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CANALETE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CANALETE / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-389c441db7333a0c16caa91b
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 CRISTIANA48.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.2%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO5.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.2%
Results for event-260d9c500c0ebe93ccaae11f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202453448.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202436733.6%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024686.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024635.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024353.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024242.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA43.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO22.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.5%
Results for event-82569674dcb328227f4dda18
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202049943%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030526.3%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202025822.2%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020998.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL41.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO32.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA18.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.8%
Results for event-dde2c33c50aa27ea18fd1576
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201639641.2%3Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630832%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201617318%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016858.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

24.440–100 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=15.307057745187898, oldest_gap=9.147609147609145, previous_gap=16.709732988802756

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.52percentage 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=[[33.638863428047664,48.94592117323556,0,0,0,6.232813932172319,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.182401466544455],[26.270456503014643,42.9801894918174,0,0,0,8.527131782945736,0,0,0,22.22222222222222,0,0,0],[41.16424116424116,0,17.983367983367984,8.835758835758837,0,0,0,0,0,32.016632016632016,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.51percentage 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: 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=[[33.638863428047664,48.94592117323556,0,0,0,6.232813932172319,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.182401466544455],[26.270456503014643,42.9801894918174,0,0,0,8.527131782945736,0,0,0,22.22222222222222,0,0,0],[41.16424116424116,0,17.983367983367984,8.835758835758837,0,0,0,0,0,32.016632016632016,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.01percentage 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=[[33.638863428047664,48.94592117323556,0,0,0,6.232813932172319,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.182401466544455],[26.270456503014643,42.9801894918174,0,0,0,8.527131782945736,0,0,0,22.22222222222222,0,0,0],[41.16424116424116,0,17.983367983367984,8.835758835758837,0,0,0,0,0,32.016632016632016,0,0,0]]

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?
LIGIA CARDENAS MURILLOSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALFREDO CABEZAS BADILLASINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIE MELISSA CASTILLO ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MILTON DEL VALLE GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KARLA FRANCISCA MURILLO POTOYCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EVARISTO ANGEL NUÑEZ ROSALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JIENNY HUANG CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WALTER RODRIGUEZ RUGAMACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DAYANA ACEVEDO ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VIDAL VALERIO CORTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DIANA CAROLINA ORTIZ GOMEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS WILBERTO TENORIO GARCIASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ADIZ LINETH PEREZ CARRILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN MIRANDA SOTELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA MARCELINA CORTES SILVACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELADIO RODRIGUEZ UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
KAREN MARIELOS GONZALEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RODOLFO PASTRANO NOGUERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RICARDO MARTINEZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL ANGEL NOGUERA OREAMUNOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
LEONARDO ARCE SIRIASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
THELMA MARIA BRENES CASTELLONSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VIANNEY CASTILLO ACOSTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARVIN MURILLO BRAVOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MILTON DEL VALLE GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
RUDI MORALES MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MAX ALBERTO ROJAS MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CINDY TATIANA CHAVES LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ENRIQUE SALAZAR JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
JAMINTHON FERNANDO FLORES VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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