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PEJIBAYE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PEJIBAYE / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-fb2c2d75ba85aca1761079ee
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 NACIONAL41.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA25.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA10.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.7%
  • ACTUEMOS YA4.0%
Results for event-0802ae00fa9238f216e014bb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202461041.1%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202438225.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420713.9%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202415710.6%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024704.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024594%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA31.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO15.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS7.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA0.8%
Results for event-8998e45a00af47f31c026b73
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202044531.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202041729.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202023316.3%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202022415.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201037.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020110.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL62.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA23.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.3%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN3.3%
Results for event-54e4d4ec67a286ddbe1e165c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201685062.8%4Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201631923.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614010.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016453.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

31.40–100 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=15.353535353535356, oldest_gap=39.21713441654357, previous_gap=1.9539427773900897

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.05percentage 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=[[41.07744107744108,13.93939393939394,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25.723905723905723,0,19.25925925925926],[29.099790648988137,16.259595254710398,0,0,0,0.7676203768318214,0,0,0,15.631542219120727,31.053733426378226,0,7.187718073970691],[62.77695716395864,10.3397341211226,23.559822747415065,0,0,0,0,0,3.323485967503693,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

60.56percentage 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=[[41.07744107744108,13.93939393939394,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25.723905723905723,0,19.25925925925926],[29.099790648988137,16.259595254710398,0,0,0,0.7676203768318214,0,0,0,15.631542219120727,31.053733426378226,0,7.187718073970691],[62.77695716395864,10.3397341211226,23.559822747415065,0,0,0,0,0,3.323485967503693,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

42.3percentage 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=[[41.07744107744108,13.93939393939394,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25.723905723905723,0,19.25925925925926],[29.099790648988137,16.259595254710398,0,0,0,0.7676203768318214,0,0,0,15.631542219120727,31.053733426378226,0,7.187718073970691],[62.77695716395864,10.3397341211226,23.559822747415065,0,0,0,0,0,3.323485967503693,0,0,0,0]]

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?
CRISTHIAN ALBERTO SOJO BRENESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WENDY CALVO SANCHEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUDITH MADRIZ PEREIRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS CASASOLA CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA PLACIDA BALLESTERO GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GERARDINA MORA CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
FERNANDA DANIELA TAFALLA BARBOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS CORDERO ULLOACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVA QUESADA ZAMORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YULIETH MARITA SOLANO GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
EVELIO CAMACHO ULLOASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
IVANNIA MORA GAMBOASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
JORGE ANTONIO GAMBOA CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
FANNY MORA OBANDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
MARIA ESTER OROZCO RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO RAMIREZ MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ARELIS CESPEDES ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
IVAN DAVID MORA PEREIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
DIEGO ALFONSO MARTINEZ AVENDAÑOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
IDANIA MARLENY RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CRISTIAN CAMPOS SANDOVALSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA YANCY QUESADA ZAMORASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ROSA CESPEDES MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRANKLIN VARGAS LAOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JESSICA BARBOZA RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DULCELINA CALVO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ARMANDO CHAVES CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KAREN VANESSA GONZALEZ MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WALTER AVENDAÑO LUNACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVELIO CAMACHO ULLOACONCEJALES 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. “PEJIBAYE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-JIMENEZ-PEJIBAYE. 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.