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TIERRA BLANCA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
TIERRA BLANCA / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-f9cb46f1fdac1c46cdcb2fb2
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 YA33.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA16.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.4%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL6.7%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE4.2%
Results for event-3106939aa4efb6f6195a58b3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202454133.3%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202436522.5%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202427516.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426616.4%1Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241086.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024694.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL42.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.2%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA17.0%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.5%
  • ACTUEMOS YA3.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL0.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.8%
Results for event-c474bf6ad6bfcd8a002d51a6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202087642.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202039519.2%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202034917%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201396.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201336.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020803.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020231.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020231.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020190.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020160.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL57.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA9.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN CARTAGO6.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.9%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN3.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.5%
Results for event-b4e09f813e5f3e1a82bc071b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201698157%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201622012.8%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161589.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN CARTAGOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161106.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161066.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016673.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016553.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016251.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

10.250–100 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=10.837438423645324, oldest_gap=44.192799070847855, previous_gap=23.429128105211884

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.13percentage 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=[[22.47536945812808,16.379310344827587,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16.93349753694581,0,44.21182266009853],[42.669264490988795,19.24013638577691,6.478324403312226,1.1203117389186557,6.770579639551875,0,0,0.9254749147588894,0,0.7793472966390648,0,0,22.016561130053578],[56.96864111498258,12.775842044134727,6.155632984901278,3.8908246225319396,0,0,1.4518002322880372,0,3.1939605110336817,0,0,0,15.563298490127758]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

21.72percentage 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=[[22.47536945812808,16.379310344827587,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16.93349753694581,0,44.21182266009853],[42.669264490988795,19.24013638577691,6.478324403312226,1.1203117389186557,6.770579639551875,0,0,0.9254749147588894,0,0.7793472966390648,0,0,22.016561130053578],[56.96864111498258,12.775842044134727,6.155632984901278,3.8908246225319396,0,0,1.4518002322880372,0,3.1939605110336817,0,0,0,15.563298490127758]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.42percentage 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=[[22.47536945812808,16.379310344827587,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16.93349753694581,0,44.21182266009853],[42.669264490988795,19.24013638577691,6.478324403312226,1.1203117389186557,6.770579639551875,0,0,0.9254749147588894,0,0.7793472966390648,0,0,22.016561130053578],[56.96864111498258,12.775842044134727,6.155632984901278,3.8908246225319396,0,0,1.4518002322880372,0,3.1939605110336817,0,0,0,15.563298490127758]]

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?
JUAN PABLO RIVERA BRENESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
JENNIFER RAMIREZ BRENESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
LAURA PATRICIA GOMEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
RICARDO ALEXIS SANCHEZ VIQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARLENE CRISTINA REDONDO AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
WENDY TATIANA GOMEZ MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSSELINE MARGARITA RIVERA VIQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
CARLOS ROBERTO VIQUEZ ARROYOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GLORIANA VIQUEZ GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ALEJANDRA MARIELA MORALES MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE CARLOS VIQUEZ GOMEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAUREEN MAYELA GARITA CORDOBASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EUGENIA SOLIS BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PABLO ALBERTO GOMEZ GARITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ALBERTO GOMEZ CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN PABLO RIVERA BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
KATHERINE GABRIELA MADRIGAL ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NELSON GILBERTO GRANADOS BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GODOFREDO GOMEZ VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARVIN GERARDO LORIA MOLINACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
ERIC ALBERTO RAMIREZ RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATHERINE GABRIELA MADRIGAL ZAMORASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PABLO ALBERTO GOMEZ GARITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAUREEN MAYELA GARITA CORDOBACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CRISTOBAL GOMEZ RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BLANCA LIDIA VIQUEZ GARITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EMMANUEL DE JESUS MONGE GARITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PAULA GRACIELA VEGA GUILLENCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GONZALO LORIA PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YESENIA ROSAS GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL 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. “TIERRA BLANCA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-CARTAGO-TIERRA-BLANCA. 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.