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ORIENTAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ORIENTAL / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-35c9d5530016de433aee9969
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 YA34.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.2%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA10.5%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL9.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.7%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE2.0%
Results for event-2830ad04b9e4e5ceba02062e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,51134.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,09025.2%2Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202445610.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244249.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242235.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242064.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241724%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241603.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024882%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA27.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA24.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL13.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.2%
  • ACTUEMOS YA9.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.8%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA1.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.7%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL0.7%
Results for event-a89c48e0aaf370718775ba98
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,47927.1%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,32824.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202075813.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202072113.2%1Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205049.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202103.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201342.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020961.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020961.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020931.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020380.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.3%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA13.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN CARTAGO9.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO4.2%
  • VERDE3.9%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN3.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.6%
Results for event-e3b83c140c49550063b30d8c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,40830%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662313.3%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662113.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201654611.7%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN CARTAGOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164389.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162565.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161954.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161823.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161753.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161653.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016771.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

58.30–100 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=9.722863741339491, oldest_gap=16.752027315407595, previous_gap=2.7670881436686834

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.8percentage 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=[[25.17321016166282,4.757505773672055,0,5.150115473441109,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.531177829099308,0,54.387990762124716],[13.890415979475902,13.212387758841855,24.335715594649074,0,3.8482682792743264,1.759208356239692,0,0.6963533076782115,0,1.7042330951072018,0,0,40.55341762873373],[30.046948356807512,13.294921041399915,11.651728553137003,5.463081519419547,0,0,4.161331626120359,0,3.7345283824157063,3.5211267605633805,0,0,28.12633376013658]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.41percentage 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=[[25.17321016166282,4.757505773672055,0,5.150115473441109,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.531177829099308,0,54.387990762124716],[13.890415979475902,13.212387758841855,24.335715594649074,0,3.8482682792743264,1.759208356239692,0,0.6963533076782115,0,1.7042330951072018,0,0,40.55341762873373],[30.046948356807512,13.294921041399915,11.651728553137003,5.463081519419547,0,0,4.161331626120359,0,3.7345283824157063,3.5211267605633805,0,0,28.12633376013658]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.11percentage 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=[[25.17321016166282,4.757505773672055,0,5.150115473441109,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.531177829099308,0,54.387990762124716],[13.890415979475902,13.212387758841855,24.335715594649074,0,3.8482682792743264,1.759208356239692,0,0.6963533076782115,0,1.7042330951072018,0,0,40.55341762873373],[30.046948356807512,13.294921041399915,11.651728553137003,5.463081519419547,0,0,4.161331626120359,0,3.7345283824157063,3.5211267605633805,0,0,28.12633376013658]]

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?
JORGE ARTURO ALFARO SOTOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
GRETTEL ELENA RIVERA OLIVARESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO SOLANO REDONDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
CAROLINA DE LOS ANGELES ARAYA ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
MELANIA AGUILAR CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CLAUDIO QUESADA ROMANCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ABRAHAM JOSE QUESADA CALVOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
SUSANA ROMAN SANCHOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
EMMITA MONGE ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO EDUARDO SALGADO MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVELYN SIOMARA LEDEZMA QUIROSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
SANDRA MARIA OBANDO PIEDRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
SANDRA MATAMOROS MATACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARIA DE LA CRUZ BRENES BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAURA JIMENEZ CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ISABEL MARIA MADRIZ ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
MANUEL ENRIQUE GONZALEZ ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MELANIA AGUILAR CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELVIA MARIA BONILLA LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FRANKLIN ALBERTO MORA SOLANOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FLORA MARIA ARAYA COTOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LAURA CHAVERRI FUENTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA MERCEDES BARQUERO AVILACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROGER EDUARDO SANABRIA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
DIEGO ALFONSO ZUÑIGA CESPEDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
OSCAR JOSE QUESADA CALVOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAVID ESTEBAN OVIEDO CHINCHILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARLENI FLORES GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
CELIA MARIA CHAVES ELBRECHTCONCEJALES 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. “ORIENTAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-CARTAGO-ORIENTAL. 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.