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CERVANTES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CERVANTES / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-744bfb62d9405fcde6542038
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 PODEMOS50.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.0%
  • ACTUEMOS YA4.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA0.7%
Results for event-4514aeaf90a8cbce31d89845
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,10250.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441318.8%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202437317%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241547%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024884%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024462.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024160.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA53.5%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL16.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS6.5%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA4.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.5%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA1.2%
  • ACTUEMOS YA0.6%
Results for event-e03e6c1392292df1701eb3cc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202095453.5%4Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202028716.1%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202022012.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201156.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020824.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020482.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020452.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020211.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020100.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA23.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN19.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA8.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.1%
Results for event-c2bf03de387da99006fd803c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201641423.5%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637521.3%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201633519%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201627815.8%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161438.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161086.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161076.1%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=31.43248175182482, oldest_gap=2.21590909090909, previous_gap=37.429854096520764

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

72.33percentage 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=[[17.016423357664234,18.84124087591241,0,0,0,0.7299270072992701,0,0,0,2.0985401459854014,0,0,61.31386861313869],[12.345679012345679,0,53.535353535353536,0,2.6936026936026938,0,0,16.105499438832773,0,0,0,0,15.31986531986532],[21.306818181818183,15.795454545454545,23.522727272727273,0,6.136363636363637,0,0,0,0,6.079545454545454,0,0,27.15909090909091]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.12percentage 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=[[17.016423357664234,18.84124087591241,0,0,0,0.7299270072992701,0,0,0,2.0985401459854014,0,0,61.31386861313869],[12.345679012345679,0,53.535353535353536,0,2.6936026936026938,0,0,16.105499438832773,0,0,0,0,15.31986531986532],[21.306818181818183,15.795454545454545,23.522727272727273,0,6.136363636363637,0,0,0,0,6.079545454545454,0,0,27.15909090909091]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

59.23percentage 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=[[17.016423357664234,18.84124087591241,0,0,0,0.7299270072992701,0,0,0,2.0985401459854014,0,0,61.31386861313869],[12.345679012345679,0,53.535353535353536,0,2.6936026936026938,0,0,16.105499438832773,0,0,0,0,15.31986531986532],[21.306818181818183,15.795454545454545,23.522727272727273,0,6.136363636363637,0,0,0,0,6.079545454545454,0,0,27.15909090909091]]

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?
RENATO ULLOA AGUILARSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ANDREA CAROLINA SANABRIA SOJOCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CRISTHIAN ANTONIO BRENES SALASCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
EDUARDO SANABRIA ROBLESCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EDWIN EGIDIO MOLINA CASASOLACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NARELLE TERESITA CHINCHILLA CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JOSE ADRIAN MOLINA VEGACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
SHERRY KARINA CASTILLO CABALLEROCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS VEGA ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCISCO ALONSO CHAVARRIA HERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ANDERSON ADRIAN CALDERON BRENESCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARIA CECILIA VALVERDE VARGASCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ALBA LUCIA RAMIREZ AGUILARCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ANA JACQUELINE ARAYA MATAMOROSCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANDREA CAROLINA SANABRIA SOJOCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEANNETTE MOYA GRANADOSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LUIS RICARDO SANCHEZ SOTOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ANDERSON ADRIAN CALDERON BRENESCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JORGE ADOLFO AGUILAR MORACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YANETH UMAÑA CHINCHILLACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ELADIO JIMENEZ MONTEROCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA LAURA CAMPOS ARAYACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
GRETTEL ANDREA JIMENEZ AGUILARCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVELIO CASTILLO CASTILLOCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
CAROLINA BRENES SOLANOCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES 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. “CERVANTES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-ALVARADO-CERVANTES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S44a3d3187e, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sa66fe5007b, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S15dd345bda.