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CAPELLADES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CAPELLADES / CARTAGO · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-CARTAGO-ALVARADO-CAPELLADES

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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
CAPELLADES / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-f20fcd87bbe0cead349afa85
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

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS39.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.7%
  • ACTUEMOS YA22.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.0%
Results for event-7c23b483fd2e55379dc5c31f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433839.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420423.7%1Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202419422.5%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410812.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024172%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL46.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN34.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS6.5%
  • ACTUEMOS YA2.9%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA2.9%
Results for event-351fb08ab99b1fbf832dfd89
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202035946.7%3Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202026534.5%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020516.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020506.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020222.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020222.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL39.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA23.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN14.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.4%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA0.4%
Results for event-ac5687a381f57c34ec971d03
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201629839.1%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618223.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614118.5%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611214.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016263.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

27.360–100 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=15.563298490127757, oldest_gap=15.223097112860888, previous_gap=12.223667100130037

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.77percentage 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=[[12.543554006968641,23.693379790940767,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,63.76306620209059],[46.68400520156047,0,6.631989596879063,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.68400520156046],[39.10761154855643,18.503937007874015,23.88451443569554,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.4120734908136483,0,0,15.091863517060366]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.17percentage 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=[[12.543554006968641,23.693379790940767,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,63.76306620209059],[46.68400520156047,0,6.631989596879063,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.68400520156046],[39.10761154855643,18.503937007874015,23.88451443569554,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.4120734908136483,0,0,15.091863517060366]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.97percentage 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=[[12.543554006968641,23.693379790940767,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,63.76306620209059],[46.68400520156047,0,6.631989596879063,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.68400520156046],[39.10761154855643,18.503937007874015,23.88451443569554,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.4120734908136483,0,0,15.091863517060366]]

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?
CRISTINA DAMARIS OBANDO CISNEROSSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
GRACIELA EMILIA SERRANO RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CARMEN CECILIA CAMACHO VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
OLGA MARTHA SANABRIA SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CINDY MARIA CAMACHO VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
MARCELA MARIA GARITA MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
YERSON DAVID LOAIZA CISNEROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
BERNAVED CAROLINA RODRIGUEZ SERRANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANA YANSI MORALES QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
VILMA GARITA RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GIOVANNI ULLOA CASTILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DEL ROCIO VARELA VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BERNARDO GARITA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CRISTOPHER FABIAN MORA CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
FLOR ANGEL COTO MASISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
HILDA ELISA MORALES GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FERNANDO ANTONIO VEGA REDONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ARGENTINA CAMACHO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
WALTER ALONSO AGUILAR CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
EDGAR ISMAEL RODRIGUEZ ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BERNARDO GARITA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HILDA ELISA MORALES GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ALEXANDER MASIS GARITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
FLORA EMILIA GARITA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DEL ROCIO VARELA VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADRIAN DAVID RAMIREZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEISON ARNOLDO RAMIREZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JOSE ALBERTO CORDERO GARITACONCEJALES 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. “CAPELLADES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-ALVARADO-CAPELLADES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S6705df960b, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sad90648b20, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S26c5a4dd73.