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TOBOSI — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
TOBOSI / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-23cb9d98a4c8fa9f0b438c1c
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 NACIONAL63.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS8.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.4%
Results for event-5457f70468687cff9d0e08e6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,62363%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202460323.4%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242118.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241395.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL45.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA26.1%
  • UNIÓN GUARQUEÑO12.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.9%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA0.7%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL0.5%
Results for event-fc84f2909780abb72cadbf97
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,26145.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202072026.1%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202035112.7%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201324.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201304.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201043.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020240.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020190.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020150.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL49.2%
  • UNIÓN GUARQUEÑO33.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.2%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA3.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.7%
Results for event-eb2c5f2622e3c97f43ef2bcd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,32149.2%3Recorded
UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201688633%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162037.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161144.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016943.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016501.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016190.7%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=39.59627329192546, oldest_gap=16.189058429475253, previous_gap=19.62989840348331

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

17.25percentage 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=[[63.004658385093165,23.408385093167702,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.58695652173913],[45.75471698113208,26.124818577648767,4.78955007256894,0,4.716981132075472,0,0,0.5442670537010159,0,0,0,0,18.06966618287373],[49.162634908820245,7.5548939337551175,4.242649795310755,1.8608113137327875,0,0,0,0,0,0.7071082992184593,0,0,36.47190174916263]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.38percentage 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=[[63.004658385093165,23.408385093167702,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.58695652173913],[45.75471698113208,26.124818577648767,4.78955007256894,0,4.716981132075472,0,0,0.5442670537010159,0,0,0,0,18.06966618287373],[49.162634908820245,7.5548939337551175,4.242649795310755,1.8608113137327875,0,0,0,0,0,0.7071082992184593,0,0,36.47190174916263]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

20.81percentage 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=[[63.004658385093165,23.408385093167702,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.58695652173913],[45.75471698113208,26.124818577648767,4.78955007256894,0,4.716981132075472,0,0,0.5442670537010159,0,0,0,0,18.06966618287373],[49.162634908820245,7.5548939337551175,4.242649795310755,1.8608113137327875,0,0,0,0,0,0.7071082992184593,0,0,36.47190174916263]]

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?
DAVID JESUS SEGURA CERDASSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA CATALINA ZAPATA VILLEGASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YANCI EUGENIA RAMIREZ ORTIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FEDERICO ANTONIO MONTERO MARTINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SUSANA ARAYA ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NOEMI CRISTINA MOLINA RUIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EMELIDA MARTINEZ PICADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OLMAN JOSUE ALVARADO RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEIDY ISABEL TREJOS ZAPATACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ESTER CALVO ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CLARIBEL DE LOS ANGELES RAMIREZ NAVARROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARVIN ADOLFO TAMES LEIVASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROYNER RAMIREZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA CATALINA ZAPATA VILLEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELPIDIO MONTERO MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
AMALIA UREÑA BLANCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOprincipal
YARIELA GUZMAN MONESTELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR BARAHONA ORTEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KARLA VANESSA BRENES MADRIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RANDALL ALBERTO FONSECA RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOsubstitute
CLARIBEL DE LOS ANGELES RAMIREZ NAVARROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARVIN ADOLFO TAMES LEIVASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROYNER RAMIREZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA CATALINA ZAPATA VILLEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESTEBAN JOSE CERDAS NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOprincipal
IVANNIA PATRICIA RAMIREZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOprincipal
VIVIANA DE LOS ANGELES MONTERO MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALBERTO MONTERO ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ALBERTO NAVARRO NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIÓN GUARQUEÑOsubstitute
ANA ISABEL RAMIREZ CALVOCONCEJALES 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. “TOBOSI — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-EL-GUARCO-TOBOSI. 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.