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EL TEJAR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · EL TEJAR / CARTAGO · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-CARTAGO-EL-GUARCO-EL-TEJAR

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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
EL TEJAR / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-cef6bb574f2d92bd0b28a721
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 NACIONAL37.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA27.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS19.3%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA15.3%
Results for event-28a7d5a1bdafae32f4ea325c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,39737.7%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,75627.6%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,22919.3%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202497215.3%1Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.2%
  • UNIÓN GUARQUEÑO13.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA12.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.2%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA0.9%
Results for event-50a4f1739ace022808cf492d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,51131.4%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,17927.2%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,07913.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202099912.5%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204395.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204035%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202292.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020931.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020720.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL47.1%
  • UNIÓN GUARQUEÑO14.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.5%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA7.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.7%
Results for event-c607eb045929b566118212e2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,94547.1%4Recorded
UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201689214.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166069.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165929.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164847.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164306.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161492.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161091.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016460.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

47.10–100 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=10.088133459238279, oldest_gap=32.83224052454821, previous_gap=4.147926036981509

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.41percentage 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: 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=[[37.72426817752597,27.636134718287693,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.639597104186336],[27.223888055972015,31.371814092953525,12.481259370314843,0,5.034982508745627,0,0,1.1619190404797601,0,0,0,0,22.72613693153423],[47.0973932512394,6.876699184391492,9.691348152886615,9.467455621301776,0,0,1.7431632816248201,0,0,0.7356468894930434,0,0,24.38829361906285]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.48percentage 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=[[37.72426817752597,27.636134718287693,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.639597104186336],[27.223888055972015,31.371814092953525,12.481259370314843,0,5.034982508745627,0,0,1.1619190404797601,0,0,0,0,22.72613693153423],[47.0973932512394,6.876699184391492,9.691348152886615,9.467455621301776,0,0,1.7431632816248201,0,0,0.7356468894930434,0,0,24.38829361906285]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.95percentage 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=[[37.72426817752597,27.636134718287693,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.639597104186336],[27.223888055972015,31.371814092953525,12.481259370314843,0,5.034982508745627,0,0,1.1619190404797601,0,0,0,0,22.72613693153423],[47.0973932512394,6.876699184391492,9.691348152886615,9.467455621301776,0,0,1.7431632816248201,0,0,0.7356468894930434,0,0,24.38829361906285]]

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?
SUSANA FUENTES CHINCHILLASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RANDALL ENRIQUE SOLANO FALLASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN JOSE NAVARRO FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BERNARDITA GONZALEZ BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RICARDO JOSE MUÑOZ NANNECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ILEANA DAMARIS MONGE NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
JOHN ESTEBAN SOLANO CARDENASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CRISTINA PIEDRA ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CRISTIAN JOSUE BRENES GARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ANA MAYELA MONGE NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
NURIA PATRICIA ARAYA ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO CORDEROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARICELA FUENTES ZELEDONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FRANCISCO HECTOR MONTOYA FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARMEN MARIA BRENES HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOprincipal
JORGE EDUARDO SOLANO PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
BERNALD ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
PABLO ALFONSO BRENES SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KENNETH ALBERTO MOLINA GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOsubstitute
ANA CRISTINA GONZALEZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ALVARO QUIROS SALASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GRETTEL SOLANO NAVARROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCISCO HECTOR MONTOYA FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DIANA CAROLINA JIMENEZ NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALFREDO MARTINEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDGAR AUGUSTO BRENES ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOprincipal
ANA LIGIA GARRO MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN TORRES MONTOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAISY ALVARADO FUENTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDREA BERNARDA CAMACHO ARTAVIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOsubstitute

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. “EL TEJAR — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-EL-GUARCO-EL-TEJAR. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S49e76997e2, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S0a91a065a2, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S839441f1c6.