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PACAYAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PACAYAS / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a59de104e9d44b44075782cd
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

  • ACTUEMOS YA42.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS30.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL5.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.5%
Results for event-ef006bc1494cbc98f745c86f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202491142.5%3Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202464530.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202439218.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241205.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024743.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL53.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN31.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.6%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA1.7%
  • ACTUEMOS YA0.8%
Results for event-ccd4c380277e9ca8668e78f2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,16853.2%3Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202068531.2%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201868.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201014.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020381.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020180.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL45.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA18.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN13.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.3%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA0.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL0.3%
Results for event-c44cfaf375115303497ff8e6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201696145.4%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640018.9%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201629113.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201626712.6%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161758.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016190.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201660.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

16.520–100 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=12.41830065359477, oldest_gap=26.474752241623403, previous_gap=21.994535519125684

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

56.06percentage 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=[[5.602240896358543,18.30065359477124,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,76.09710550887021],[53.18761384335155,0,8.469945355191257,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38.342440801457194],[45.35158093440302,12.600283152430391,18.876828692779615,0,0.2831524303916942,0,0,0,0,8.25861255309108,0,0,14.6295422369042]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.55percentage 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=[[5.602240896358543,18.30065359477124,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,76.09710550887021],[53.18761384335155,0,8.469945355191257,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38.342440801457194],[45.35158093440302,12.600283152430391,18.876828692779615,0,0.2831524303916942,0,0,0,0,8.25861255309108,0,0,14.6295422369042]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.8percentage 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=[[5.602240896358543,18.30065359477124,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,76.09710550887021],[53.18761384335155,0,8.469945355191257,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38.342440801457194],[45.35158093440302,12.600283152430391,18.876828692779615,0,0.2831524303916942,0,0,0,0,8.25861255309108,0,0,14.6295422369042]]

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?
DENNIS GERARDO VARGAS TENORIOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
LEDA BEATRIZ RAMIREZ HERNANDEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
NOE DE JESUS MASIS MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
MARCO AURELIO SOLIS CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
LAURA ALVARADO CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
DIEGO ALBERT RAMIREZ RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUISA LISBETH SERRANO MASISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
CRISTIAN ALFREDO GOMEZ MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JEFFRY ANTONIO MORA SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARCO AURELIO VARELA MARTINEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATTIA PATRICIA BRENES MENDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIO ANDRES HERNANDEZ GRANADOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EVELYN CRISTINA BRENES MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FLORENI MORALES RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
CESAR ADOLFO COTO ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
DAGOBERTO SERRANO AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDREA MELINA MARTINEZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LAURA EUGENIA RAMIREZ MONTENEGROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
CRISTIAN ALFREDO GOMEZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
YINETH LOPEZ GUTIERREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS PAULO SERRANO RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCO ANTONIO MARTINEZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSELYN MARIELA GUILLEN CESPEDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARVIN STEVEN MELENDEZ CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
KAREN JOHANNA GUILLEN BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FREDDY AGUILAR ARRIETACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSA ELENA JIMENEZ CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO MONTERO OBANDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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. “PACAYAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-ALVARADO-PACAYAS. 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.