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DULCE NOMBRE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
DULCE NOMBRE / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-f640002a2a3bb8aa1682ebd1
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 YA33.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.4%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL9.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA7.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.5%
Results for event-62a9ee2db58dcc5d65259eb0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,16333.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,10331.4%2Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243259.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242697.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242507.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241835.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241654.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024531.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA39.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL9.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.3%
  • ACTUEMOS YA7.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.8%
Results for event-49bd83f422fb513574968524
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,43439%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202056615.4%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202041511.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203539.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203078.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202797.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201283.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020972.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020701.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020300.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA22.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.6%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN13.0%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA8.5%
  • RENOVACIÓN CARTAGO4.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.8%
Results for event-e1c89571ba26e2d3c4a8034e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201688328.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201668322.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201650816.6%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201639713%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162598.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN CARTAGOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161384.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161314.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016361.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016250.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

56.220–100 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=1.7089148390771847, oldest_gap=6.535947712418302, previous_gap=23.59336776297907

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.73percentage 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: 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=[[31.415551125035602,7.6616348618627175,0,5.212190259185418,0,1.5095414411848476,0,0,0,0,7.120478496154941,0,47.08060381657647],[15.384615384615385,8.344658874694211,11.280239195433541,2.6365860288121774,9.594998640935037,1.9026909486273444,0,0,0,0.8154389779831476,0,0,50.040771948899156],[28.856209150326798,22.320261437908496,16.601307189542485,4.281045751633987,0,0,0.8169934640522876,0,12.973856209150327,1.1764705882352942,0,0,12.973856209150327]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.56percentage 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=[[31.415551125035602,7.6616348618627175,0,5.212190259185418,0,1.5095414411848476,0,0,0,0,7.120478496154941,0,47.08060381657647],[15.384615384615385,8.344658874694211,11.280239195433541,2.6365860288121774,9.594998640935037,1.9026909486273444,0,0,0,0.8154389779831476,0,0,50.040771948899156],[28.856209150326798,22.320261437908496,16.601307189542485,4.281045751633987,0,0,0.8169934640522876,0,12.973856209150327,1.1764705882352942,0,0,12.973856209150327]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.15percentage 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=[[31.415551125035602,7.6616348618627175,0,5.212190259185418,0,1.5095414411848476,0,0,0,0,7.120478496154941,0,47.08060381657647],[15.384615384615385,8.344658874694211,11.280239195433541,2.6365860288121774,9.594998640935037,1.9026909486273444,0,0,0,0.8154389779831476,0,0,50.040771948899156],[28.856209150326798,22.320261437908496,16.601307189542485,4.281045751633987,0,0,0.8169934640522876,0,12.973856209150327,1.1764705882352942,0,0,12.973856209150327]]

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?
CARLOS ALBERTO SANCHEZ SOLANOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
MARICRUZ HERNANDEZ MATASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
ALFREDO GRANADOS MONTOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
EVELYN TATIANA MONGE ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
EDSON EVERALDO ROJAS VILLAVICENCIOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES MOYA SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN CARLOS FLORES SABORIOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
TERESITA ARAYA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
GEOVANNY ANTONIO CEDEÑO SERRANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SHIRLEY VILLEGAS SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROBERTO CARLOS SOLANO ORTEGASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
LUCRECIA CHAVES CORTESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
ABIGAIL OROZCO UGARTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
EDUARDO ARCE AGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
WILSER MONGE CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CAROLINA SANCHEZ VILLALTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERICKA CORRALES ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
EDVIN ALBERTO BRENES ORTEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
SILVIA ELENA MATA MOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCO ANTONIO QUESADA COLOCHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MILAGRO SOLANO ARCESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO CESPEDES BENAVIDESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DINORAH MARIA CASTRO ACEVEDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS ANDREY TORRES VILLALTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROBERTO CARLOS SOLANO ORTEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES SOLANO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
DIEGO ARMANDO OROZCO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA JOSE COTO VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PAMELA SOLANO PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ENRIQUE BRICEÑO CASCANTECONCEJALES 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. “DULCE NOMBRE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-CARTAGO-DULCE-NOMBRE. 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.