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PATIO DE AGUA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PATIO DE AGUA / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e77c41cfd028fe72cfa0fb38
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 NACIONAL56.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA41.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA1.3%
Results for event-5a5477103f664581d433c7d4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417256.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412741.9%2Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL54.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL10.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL6.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.0%
  • UNIÓN GUARQUEÑO1.7%
Results for event-678f45b237aa4df1072a8434
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202016654.8%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205618.5%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203310.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020206.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020144.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202093%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202051.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL51.1%
  • UNIÓN GUARQUEÑO35.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA2.1%
Results for event-f93a82373f7df566c2d6531b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614351.1%3Recorded
UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610035.7%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016217.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016103.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=14.851485148514854, oldest_gap=15.357142857142854, previous_gap=36.303630363036305

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.41percentage 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=[[56.76567656765677,41.914191419141915,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.3201320132013201],[54.78547854785479,18.48184818481848,2.9702970297029703,0,10.891089108910892,0,0,6.600660066006601,0,0,0,0,6.270627062706271],[51.07142857142857,2.142857142857143,7.5,3.5714285714285716,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35.714285714285715]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.54percentage 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=[[56.76567656765677,41.914191419141915,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.3201320132013201],[54.78547854785479,18.48184818481848,2.9702970297029703,0,10.891089108910892,0,0,6.600660066006601,0,0,0,0,6.270627062706271],[51.07142857142857,2.142857142857143,7.5,3.5714285714285716,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35.714285714285715]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.48percentage 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: 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=[[56.76567656765677,41.914191419141915,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.3201320132013201],[54.78547854785479,18.48184818481848,2.9702970297029703,0,10.891089108910892,0,0,6.600660066006601,0,0,0,0,6.270627062706271],[51.07142857142857,2.142857142857143,7.5,3.5714285714285716,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35.714285714285715]]

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?
HORACIO MARTIN VALVERDE CAMACHOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ISABEL NAVARRO BRENESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HELLEN FABIOLA DURAN MONGECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAUDENCIO FRANCISCO ARRIETA BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROLANDO JIMENEZ CAMACHOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KAREN MARIA ARAYA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JESSICA DE LOS ANGELES MONGE MONESTELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FREDDY OSVALDO MONGE VALVERDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELIAS ANTONIO ARAYA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA FERNANDA HERNANDEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RODRIGO ALBERTO MONESTEL CAMACHOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ISABEL NAVARRO BRENESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HORACIO MARTIN VALVERDE CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SONIA MONGE JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANTONIO NAVARRO CECILIANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERALD AGUSTIN ARAYA CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROCIO CAMACHO MONESTELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCISCO JAVIER MONESTEL CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAILYN YIRLANY CAMACHO CECILIANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRA PATRICIA CORDERO ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RODRIGO ALBERTO MONESTEL CAMACHOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROCIO CAMACHO MONESTELSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE MANUEL CAMACHO NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDIETH MONESTEL CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OLDEMAR CARRANZA CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOprincipal
CONCHITA NUÑEZ NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOprincipal
CECILIA ARAYA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCISCO JAVIER MONESTEL CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA MILENA JIMENEZ NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL MORA LOPEZCONCEJALES 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. “PATIO DE AGUA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-EL-GUARCO-PATIO-DE-AGUA. 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.