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BRISAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · BRISAS / ALAJUELA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-ALAJUELA-ZARCERO-BRISAS

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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
BRISAS / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-9efa949c816d2fd27c351781
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

  • SOMOS56.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL40.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.9%
Results for event-8ac44476feee7ea60861895b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
SOMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441756%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202429940.1%3Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024293.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL75.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN13.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS8.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.7%
Results for event-9caddaa3d946162af960368a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202053975.9%4Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209413.2%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020588.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020192.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL60.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.0%
Results for event-58f79707c5cc3dc4b67d24a1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201641260%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621631.4%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016527.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=15.838926174496649, oldest_gap=28.529839883551674, previous_gap=62.67605633802817

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.46percentage 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=[[40.13422818791946,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.86577181208054],[75.91549295774648,0,0,0,0,2.676056338028169,0,0,0,0,0,0,21.408450704225352],[59.97088791848617,31.441048034934497,0,0,0,0,1.0189228529839884,0,0,7.569141193595342,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.03percentage 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=[[40.13422818791946,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.86577181208054],[75.91549295774648,0,0,0,0,2.676056338028169,0,0,0,0,0,0,21.408450704225352],[59.97088791848617,31.441048034934497,0,0,0,0,1.0189228529839884,0,0,7.569141193595342,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.24percentage 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=[[40.13422818791946,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.86577181208054],[75.91549295774648,0,0,0,0,2.676056338028169,0,0,0,0,0,0,21.408450704225352],[59.97088791848617,31.441048034934497,0,0,0,0,1.0189228529839884,0,0,7.569141193595342,0,0,0]]

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?
ANA YORLENY RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BAYRON ALFREDO ARAYA RODRIGUEZSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KATHERINE MARIA ROJAS CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024SOMOSprincipal
GIOVANNI ALPIZAR ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024SOMOSprincipal
YESSICA ARAYA ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEREMY ANDRES ARAYA ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA SUGEY ALPIZAR SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024SOMOSsubstitute
MAURICIO GERARDO ALFARO ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024SOMOSsubstitute
MARILYN LUCIA RODRIGUEZ ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE PABLO GAMBOA ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GREIVIN QUIROS RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAREN TATIANA ARCE CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA YORLENY RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DENIS ROGELIO ALFARO ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA MONICA MIRANDA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS HUMBERTO QUESADA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
FABIO GERARDO ZUMBADO CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA GINNETTE ARAYA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FLORENCIO EMILIO RODRIGUEZ CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA CECILIA ARAYA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
GREIVIN QUIROS RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OLGA LIDIA ARCE PANIAGUASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA YORLENY RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS FREDDY ARAYA ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA GABRIELA ARAYA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KENNETH JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DAGOBERTO DURAN SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VIVIAN FRANCINI ARAYA GUERREROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FLORENCIO EMILIO RODRIGUEZ CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE JULIAN RODRIGUEZ HERRERACONCEJALES 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. “BRISAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ZARCERO-BRISAS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S571bdf8474, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sbc3e82267a, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S1e5fccad98.