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CONCEPCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CONCEPCIÓN / CARTAGO · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-CARTAGO-LA-UNION-CONCEPCION

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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
CONCEPCIÓN / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-800b1641f8acd14a3ac42b3a
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 NACIONAL28.5%
  • ACTUEMOS YA16.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA14.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS11.6%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL10.1%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO6.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.1%
Results for event-65a5ac5ca99d3ff7ab11fe2c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202489328.5%2Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202452016.6%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202446514.8%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202436511.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202431810.1%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242166.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241986.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241264%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024341.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL16.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA15.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.9%
  • ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓN9.5%
  • RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓN9.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.6%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA5.9%
  • ACTUEMOS YA4.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.6%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA1.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.4%
  • LA FUERZA DE LA UNIÓN1.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.9%
Results for event-71f1b1d8767ea8304b0b1b34
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202066516.8%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202061315.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202059214.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203919.9%1Recorded
ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203759.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203759.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203027.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202325.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201664.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020621.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020561.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020551.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LA FUERZA DE LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020451.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020340.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.2%
  • RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓN14.9%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA11.1%
  • ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓN10.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO9.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.1%
  • VERDE3.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.7%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.2%
Results for event-3fe0d3f08a4abebf3d1bee80
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201655520.2%3Recorded
RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201641014.9%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630511.1%1Recorded
ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201628010.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162549.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162489%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162077.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161947.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161083.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161013.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016521.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016321.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

59.70–100 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=11.89792663476874, oldest_gap=5.28040786598689, previous_gap=1.3121372697451417

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.7percentage 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=[[28.484848484848484,6.315789473684211,0,0,0,4.019138755980861,0,0,0,1.0845295055821371,14.832535885167465,0,45.263157894736835],[14.938178147867777,7.620489528135251,9.86626293212213,0,0,15.468079737572547,0,16.780217007317688,0,1.3878374968458238,0,0,33.93893515013878],[20.211216314639476,7.53823743627094,7.064821558630736,9.249817916970139,0,0,9.031318281136198,0,1.8936635105608157,3.678077203204661,0,0,41.33284777858703]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.13percentage 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=[[28.484848484848484,6.315789473684211,0,0,0,4.019138755980861,0,0,0,1.0845295055821371,14.832535885167465,0,45.263157894736835],[14.938178147867777,7.620489528135251,9.86626293212213,0,0,15.468079737572547,0,16.780217007317688,0,1.3878374968458238,0,0,33.93893515013878],[20.211216314639476,7.53823743627094,7.064821558630736,9.249817916970139,0,0,9.031318281136198,0,1.8936635105608157,3.678077203204661,0,0,41.33284777858703]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.42percentage 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=[[28.484848484848484,6.315789473684211,0,0,0,4.019138755980861,0,0,0,1.0845295055821371,14.832535885167465,0,45.263157894736835],[14.938178147867777,7.620489528135251,9.86626293212213,0,0,15.468079737572547,0,16.780217007317688,0,1.3878374968458238,0,0,33.93893515013878],[20.211216314639476,7.53823743627094,7.064821558630736,9.249817916970139,0,0,9.031318281136198,0,1.8936635105608157,3.678077203204661,0,0,41.33284777858703]]

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?
FANNY FERNANDEZ ALVAREZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUSTAVO ADOLFO ZUÑIGA SOLANOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARITZA ALCAZAR VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIANA MARIA NAVARRO SERRANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
LAURA VIRGINIA CARRILLO DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
BERNAL CAMACHO GUTIERREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
DAMARIS GUZMAN ZELEDONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KIMBERLY TATIANA BERMUDEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
ABIGAIL LUCIA JIMENEZ GUTIERREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
FREDDY GERARDO DAMITO MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
ANA ISABEL SOLANO CALVOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN MANUEL SERRANO BONILLASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIANA BURGOS SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUIDO BURGOS ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXANDRA MARIA ARGUEDAS GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DORIS AGUILAR QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
WAGNER HUMBERTO DIAZ BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CRISTINA DE LOS ANGELES VALENZUELA ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CESAR ALBERTO UMAÑA PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO RODOLFO UREÑA PADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
CARLOS MANUEL BADILLA CALVOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ROCIO SERRANO GAMBOASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDRES EUGENIO HERNANDEZ QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARISOL PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARVIN FERNANDEZ ANDRADECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNprincipal
EMANUEL CASTRO PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
BERNAL CAMACHO GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUZ MARINA HERNANDEZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
XINIA DAMARIS CESPEDES PEREIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNsubstitute
MAURICIO ESTEBAN BARRANTES MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute

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. “CONCEPCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-LA-UNION-CONCEPCION. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S795566ea1d, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S339dbf49f6, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S690af3488d.