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SAN NICOLÁS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · SAN NICOLÁS / CARTAGO · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-CARTAGO-CARTAGO-SAN-NICOLAS

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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
SAN NICOLÁS / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e4c12abdeed030d25ab0f207
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 YA33.9%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL22.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA6.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.1%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE2.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.3%
Results for event-16373282bf7993bcdd23b4be
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,18433.9%3Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,43422.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,27819.9%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244176.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242393.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242323.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242163.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242003.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241512.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024841.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA25.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA23.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL7.3%
  • ACTUEMOS YA6.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.7%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA1.2%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL0.8%
Results for event-9d2778c2bed4da30a170c854
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,98725.9%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,81323.6%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,52719.9%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205577.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204996.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204435.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202923.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201461.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201341.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201321.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020891.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020610.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.0%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA17.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN CARTAGO9.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.1%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN3.9%
  • VERDE2.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.6%
Results for event-5b0722b3e5b25a4e00689135
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,02137%3Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201697117.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201659210.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN CARTAGOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165109.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163957.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163306%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162254.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162133.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161262.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016851.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

52.040–100 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=11.655011655011652, oldest_gap=19.20263350402341, previous_gap=2.265625

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.15percentage 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: 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=[[19.86013986013986,3.6052836052836055,0,3.108003108003108,0,1.3053613053613053,0,0,0,0,6.480186480186481,0,65.64102564102565],[19.8828125,5.768229166666667,23.606770833333332,1.7447916666666667,7.252604166666667,1.9010416666666667,0,0.7942708333333334,0,1.71875,0,0,37.330729166666664],[36.96049743964887,10.826627651792245,6.035113386978786,7.223847841989759,0,0,1.554498902706657,0,3.8953913679590344,4.114850036576445,0,0,29.38917337234821]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.46percentage 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=[[19.86013986013986,3.6052836052836055,0,3.108003108003108,0,1.3053613053613053,0,0,0,0,6.480186480186481,0,65.64102564102565],[19.8828125,5.768229166666667,23.606770833333332,1.7447916666666667,7.252604166666667,1.9010416666666667,0,0.7942708333333334,0,1.71875,0,0,37.330729166666664],[36.96049743964887,10.826627651792245,6.035113386978786,7.223847841989759,0,0,1.554498902706657,0,3.8953913679590344,4.114850036576445,0,0,29.38917337234821]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.81percentage 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=[[19.86013986013986,3.6052836052836055,0,3.108003108003108,0,1.3053613053613053,0,0,0,0,6.480186480186481,0,65.64102564102565],[19.8828125,5.768229166666667,23.606770833333332,1.7447916666666667,7.252604166666667,1.9010416666666667,0,0.7942708333333334,0,1.71875,0,0,37.330729166666664],[36.96049743964887,10.826627651792245,6.035113386978786,7.223847841989759,0,0,1.554498902706657,0,3.8953913679590344,4.114850036576445,0,0,29.38917337234821]]

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?
MARIA CECILIA SANDI BARAHONASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
HAROL ALBERTO ORTEGA HERNANDEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
NATALIA MARIA SOLIS FALLASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
RONALD UREÑA NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
NATALY MELISSA ROJAS ORTEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
MARIA EDUVIGIS VALDERRAMOS SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA LIDIETTE ALVARADO HERRERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
BRYAN VINICIO HERNANDEZ CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
ZAIDA COTO MENESESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
MARTA LIGIA MOLINA CALVOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA CECILIA SANDI BARAHONASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE RENE CAMPOS FUENTESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANA ISABEL SOLANO SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS ALEJANDRO CALVO CESPEDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
RAFAEL CHAVES CASCANTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ADRIAN ALBERTO BONILLA HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SARAY MARIA BADILLA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
GREGORY ANTONIO CAMPOS MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOICE ALEJANDRA ASTORGA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ERNESTO CAMACHO ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NORMA BELLY ARLEY GOMEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PEDRO JOSE VILLALOBOS PERALTASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAVIER ENRIQUE CAMACHO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RITA MARIA HERNANDEZ VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUISELLE ULLOA OBANDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
OSCAR VIDAL FALLAS SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
JORGE ARTURO LORIA ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GABRIELA MELISSA NAVARRO BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA LUCRECIA BONILLA CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROBERTO ORLANDO VIQUEZ QUESADACONCEJALES 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. “SAN NICOLÁS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-CARTAGO-SAN-NICOLAS. 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.