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ZAPOTE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ZAPOTE / ALAJUELA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-472793367fb06b7e35ef7de5
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL50.9%
  • SOMOS40.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA8.9%
Results for event-82d76e9acc93b87f1683b5c9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411450.9%3Recorded
SOMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20249040.2%2Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024208.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL75.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS13.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN9.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.4%
Results for event-e2d163aa036476ffbbc338b1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202016475.9%4Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202813%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020219.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202031.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL54.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA26.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO18.9%
Results for event-c58b1cc7282300a2b57b114a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613054.6%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166326.5%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164518.9%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=10.714285714285715, oldest_gap=28.15126050420168, previous_gap=62.96296296296296

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.42percentage 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=[[50.892857142857146,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,49.10714285714286],[75.92592592592592,0,0,0,0,1.3888888888888888,0,0,0,0,0,0,22.685185185185183],[54.621848739495796,26.470588235294116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18.907563025210084,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.38percentage 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=[[50.892857142857146,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,49.10714285714286],[75.92592592592592,0,0,0,0,1.3888888888888888,0,0,0,0,0,0,22.685185185185183],[54.621848739495796,26.470588235294116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18.907563025210084,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.9percentage 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=[[50.892857142857146,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,49.10714285714286],[75.92592592592592,0,0,0,0,1.3888888888888888,0,0,0,0,0,0,22.685185185185183],[54.621848739495796,26.470588235294116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18.907563025210084,0,0,0]]

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?
BRYAN RODRIGUEZ MOYASINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SONIA VALENCIANO ALPIZARSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EVELYN PAOLA VALENCIANO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIBEL ROJAS SALASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024SOMOSprincipal
EDGAR ANTONIO ARGUELLO CUBILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024SOMOSprincipal
ANTHONY JOSUE GAMBOA VALENCIANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BEATRIZ AVILA UGALDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES ROJAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024SOMOSsubstitute
LUIS FRANCISCO BARQUERO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024SOMOSsubstitute
SONIA VALENCIANO ALPIZARSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BRYAN RODRIGUEZ MOYASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAURA MELISSA HERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS RICARDO PANIAGUA MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAUREN JOHANNA DURAN ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
FRAN JOHANN CARVAJAL MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SILVIA ALFARO ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE DANIEL PICADO PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS ROJAS CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
LUIS RICARDO PANIAGUA MIRANDASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BEATRIZ AVILA UGALDESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YORLENI MARIA GUZMAN MUÑOZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE ARTURO RODRIGUEZ CUBILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSELIN PAMELA RODRIGUEZ BARRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDGAR ANTONIO ARGUELLO CUBILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARVIN ARTURO ARGUELLO CUBILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JULIET MARIAN GAMBOA VALENCIANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DANIEL ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE DANIEL PICADO PORRASCONCEJALES 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. “ZAPOTE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-ALAJUELA-ZARCERO-ZAPOTE. 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.