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SAN PEDRO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 PEDRO / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-cf1a1be687638c384123b093
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 SARCHÍ37.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA36.5%
  • SOMOS14.4%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO7.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL4.8%
Results for event-b5d1dbaa78a496b90b1c9ec4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA POR SARCHÍcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202447537.1%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202446836.5%1Recorded
SOMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418514.4%1Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024927.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024624.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • SOMOS SARCHÍ34.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA27.8%
  • ALIANZA POR SARCHÍ14.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL7.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.5%
  • FUERZA SARCHISEÑA2.5%
Results for event-e2e3b1cfcd5fca4a0e2135fc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
SOMOS SARCHÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202043034.1%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202035027.8%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR SARCHÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017614%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202013410.6%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020957.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020443.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA SARCHISEÑAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020312.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN32.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA30.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.0%
Results for event-e3494433431c66f1dd3af00a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201635432%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201633430.2%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632929.8%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016888%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

87.930–100 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=0.5460218408736353, oldest_gap=1.8099547511312224, previous_gap=6.349206349206348

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

13.34percentage 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=[[4.83619344773791,36.505460218408736,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,58.65834633385335],[7.5396825396825395,27.77777777777778,0,0,0,10.634920634920634,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.04761904761905],[29.773755656108598,30.226244343891402,7.963800904977376,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32.036199095022624]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.65percentage 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=[[4.83619344773791,36.505460218408736,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,58.65834633385335],[7.5396825396825395,27.77777777777778,0,0,0,10.634920634920634,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.04761904761905],[29.773755656108598,30.226244343891402,7.963800904977376,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32.036199095022624]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.99percentage 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=[[4.83619344773791,36.505460218408736,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,58.65834633385335],[7.5396825396825395,27.77777777777778,0,0,0,10.634920634920634,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.04761904761905],[29.773755656108598,30.226244343891402,7.963800904977376,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32.036199095022624]]

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?
YORLET MARIA CASTRO JIMENEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍprincipal
FRANKLIN GERARDO RODRIGUEZ HERRERASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍsubstitute
CARLOS ELISEO UMAÑA ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍprincipal
ANA LIDIETTE CORELLA BOLAÑOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍprincipal
MARIA EDITH RODRIGUEZ ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN DIEGO ROJAS ELIZONDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024SOMOSprincipal
RAFAEL FRANCISCO CONEJO ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍsubstitute
YAJAIRA DOLORES PEREZ QUINTANILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍsubstitute
MARJORIE MILENA CONEJO ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALLAM DOUGLAS DURAN ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024SOMOSsubstitute
JORGE EDUARDO ROJAS BOGANTESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020SOMOS SARCHÍprincipal
MARIA FAINIER QUESADA CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020SOMOS SARCHÍsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES BARRANTES CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020SOMOS SARCHÍprincipal
EDGAR FRANCISCO GONZALEZ CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020SOMOS SARCHÍprincipal
EDGARDO ANTONIO JIMENEZ MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VICTOR HUGO CRUZ PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
JOSE RAFAEL ROJAS ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020SOMOS SARCHÍsubstitute
KAREN ANDREA SOLIS ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020SOMOS SARCHÍsubstitute
ANNIA HERRERA CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MELANY DAYANA CUBERO ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JORGE EDUARDO ROJAS BOGANTESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ANY SUGEILIN ARIAS VILLALOBOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ANA IVETH CUBERO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OSCAR EMILIO HERRERA ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KAREN MELISSA QUESADA CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALLAM DOUGLAS DURAN ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILKY ANDREY VEGA HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
AUREA MAYRA VEGA RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELTON CARVAJAL BOGANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
INES CECILIA CARVAJAL CAMACHOCONCEJALES 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. “SAN PEDRO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SARCHI-SAN-PEDRO. 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.