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OCCIDENTAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
OCCIDENTAL / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-53567c2e7b5b2156cf352515
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 YA36.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.3%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL13.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA7.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.5%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE2.2%
Results for event-ac75cfd7f2610a6694f7c86e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,19336.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202477123.3%1Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202443113%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242527.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241815.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241504.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241414.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241163.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024742.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA29.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA25.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.7%
  • ACTUEMOS YA6.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.6%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL0.8%
Results for event-0821410126e2bed7dd1c491a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,25029.3%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,10425.9%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202061414.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202045710.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202916.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201914.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201794.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020761.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020691.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020360.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.4%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA13.6%
  • RENOVACIÓN CARTAGO8.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.2%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN7.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO4.6%
  • VERDE2.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.5%
Results for event-30c782cbb637fc495c6ce92b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,00528.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201661517.4%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201648213.6%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN CARTAGOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163018.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162707.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162567.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162547.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161614.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161012.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016892.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

51.090–100 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=12.753097612571771, oldest_gap=11.035653650254666, previous_gap=3.42160768689946

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.77percentage 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=[[23.30009066183137,4.533091568449683,0,5.46993049259595,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.615593834995467,0,59.08129344212753],[14.389500820248418,10.71010077337708,25.87297867354113,0,4.476212795875322,1.781110850714788,0,0.843684087180689,0,1.6170611670963206,0,0,40.30935083196625],[28.438030560271645,17.40237691001698,7.243916242218449,7.6400679117147705,0,0,4.555744199207696,0,7.187323146576118,2.518392756083758,0,0,25.014148273910585]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.03percentage 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=[[23.30009066183137,4.533091568449683,0,5.46993049259595,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.615593834995467,0,59.08129344212753],[14.389500820248418,10.71010077337708,25.87297867354113,0,4.476212795875322,1.781110850714788,0,0.843684087180689,0,1.6170611670963206,0,0,40.30935083196625],[28.438030560271645,17.40237691001698,7.243916242218449,7.6400679117147705,0,0,4.555744199207696,0,7.187323146576118,2.518392756083758,0,0,25.014148273910585]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.9percentage 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=[[23.30009066183137,4.533091568449683,0,5.46993049259595,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.615593834995467,0,59.08129344212753],[14.389500820248418,10.71010077337708,25.87297867354113,0,4.476212795875322,1.781110850714788,0,0.843684087180689,0,1.6170611670963206,0,0,40.30935083196625],[28.438030560271645,17.40237691001698,7.243916242218449,7.6400679117147705,0,0,4.555744199207696,0,7.187323146576118,2.518392756083758,0,0,25.014148273910585]]

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?
ELVIRA EUGENIA RIVERA TABORDASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
GERARDO CEDEÑO MORASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
ROSA ZUÑIGA MOLINACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
ASDRUBAL VALVERDE NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
YADIRA EUGENIA SIMON ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
STEVEN VALVERDE GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
JESSICA ANDREA MORA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
JOSE ANDRES BRENES PACHECOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
PATRICIA QUIROS CALVOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL ANGEL CORDERO SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
ELVIRA EUGENIA RIVERA TABORDASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
RODOLFO GERARDO GONZALEZ BRENESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
JORGE ALBERTO ROJAS GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
VIVIANA SANCHO MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
ASDRUBAL VALVERDE NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
FLOR VENEGAS ARROCHACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANUEL ENRIQUE ALVAREZ FUENTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
ILEANA GONZALEZ BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
STEPHANNY MELISA CALVO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JOSETH MARIA ROLDAN PEREIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARLENE FERNANDEZ GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RODOLFO GONZALEZ VALVERDESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN PABLO ROJAS D AVANZOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IVONNE QUESADA CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS RICARDO INCES QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARLON GERARDO ROJAS JARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
ANDRES JAVIER SOLANO SANTAMARIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LOANA MARIA MOYA ASTORGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OLGA OROZCO RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NOEMY BARQUERO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES 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. “OCCIDENTAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-CARTAGO-OCCIDENTAL. 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.