHÍprincipal
ANNIA CRISTINA SIBAJA VEGASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ALIANZA POR SARCHÍsubstitute
YEISON JESUS PORRAS CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA POR SARCHÍprincipal
JOSE ALEXANDER CUBERO ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020SOMOS SARCHÍprincipal
ISEL VERONICA ALFARO CESPEDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020SOMOS SARCHÍprincipal
ROY FRANCISCO CUBERO SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MATILDE ANIA BONILLA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020SOMOS SARCHÍsubstitute
GREIVIN MADRIGAL CESPEDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020SOMOS SARCHÍsubstitute
TARCISIO CORRALES HERRERASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KATTIA VANESSA BOLAÑOS CHAVESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WILLIAM GONZALEZ ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOHANNA CORRALES CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
IRENE LEDEZMA SANCHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DIEGO RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
OLGA MARTA ESPINOZA CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GONZALO GABRIEL QUESADA LEDEZMACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS MARVIN ACUÑA SANCHEZCONCEJALES 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. “RODRÍGUEZ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SARCHI-RODRIGUEZ. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S270f75c403, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S615d00c2cf, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S32fbc52855.