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AGUAS CLARAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · AGUAS CLARAS / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-UPALA-AGUAS-CLARAS

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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
AGUAS CLARAS / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-bdcf37860f63926bc6833b69
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 NACIONAL39.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA36.0%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO12.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.4%
Results for event-fa1848d5df7df7213a2c226d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202453639.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202448536%2Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416712.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024826.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024594.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024191.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA35.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.9%
Results for event-761b28a72d2ae3ac1122a712
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202065044.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202051135.3%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201298.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201027%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020563.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL54.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA23.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO19.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.1%
Results for event-84ab8f5b3bc816f88a7beb58
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201673554.6%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201631123.1%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201626019.3%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016241.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016151.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

58.490–100 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=3.783382789317507, oldest_gap=31.524163568773236, previous_gap=9.599447513812152

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

18.86percentage 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=[[39.76261127596439,35.97922848664688,0,0,0,6.083086053412463,0,0,0,0,0,0,18.17507418397626],[44.889502762430936,35.290055248618785,0,0,3.867403314917127,8.908839779005525,0,0,0,7.044198895027624,0,0,0],[54.646840148698885,0,23.12267657992565,1.7843866171003717,0,0,1.1152416356877324,0,0,19.33085501858736,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.07percentage 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=[[39.76261127596439,35.97922848664688,0,0,0,6.083086053412463,0,0,0,0,0,0,18.17507418397626],[44.889502762430936,35.290055248618785,0,0,3.867403314917127,8.908839779005525,0,0,0,7.044198895027624,0,0,0],[54.646840148698885,0,23.12267657992565,1.7843866171003717,0,0,1.1152416356877324,0,0,19.33085501858736,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.47percentage 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=[[39.76261127596439,35.97922848664688,0,0,0,6.083086053412463,0,0,0,0,0,0,18.17507418397626],[44.889502762430936,35.290055248618785,0,0,3.867403314917127,8.908839779005525,0,0,0,7.044198895027624,0,0,0],[54.646840148698885,0,23.12267657992565,1.7843866171003717,0,0,1.1152416356877324,0,0,19.33085501858736,0,0,0]]

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?
ALEXANDER PIZARRO OPORTOSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARLENE CHAVERRI BARRANTESSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN GERARDO GUTIERREZ VILLAGRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
REINA FLORES CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIANA VEGA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LINO GERARDO ARAYA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RAUL FALLAS BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SHIRLEY MARIA PORRAS SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MELBA LORENA ROJAS SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
IVAN JOSE VILLARREAL CORTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OLGER SANCHEZ ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAMARIS CASTAÑO CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARLENE CHAVERRI BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CESAR RODRIGUEZ LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JONATHAN CHEVEZ PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSEFA DANIA REYES RIVASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ NARANJOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SHIRLEY VANESSA ELIZONDO VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CECILIA VEGA ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
BERNIS ARTURO ALFARO ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ NARANJOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YERLING CAROLINA OROZCO RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ISAIAS INES SOTO CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LEDA ZAMORA VALERIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ROSA GOMEZ OBREGONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ELMER VILLEGAS ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
BENEDICTO CAMBRONERO MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEFIA SILVA CHAMORROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EUGENIO ELIZONDO BLANCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
GIOVANNI ZAMORA VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute

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. “AGUAS CLARAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-UPALA-AGUAS-CLARAS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sf52073e384, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S1c3905c79c, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S84a45c5817.