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PALMIRA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PALMIRA / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-0f8d0f373becb45fdad63493
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

  • SOMOS53.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA8.3%
Results for event-bbecf34035279abcb2bf2ba7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
SOMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417553.5%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412538.2%3Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024278.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL56.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS28.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN11.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL0.9%
Results for event-e3ecb4ace077691d7043f5b6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202024456.6%4Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012128.1%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205011.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020122.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL59.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA29.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.6%
Results for event-f5a311da54ac46e09ea14838
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201625359.8%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201612529.6%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164510.6%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=15.290519877675841, oldest_gap=30.260047281323875, previous_gap=28.538283062645014

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.1percentage 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=[[38.2262996941896,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61.773700305810394],[56.61252900232019,0,0,0,0.9280742459396751,2.7842227378190256,0,0,0,0,0,0,39.67517401392111],[59.810874704491724,29.55082742316785,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.638297872340425,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.39percentage 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=[[38.2262996941896,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61.773700305810394],[56.61252900232019,0,0,0,0.9280742459396751,2.7842227378190256,0,0,0,0,0,0,39.67517401392111],[59.810874704491724,29.55082742316785,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.638297872340425,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.74percentage 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=[[38.2262996941896,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61.773700305810394],[56.61252900232019,0,0,0,0.9280742459396751,2.7842227378190256,0,0,0,0,0,0,39.67517401392111],[59.810874704491724,29.55082742316785,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.638297872340425,0,0,0]]

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?
SUJEY MILAGROS ROJAS HUERTASSINDICATURA PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ANGEL ROJAS HERNANDEZSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RONNY GERARDO DURAN ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024SOMOSprincipal
SEIDY ALEJANDRA VARGAS VEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024SOMOSprincipal
MARIA ELENA HUERTAS ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ANTONIO SEGURA JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PORFIRIO HUERTAS VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024SOMOSsubstitute
CARMEN MARIA ALFARO SOTOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024SOMOSsubstitute
YOSSETH MARCELA DURAN SOTOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CESAR ANTONIO HUERTAS GARCIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FLORA MARIA ARAYA SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CESAR ANTONIO HUERTAS GARCIASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EMMANUEL ESQUIVEL ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ELENA HUERTAS ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELI GERARDO ROJAS CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALFONSO ANTONIO ESQUIVEL DURANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
YOSSETH MARCELA DURAN SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERMAN ESQUIVEL VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LILIBETH ROJAS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARMEN MARIA ALFARO SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIA ELENA HUERTAS ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DEL MILAGRO CARRANZA CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXIS ESQUIVEL HUERTASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FLORA MARIA ARAYA SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE JOAQUIN VARGAS ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GUSTAVO ADOLFO SOTO MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUZ MARY RODRIGUEZ MUÑOZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ANTONIO SEGURA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ARBEY VARGAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES 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. “PALMIRA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ZARCERO-PALMIRA. 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.