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SAN DIEGO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SAN DIEGO / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-6f3009b7efe1b1c5aebc1900
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 NACIONAL27.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS16.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA14.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.7%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL11.5%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO7.1%
  • ACTUEMOS YA6.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.6%
Results for event-1adf5fac90b01beb8a1013a5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202487927.2%3Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202454016.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202445214%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202437911.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202437011.5%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242297.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242146.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241173.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024511.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.4%
  • ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓN14.3%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL12.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.6%
  • RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓN7.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.0%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA3.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.6%
  • ACTUEMOS YA1.5%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA0.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.6%
  • LA FUERZA DE LA UNIÓN0.6%
Results for event-9789523dbcd2e6b295fde131
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202066516.5%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202062215.4%1Recorded
ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202057814.3%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202050312.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203107.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203067.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202897.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202626.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201624%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201413.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020661.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020611.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020250.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020240.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LA FUERZA DE LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020230.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.3%
  • RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓN20.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.4%
  • ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓN11.0%
  • VERDE6.3%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA6.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO5.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.5%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.0%
Results for event-806193d2e07e74cea8aee3af
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201663620.3%3Recorded
RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662920.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201644914.4%1Recorded
ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201634411%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161976.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161956.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161916.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161645.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161133.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161013.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016772.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016321%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

66.810–100 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=10.492107706592385, oldest_gap=0.22378516624040756, previous_gap=1.0651473866732708

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.75percentage 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=[[27.205199628597956,11.730114515629836,0,0,0,3.6211699164345403,0,0,0,1.5784586815227484,13.989476942123181,0,41.875580315691735],[16.47262818924944,15.40748080257617,7.6789695318305675,4.01288085211791,0,6.4899677978697055,0,12.459747337131533,0,1.6348773841961852,0,0,35.84344810502849],[20.33248081841432,14.354219948849105,3.612531969309463,6.1061381074168795,0,0,5.242966751918159,0,1.0230179028132993,2.4616368286445014,0,0,46.86700767263428]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.07percentage 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=[[27.205199628597956,11.730114515629836,0,0,0,3.6211699164345403,0,0,0,1.5784586815227484,13.989476942123181,0,41.875580315691735],[16.47262818924944,15.40748080257617,7.6789695318305675,4.01288085211791,0,6.4899677978697055,0,12.459747337131533,0,1.6348773841961852,0,0,35.84344810502849],[20.33248081841432,14.354219948849105,3.612531969309463,6.1061381074168795,0,0,5.242966751918159,0,1.0230179028132993,2.4616368286445014,0,0,46.86700767263428]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.41percentage 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=[[27.205199628597956,11.730114515629836,0,0,0,3.6211699164345403,0,0,0,1.5784586815227484,13.989476942123181,0,41.875580315691735],[16.47262818924944,15.40748080257617,7.6789695318305675,4.01288085211791,0,6.4899677978697055,0,12.459747337131533,0,1.6348773841961852,0,0,35.84344810502849],[20.33248081841432,14.354219948849105,3.612531969309463,6.1061381074168795,0,0,5.242966751918159,0,1.0230179028132993,2.4616368286445014,0,0,46.86700767263428]]

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?
EDDY MIGUEL BARQUERO GARITASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIANN TATIANA SEGURA BRIZUELASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL ADOLFO REYES BARQUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATTIA YANIRA SEGURA BOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HERSON LUIS MORERA VEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
DUVALIER EMMANUELLE NAVARRETE MALESPINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
JUAN CARLOS LEIVA BARQUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YESSICA MELANIA CORDERO OCAMPOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SANTI RANDALL CALVO ARCECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
JORGE LUIS MADRIGAL PORTILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
EDDY MIGUEL BARQUERO GARITASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOHANNA MARIA MONTOYA ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DEL ROCIO GOMEZ CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SALVADOR CERNAS HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIO GERARDO BARRANTES RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓNprincipal
AARON ROJAS RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA MARCELA AVALOS MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA LUCIA ALVARADO FIGUEROACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DIANA CAROLINA ARRIETA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓNsubstitute
MICHAEL ANDRES BARQUERO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESUS ALBERTO MONTOYA BOZASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EVELYN DE LOS ANGELES MATAMOROS VALERINSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS LOPEZ BERROCALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HAZEL LOPEZ BERROCALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA LUCIA ALVARADO FIGUEROACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNprincipal
SHIRLEY MARIA MARCHENA DUARTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FREDDY ALBERTO VARGAS QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WENDY PAOLA SALAZAR AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EUSTAQUIO CALVO DURANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNsubstitute
MARVIN BERROCAL GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL 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. “SAN DIEGO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-LA-UNION-SAN-DIEGO. 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.