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LAGUNA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
LAGUNA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e00901988592a4dabcd7ebf3
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

  • SOMOS63.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA6.9%
Results for event-5934a10e7c77cbbf28ce1153
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
SOMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202428663.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202413329.6%2Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024316.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL49.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS27.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN18.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.1%
Results for event-975885ee2db8a83a6c1c46e9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202025849%3Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014427.3%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209918.8%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020203.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202061.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA54.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.8%
Results for event-1f3cdcd96922b401fa1293bc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201633754.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201622837.1%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016447.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201650.8%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=34, oldest_gap=17.752442996742673, previous_gap=21.63187855787476

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.33percentage 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=[[29.555555555555557,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,70.44444444444444],[48.95635673624288,0,0,0,1.1385199240986716,3.795066413662239,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.110056925996204],[37.13355048859935,54.88599348534202,0,0,0,0,0.8143322475570033,0,0,7.166123778501628,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

62.87percentage 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=[[29.555555555555557,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,70.44444444444444],[48.95635673624288,0,0,0,1.1385199240986716,3.795066413662239,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.110056925996204],[37.13355048859935,54.88599348534202,0,0,0,0,0.8143322475570033,0,0,7.166123778501628,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.6percentage 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=[[29.555555555555557,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,70.44444444444444],[48.95635673624288,0,0,0,1.1385199240986716,3.795066413662239,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.110056925996204],[37.13355048859935,54.88599348534202,0,0,0,0,0.8143322475570033,0,0,7.166123778501628,0,0,0]]

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?
DOUGLAS MARIANO VALENCIANO SOLISSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSELINE MARIA BLANCO VALENCIANOSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JACKELINE CASTRO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024SOMOSprincipal
ALLAN BARQUERO VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024SOMOSprincipal
LUCRECIA BARQUERO SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024SOMOSprincipal
KENNETH ALONSO SOLERA REYESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIBEL VARGAS ARCECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024SOMOSsubstitute
OSCAR MARIO ROJAS CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024SOMOSsubstitute
GRACE MARIA ARAYA SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024SOMOSsubstitute
ULISES ADRIAN VALENCIANO ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CESAR DANIEL BLANCO VALENCIANOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAREN SALAZAR CHACONSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADA JANSY SOLIS SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KENNETH ALONSO SOLERA REYESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALLAN BARQUERO VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
RICARDO CASTRO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
JOSE DAVID BLANCO VALENCIANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSELYN DURAN RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DEL PILAR MOYA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIA DEL MAR SALAZAR SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
KATTIA MARCELA RODRIGUEZ ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RICARDO CASTRO RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OSCAR ANDRES MOYA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARMEN GISELLE ROJAS CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CESAR DANIEL BLANCO VALENCIANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JULIETA ALFARO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FERNANDO MARIN BORBONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HENDRE PATRICIA MADRIGAL ARGUELLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA MATILDE RODRIGUEZ CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FELIX ANGEL DURAN MARINCONCEJALES 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. “LAGUNA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ZARCERO-LAGUNA. 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.