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JUAN VIÑAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · JUAN VIÑAS / CARTAGO · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-CARTAGO-JIMENEZ-JUAN-VINAS

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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
JUAN VIÑAS / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-50f140b21cba5b925745c467
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 NACIONAL32.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA13.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA9.6%
  • ACTUEMOS YA8.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.9%
Results for event-23f171d20cade88b1ef7751e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202471432.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202469131.4%2Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202429113.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242119.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241878.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241074.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.0%
  • ACTUEMOS YA14.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS14.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA9.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.4%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA1.1%
Results for event-7c058071936b589ef2d84ec2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,23744%3Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202041114.6%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040114.3%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202769.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202067.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201796.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020672.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020321.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL51.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA28.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.6%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN5.9%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA3.1%
Results for event-38b49c5de3c2aa447aa70db1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,51451.7%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201683928.6%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201631110.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161745.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016923.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

41.240–100 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=1.0449795547478402, oldest_gap=23.037542662116042, previous_gap=29.405482378070488

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.46percentage 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: 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=[[32.439800090867784,31.394820536119944,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.221263062244434,0,22.944116310767836],[44.03702385190459,7.333570665717337,0,0,0,2.385190459238163,0,0,0,6.372374510501958,9.82556069775721,0,30.04627981488074],[51.67235494880546,10.61433447098976,28.63481228668942,0,0,0,0,0,5.938566552901024,0,0,0,3.1399317406143346]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.49percentage 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=[[32.439800090867784,31.394820536119944,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.221263062244434,0,22.944116310767836],[44.03702385190459,7.333570665717337,0,0,0,2.385190459238163,0,0,0,6.372374510501958,9.82556069775721,0,30.04627981488074],[51.67235494880546,10.61433447098976,28.63481228668942,0,0,0,0,0,5.938566552901024,0,0,0,3.1399317406143346]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.47percentage 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=[[32.439800090867784,31.394820536119944,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.221263062244434,0,22.944116310767836],[44.03702385190459,7.333570665717337,0,0,0,2.385190459238163,0,0,0,6.372374510501958,9.82556069775721,0,30.04627981488074],[51.67235494880546,10.61433447098976,28.63481228668942,0,0,0,0,0,5.938566552901024,0,0,0,3.1399317406143346]]

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?
CAROLYN REBECA GUEVARA SOJOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RONALD MARTINEZ CORRALESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXIS JOSE CALDERON CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HANNIA CATALINA SOTO CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YERLIN ALEJANDRA COTO ORTIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIO FRANCISCO CEDEÑO VEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIO ALEXIS VEGA SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRA GABRIELA CHAVARRIA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA FERNANDA RAMIREZ MATACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HERIBERTO MARTIN MESEN CASCANTECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
XINIA MENDEZ PANIAGUASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILBERTH HERNANDEZ SOJOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXIS JOSE CALDERON CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HANNIA CATALINA SOTO CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JACKELINE CAMACHO PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
MARTIN ALEXIS MASIS HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
YESENIA JOHANNA JIMENEZ QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ARNOLDO RAMIREZ SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE RAMON MOLINA ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
DANIELA LUCIA TENCIO SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
RANDALL MORALES ROJASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAUREN ROJAS MEJIASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YEILYN ALEJANDRA ACUÑA CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VICTOR PEREIRA MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FREDDY QUESADA MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
YORLENY ELENA RIVERA PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JOSE MIGUEL COTO BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ESTEFANIE ESQUIVEL GUZMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RONALD CHACON GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
PAMELA DOTTI ORTIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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. “JUAN VIÑAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-JIMENEZ-JUAN-VINAS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S09ec86bcff, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S8773287567, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S39823de50f.