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TORO AMARILLO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
TORO AMARILLO / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-7d5599efa9aa8ebe52fc7eb9
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 CRISTIANA49.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.3%
  • ALIANZA POR SARCHÍ11.9%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO7.6%
  • SOMOS5.1%
Results for event-3f6f852be3988e6a1a32ecd4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245849.2%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243126.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POR SARCHÍcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241411.9%1Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202497.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SOMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202465.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA32.2%
  • SOMOS SARCHÍ14.4%
  • ALIANZA POR SARCHÍ12.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA11.9%
  • FUERZA SARCHISEÑA10.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.9%
Results for event-d503da9b43d2653a1635d545
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203832.2%3Recorded
SOMOS SARCHÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201714.4%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR SARCHÍcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201512.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201512.7%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201411.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA SARCHISEÑAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201210.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202075.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL42.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA17.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.7%
Results for event-52818fc5014dfdab2ee032f3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165042.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164538.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162017.1%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

2.520–100 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=22.88135593220339, oldest_gap=4.2735042735042725, previous_gap=17.79661016949153

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.51percentage 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=[[26.271186440677965,49.152542372881356,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24.576271186440678],[12.711864406779661,32.20338983050848,0,0,0,11.864406779661017,0,0,0,0,0,0,43.22033898305085],[42.73504273504273,38.46153846153846,17.094017094017094,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.7094017094017093]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

53.38percentage 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=[[26.271186440677965,49.152542372881356,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24.576271186440678],[12.711864406779661,32.20338983050848,0,0,0,11.864406779661017,0,0,0,0,0,0,43.22033898305085],[42.73504273504273,38.46153846153846,17.094017094017094,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.7094017094017093]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.94percentage 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=[[26.271186440677965,49.152542372881356,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24.576271186440678],[12.711864406779661,32.20338983050848,0,0,0,11.864406779661017,0,0,0,0,0,0,43.22033898305085],[42.73504273504273,38.46153846153846,17.094017094017094,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.7094017094017093]]

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?
JOSE JOAQUIN ROJAS ROJASSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
PATRICIA MARIA SALAZAR CUBEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ADILIA MARIA SALAZAR CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALFONSO GONZALEZ MONGECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GABRIELA GONZALEZ QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL SALAZAR CARRANZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍprincipal
MARIA DEL CARMEN PORRAS PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GUSTAVO ADOLFO CHAVES PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIBEL UMAÑA MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARVIN ENRIQUE PORRAS PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ALIANZA POR SARCHÍsubstitute
JOSE JOAQUIN ROJAS ROJASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FLORIBETH PORRAS NAVARROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL SALAZAR CARRANZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DEL CARMEN PORRAS PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALFONSO GONZALEZ MONGECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020SOMOS SARCHÍprincipal
JOSE MANUEL ROJAS ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MELISSA DE LOS ANGELES SALAZAR PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DANIEL ALBERTO GOMEZ BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA EUGENIA SALAZAR ALPIZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020SOMOS SARCHÍsubstitute
MARIA ELENA ROJAS GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR ROJAS SALAZARSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RITA PORRAS NAVARROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTOR MANUEL CESPEDES ANCHIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAISY SALAZAR QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE ANTONIO SALAZAR CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA EUGENIA SALAZAR ALPIZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ANGELINA PORRAS NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ TORRESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARITZA ROJAS GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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. “TORO AMARILLO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-SARCHI-TORO-AMARILLO. 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.