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CARMEN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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CARMEN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.

Election expectation2028-02-06
Imported event records3
Usable vote comparison cycles3 of 3
Seat comparison cycles3 of 3

Historical competition

Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.

Provisional imported-series CI: 27.3/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.

Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 31.2 points; earlier interval 36.7 points; two-interval mean 34.0 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

Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.

Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.

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.

Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Electoral event evidence

Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.

2024-02-04 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
ACTUEMOS YA1,97241.97%3
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,14024.26%2
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL4529.62%0
LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2775.89%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA2224.72%0
FRENTE AMPLIO2134.53%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN1753.72%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS1563.32%0
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE921.96%0

Result source · PDF page 509; district 3 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
GONZALO CAMPOS TENCIOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIOACTUEMOS YANoDeclaration
MARIA ODILIE CALDERON HERNANDEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTEACTUEMOS YAYesDeclaration
HECTOR GERARDO CALDERON FONSECACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASACTUEMOS YANoDeclaration
KATHERINE DE LOS ANGELES PANIAGUA PALMASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASACTUEMOS YANoDeclaration
JOSE FAUSTINO NAVARRO CECILIANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ALEJANDRA SOFIA ARAYA RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
LUIS GERARDO SOLANO MONGECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACTUEMOS YAYesDeclaration
DORA MAYELA QUIROS NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACTUEMOS YAYesDeclaration
JORGE JIMENEZ CERDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARIA DEL MILAGRO SALAZAR GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
2020-02-02 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA1,49927.87%3
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1,06119.72%1
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,02219.00%1
UNIDOS PODEMOS4568.48%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3967.36%0
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3686.84%0
ACTUEMOS YA1763.27%0
FRENTE AMPLIO1743.23%0
VERDE ECOLOGISTA1172.18%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO771.43%0
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL330.61%0

Result source · Sheet 4.45; district 3 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
VINICIO ALVAREZ MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANANoDeclaration
JOSE RAMON VALVERDE CALVOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANANoDeclaration
JULIA MILENA QUIROS TREJOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANANoDeclaration
FABIAN FERNANDO BARRANTES GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
ALEJANDRO JOSE MARIN SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MARIO REDONDO COGHICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
ISABEL JIMENEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration
MARIA DEL MILAGRO SALAZAR GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
2016-02-07 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,23328.84%2
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA60314.10%1
RENOVACIÓN CARTAGO59914.01%1
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA55112.89%1
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3768.79%0
FRENTE AMPLIO3568.33%0
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN2686.27%0
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2315.40%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO591.38%0

Result source · Sheet 4.44; district 3 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
MANUEL ANGEL RIVERA GUZMANSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ANGELA LORENA MASIS RIVERASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
JOSE MIGUEL MONGE GARITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ELIETH VICTORIA RAMIREZ FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
FRANCISCO JAVIER NAVARRO HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)RENOVACIÓN CARTAGONoDeclaration; inferred party-code join
WALTER GUSTAVO MAROTO MONTOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANANoDeclaration; inferred party-code join
ELIAS VICENTE ALVAREZ SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
KEYLOR BOECIO GUERRERO BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
MARIA DEL SOCORRO GONZALEZ RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESRENOVACIÓN CARTAGOYesDeclaration; inferred party-code join
MARIO REDONDO COGHICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAYesDeclaration; inferred party-code join

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-CARTAGO-CARTAGO-CARMEN.