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AGUAS CLARAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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AGUAS CLARAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.

Election expectation2028-02-06
Imported event records3
Usable vote comparison cycles3 of 3
Seat comparison cycles3 of 3

Historical competition

Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.

Provisional imported-series CI: 58.5/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.

Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 18.9 points; earlier interval 48.1 points; two-interval mean 33.5 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

Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.

Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.

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.

Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Electoral event evidence

Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.

2024-02-04 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL53639.76%3
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA48535.98%2
PUEBLO SOBERANO16712.39%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA826.08%0
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA594.38%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS191.41%0

Result source · PDF page 504; district 2 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
ALEXANDER PIZARRO OPORTOSINDICATURA PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MARLENE CHAVERRI BARRANTESSINDICATURA SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
EDWIN GERARDO GUTIERREZ VILLAGRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
REINA FLORES CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ADRIANA VEGA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
LINO GERARDO ARAYA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
RAUL FALLAS BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
SHIRLEY MARIA PORRAS SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MELBA LORENA ROJAS SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
IVAN JOSE VILLARREAL CORTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
2020-02-02 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL65044.89%3
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA51135.29%2
NUEVA REPÚBLICA1298.91%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1027.04%0
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL563.87%0

Result source · Sheet 4.41; district 2 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
OLGER SANCHEZ ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
DAMARIS CASTAÑO CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARLENE CHAVERRI BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
CESAR RODRIGUEZ LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
JONATHAN CHEVEZ PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
JOSEFA DANIA REYES RIVASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
LUIS EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ NARANJOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
SHIRLEY VANESSA ELIZONDO VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
CECILIA VEGA ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
BERNIS ARTURO ALFARO ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
2016-02-07 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL73554.65%3
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA31123.12%1
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO26019.33%1
FRENTE AMPLIO241.78%0
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO151.12%0

Result source · Sheet 4.41; district 2 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
LUIS EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ NARANJOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
YERLING CAROLINA OROZCO RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
ISAIAS INES SOTO CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LEDA ZAMORA VALERIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MARIA ROSA GOMEZ OBREGONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
ELMER VILLEGAS ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANONoDeclaration
BENEDICTO CAMBRONERO MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
LEFIA SILVA CHAMORROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
EUGENIO ELIZONDO BLANCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration
GIOVANNI ZAMORA VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESREPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOYesDeclaration

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-ALAJUELA-UPALA-AGUAS-CLARAS.