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CARMEN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CARMEN / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-5c50f2664b182888dacf394a
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 YA42.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.3%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL9.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA5.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.3%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE2.0%
Results for event-472ad64236822a157698ffe8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,97242%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,14024.3%2Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244529.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242775.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242224.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242134.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241753.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241563.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024922%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA27.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA19.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS8.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.8%
  • ACTUEMOS YA3.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.2%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA2.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.4%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL0.6%
Results for event-a5dcb70d15a6986ccb52dd78
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,49927.9%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,06119.7%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,02219%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204568.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203967.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203686.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201763.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201743.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201172.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020771.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020330.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.1%
  • RENOVACIÓN CARTAGO14.0%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA12.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO8.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.3%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN6.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.4%
Results for event-ada8838b7aea085a60cb733e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,23328.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201660314.1%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN CARTAGOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201659914%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201655112.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163768.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163568.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162686.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162315.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016591.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

27.30–100 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=17.705894871249203, oldest_gap=14.733395696913004, previous_gap=8.142777467930841

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.25percentage 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=[[24.26048095339434,4.724409448818897,0,4.532879336028942,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.894871249201958,0,60.587359012555865],[18.999814091838633,7.361963190184049,19.72485592117494,3.2348020078081428,6.841420338352854,0,0,0.6134969325153374,0,1.4314928425357873,0,0,41.79215467559026],[28.835360149672592,14.101964452759589,5.402245088868101,8.325537885874649,0,0,8.793264733395697,0,6.267539756782039,1.3797942001870906,0,0,26.89429373246024]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.73percentage 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=[[24.26048095339434,4.724409448818897,0,4.532879336028942,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.894871249201958,0,60.587359012555865],[18.999814091838633,7.361963190184049,19.72485592117494,3.2348020078081428,6.841420338352854,0,0,0.6134969325153374,0,1.4314928425357873,0,0,41.79215467559026],[28.835360149672592,14.101964452759589,5.402245088868101,8.325537885874649,0,0,8.793264733395697,0,6.267539756782039,1.3797942001870906,0,0,26.89429373246024]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.99percentage 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=[[24.26048095339434,4.724409448818897,0,4.532879336028942,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.894871249201958,0,60.587359012555865],[18.999814091838633,7.361963190184049,19.72485592117494,3.2348020078081428,6.841420338352854,0,0,0.6134969325153374,0,1.4314928425357873,0,0,41.79215467559026],[28.835360149672592,14.101964452759589,5.402245088868101,8.325537885874649,0,0,8.793264733395697,0,6.267539756782039,1.3797942001870906,0,0,26.89429373246024]]

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?
GONZALO CAMPOS TENCIOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
MARIA ODILIE CALDERON HERNANDEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
HECTOR GERARDO CALDERON FONSECACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
KATHERINE DE LOS ANGELES PANIAGUA PALMASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
JOSE FAUSTINO NAVARRO CECILIANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA SOFIA ARAYA RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS GERARDO SOLANO MONGECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
DORA MAYELA QUIROS NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
JORGE JIMENEZ CERDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DEL MILAGRO SALAZAR GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VINICIO ALVAREZ MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE RAMON VALVERDE CALVOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
JULIA MILENA QUIROS TREJOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
FABIAN FERNANDO BARRANTES GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ALEJANDRO JOSE MARIN SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIO REDONDO COGHICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
ISABEL JIMENEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA DEL MILAGRO SALAZAR GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MANUEL ANGEL RIVERA GUZMANSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANGELA LORENA MASIS RIVERASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE MIGUEL MONGE GARITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIETH VICTORIA RAMIREZ FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANCISCO JAVIER NAVARRO HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN CARTAGOprincipal
WALTER GUSTAVO MAROTO MONTOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
ELIAS VICENTE ALVAREZ SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KEYLOR BOECIO GUERRERO BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA DEL SOCORRO GONZALEZ RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN CARTAGOsubstitute
MARIO REDONDO COGHICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA 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. “CARMEN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-CARTAGO-CARMEN. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S01077b33c0, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S445dc9c353, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sb47ec9e89f.