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LLANO GRANDE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
LLANO GRANDE / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-482f252cabb3d5c8cc93092b
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.3%
  • ACTUEMOS YA30.3%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL22.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.5%
Results for event-943803eb6cdb072317311345
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441332.3%2Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202438730.3%1Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202428322.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416412.8%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024322.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA23.0%
  • ACTUEMOS YA17.3%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA15.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.0%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA0.9%
Results for event-5183b1b4885082b7f6f9adfc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202042628.4%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202034623%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202026017.3%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202022915.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201097.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020855.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020181.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020151%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020140.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL55.5%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA14.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA13.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO6.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.1%
  • RENOVACIÓN CARTAGO1.5%
  • VERDE0.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.6%
Results for event-2fc89addb3195aa86c4bf526
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201666255.5%3Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616814.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615713.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016806.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016544.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016373.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN CARTAGOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016181.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201690.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201670.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

65.190–100 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=2.032838154808445, oldest_gap=41.442953020134226, previous_gap=5.326231691078561

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.69percentage 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=[[32.290852228303365,12.822517591868648,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.88663017982799],[28.362183754993342,7.256990679094541,23.03595206391478,0,5.659121171770972,0,0,0,0,0.9986684420772304,0,0,34.68708388814913],[55.53691275167785,4.530201342281879,13.171140939597315,3.1040268456375837,0,0,6.7114093959731544,0,0,0.587248322147651,0,0,16.359060402684563]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.99percentage 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: 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=[[32.290852228303365,12.822517591868648,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.88663017982799],[28.362183754993342,7.256990679094541,23.03595206391478,0,5.659121171770972,0,0,0,0,0.9986684420772304,0,0,34.68708388814913],[55.53691275167785,4.530201342281879,13.171140939597315,3.1040268456375837,0,0,6.7114093959731544,0,0,0.587248322147651,0,0,16.359060402684563]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.34percentage 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=[[32.290852228303365,12.822517591868648,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.88663017982799],[28.362183754993342,7.256990679094541,23.03595206391478,0,5.659121171770972,0,0,0,0,0.9986684420772304,0,0,34.68708388814913],[55.53691275167785,4.530201342281879,13.171140939597315,3.1040268456375837,0,0,6.7114093959731544,0,0,0.587248322147651,0,0,16.359060402684563]]

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?
ALEXANDER LEITON SAENZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VIRGINIA VICTORIA JIMENEZ GIACCHEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEIMY SUSANA SOLIS AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IVANNIA ANDREA GONZALEZ AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
STIVEN JOSE MONGE GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ESTER QUIROS ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DANIELA CHACON MONGECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALLISON VALERIA AGUILAR AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
JAIRO ALEJANDRO MARIN CEDEÑOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
ISABEL CRISTINA MARIN ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GREIVIN FERNANDEZ MONGESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS GERARDO MARIN SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
AMELIA MARIA LEITON CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RONALD ALBERTO MONGE LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
RAUL ERNESTO GONZALEZ AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
ALEXANDER MONGE GUZMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTA ELENA GONZALEZ ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA MONSERRATH GONZALEZ BARQUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
MANUEL ANTONIO QUIROS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
GREIVIN FERNANDEZ MONGESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WENDY MONGE QUIROSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXANDER MONGE GUZMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PAOLA RIVERA BARQUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ANGEL LEITON SANABRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
ALEXANDER LEITON SAENZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
KATHERINE SOFIA GONZALEZ RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JONATAN ANDREY LEITON LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NELSON OSVALDO ZUÑIGA FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES QUIROS LEITONCONCEJALES 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. “LLANO GRANDE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-CARTAGO-LLANO-GRANDE. 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.