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TUCURRIQUE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
TUCURRIQUE / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-509045c172e76591ddcadd45
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 NACIONAL42.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO39.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.3%
  • ACTUEMOS YA0.6%
Results for event-f98f5b7b672f18b14f76d914
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202496642.6%3Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202488639.1%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202432414.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024482.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024291.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024140.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO49.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA13.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.8%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA1.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.4%
Results for event-4c5786f0faa945fbc8c9a54f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,00849.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202056427.7%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202027213.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020974.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020331.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020301.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020291.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO50.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.3%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA3.6%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN0.5%
Results for event-5da4e68b5879c6e511cb5ebc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,02550.4%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201643421.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161969.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161658.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161276.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016743.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016110.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

42.110–100 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=3.528892809880901, oldest_gap=29.084645669291337, previous_gap=21.839645843580914

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.51percentage 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=[[42.611380679311864,14.292015880017644,0,0,0,2.11733568592854,0,0,0,39.08248786943096,0,0,1.8967798853109836],[27.742252828332514,4.771273979340876,0,1.426463354648303,0,0,0,0,0,49.58189867191343,13.37924249877029,0,3.0988686669945893],[21.358267716535433,8.12007874015748,9.645669291338583,6.25,0,0,0,0,0.5413385826771654,50.44291338582677,0,0,3.641732283464567]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

19.76percentage 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=[[42.611380679311864,14.292015880017644,0,0,0,2.11733568592854,0,0,0,39.08248786943096,0,0,1.8967798853109836],[27.742252828332514,4.771273979340876,0,1.426463354648303,0,0,0,0,0,49.58189867191343,13.37924249877029,0,3.0988686669945893],[21.358267716535433,8.12007874015748,9.645669291338583,6.25,0,0,0,0,0.5413385826771654,50.44291338582677,0,0,3.641732283464567]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.14percentage 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=[[42.611380679311864,14.292015880017644,0,0,0,2.11733568592854,0,0,0,39.08248786943096,0,0,1.8967798853109836],[27.742252828332514,4.771273979340876,0,1.426463354648303,0,0,0,0,0,49.58189867191343,13.37924249877029,0,3.0988686669945893],[21.358267716535433,8.12007874015748,9.645669291338583,6.25,0,0,0,0,0.5413385826771654,50.44291338582677,0,0,3.641732283464567]]

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?
LIGIA TREJOS SANCHEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS GIOVANNI NUÑEZ CAMACHOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JONY DE LA TRINIDAD GAMBOA SANABRIACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA VANESSA SEGURA SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA CARVAJAL ARAYACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MARTIN SANCHEZ MONTOYACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MARLON OSVALDO ARAYA VEGACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA JOSE ROJAS SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALISON KARINA ZAMORA MONTOYACONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
GUILLERMO NAVARRO DIAZCONCEJALÍAS MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
JOSE CARLOS VINDAS UREÑASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
LIZ AMADELYS MORALES RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
ANDREA MILAGROS SANCHEZ VEGACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
GILBERTO PALACIOS FONSECACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
HECTOR JOSE AGUERO LUNACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIO MOYA SANCHEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
CRISTOPHER FERNANDO SANCHEZ CORRALESCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
ALBECIA RODRIGUEZ MORACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
LAURA CALVO PEREZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VIVIANA ELENA CAMACHO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
ALEXIS ESTRADA MARTINEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
JOHANNA IROLA SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
MAGALI FERNANDEZ ARGUELLOCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
CARLOS GIOVANNI MARIN FLORESCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
OSCAR FRANCISCO SERRANO RETESCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
JESUS LUIS SANCHEZ MONTOYACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE JOAQUIN SANABRIA HERRERACONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
SONIA MARIA MATARRITA PIZARROCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
MARIO MOYA SANCHEZCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
LUZ ARGENTINA SERRANO BRENESCONCEJALES MUNICIPALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “TUCURRIQUE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-JIMENEZ-TUCURRIQUE. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S44a3d3187e, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sa66fe5007b, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S15dd345bda.