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BIJAGUA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
BIJAGUA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-ae1f5f3f297fc4afbf192f45
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 CRISTIANA39.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.3%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO8.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.1%
Results for event-b2a147f51802e154781e5ba2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202448439.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202446637.6%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412810.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241048.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024433.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024131.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL42.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA19.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.6%
Results for event-74050a757d6eb213d925935b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202060542.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202045231.9%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202028219.9%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020795.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA45.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL42.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO11.9%
Results for event-97144d70a90fd83e8e7ff834
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201667545.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662342.3%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201617611.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

77.690–100 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=1.4539579967689846, oldest_gap=3.527815468113971, previous_gap=10.789844851904093

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

20.14percentage 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=[[37.64135702746365,39.09531502423263,0,0,0,10.339256865912763,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.924071082390952],[42.665726375176305,31.875881523272213,0,0,0,19.88716502115656,0,0,0,5.571227080394922,0,0,0],[42.26594301221167,0,45.79375848032564,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.940298507462687,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

52.16percentage 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=[[37.64135702746365,39.09531502423263,0,0,0,10.339256865912763,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.924071082390952],[42.665726375176305,31.875881523272213,0,0,0,19.88716502115656,0,0,0,5.571227080394922,0,0,0],[42.26594301221167,0,45.79375848032564,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.940298507462687,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.15percentage 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=[[37.64135702746365,39.09531502423263,0,0,0,10.339256865912763,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.924071082390952],[42.665726375176305,31.875881523272213,0,0,0,19.88716502115656,0,0,0,5.571227080394922,0,0,0],[42.26594301221167,0,45.79375848032564,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.940298507462687,0,0,0]]

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?
JOSE ANGEL AMADOR MORALESSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARLENE ALFARO GARCIASINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MAGDIEL ALONSO VASQUEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
REBECA RODRIGUEZ SIBAJACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SOL MILENA CHAVES RAMOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LEONEL ROBERTO POTOY ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARVIN HERRERA ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GRETTEL MARCELA JIMENEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE PAULINO JIMENEZ CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DANIELA MURILLO MATAMOROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE LUIS CORTES ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MILEYDY MAYELA QUIROS HERRASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LIZBETH RUIZ SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OSMAR ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ANGEL AMADOR MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MONICA CHAVARRIA RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
RONALD GERARDO ESPINOZA RUIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DANIELA MURILLO MATAMOROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YESENIA CERDAS SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CRISTIAN NAVARRO BARRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JOSE LUIS VALVERDE MESENSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
YESENIA CERDAS SALASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
LEIDY ROSIBEL MATARRITA MICLOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
RIGOBERTO FRANCO VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JOSE LUIS JIMENEZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KERLYN PATRICIA SUAREZ MATARRITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE BARRANTES ARDONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
LEDA ELENA QUESADA AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
SILVIA ELENA MENDEZ FUENTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTORINO LEDEZMA SANCHEZCONCEJALES 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. “BIJAGUA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-UPALA-BIJAGUA. 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.