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SAN RAMÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 RAMÓN / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-5d4cf67ee8b74e4c5a8ea2f4
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 NACIONAL35.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA17.2%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL16.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS9.1%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO6.0%
  • ACTUEMOS YA5.3%
Results for event-2e14e55fee5caf2919205cc1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430935.9%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414817.2%1Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414016.3%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248810.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024789.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024526%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024465.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.6%
  • RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓN14.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL13.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA4.8%
  • ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓN4.1%
  • ACTUEMOS YA3.9%
  • LA FUERZA DE LA UNIÓN3.0%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA1.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS0.4%
Results for event-134c5a4248f8bb507e1d1cbf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202022022.6%3Recorded
RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014514.9%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202013413.8%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202011611.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020929.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020868.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020474.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA SOCIAL POR LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020404.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020383.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LA FUERZA DE LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020293%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020131.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202090.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO23.0%
  • RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓN18.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.6%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA10.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.6%
  • VERDE2.4%
Results for event-5f88bfea145f40847f528590
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621523%3Recorded
RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201617518.7%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201617418.6%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169410%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016737.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016576.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016535.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016495.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016242.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016222.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

30.20–100 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=18.69918699186992, oldest_gap=4.2735042735042725, previous_gap=7.708119218910587

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.46percentage 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=[[35.88850174216028,10.220673635307781,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.18931475029036,0,36.70150987224158],[22.61048304213772,9.45529290853032,11.921891058581705,0,0,8.838643371017472,0,13.771839671120247,0,0.9249743062692704,0,0,32.47687564234327],[18.58974358974359,7.799145299145299,6.089743589743589,5.235042735042735,0,0,22.97008547008547,0,0,5.662393162393163,0,0,33.65384615384615]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.12percentage 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=[[35.88850174216028,10.220673635307781,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.18931475029036,0,36.70150987224158],[22.61048304213772,9.45529290853032,11.921891058581705,0,0,8.838643371017472,0,13.771839671120247,0,0.9249743062692704,0,0,32.47687564234327],[18.58974358974359,7.799145299145299,6.089743589743589,5.235042735042735,0,0,22.97008547008547,0,0,5.662393162393163,0,0,33.65384615384615]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.79percentage 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=[[35.88850174216028,10.220673635307781,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.18931475029036,0,36.70150987224158],[22.61048304213772,9.45529290853032,11.921891058581705,0,0,8.838643371017472,0,13.771839671120247,0,0.9249743062692704,0,0,32.47687564234327],[18.58974358974359,7.799145299145299,6.089743589743589,5.235042735042735,0,0,22.97008547008547,0,0,5.662393162393163,0,0,33.65384615384615]]

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?
MARISOL BRENES VINDASSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARCOS ANTONIO COTO CALVOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CLAUDIA LORENA VILLALTA RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS SEBASTIAN SEQUEIRA VILLALTACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BRAYAN RUIZ GUZMANCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
LILLIANA SANCHEZ VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
IVANNIA MARIA BRENES CHINCHILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE MANUEL BRENES CRUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTOR HUGO CALDERON ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
NITZA MARINA ALCAZAR SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
MARISOL BRENES VINDASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALVARO ANTONIO ALCAZAR HERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA ISABEL VINDAS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ESTEBAN LOPEZ CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIANA VICTORIA ALARCON RETANACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNprincipal
KATTIA MARCELA BENAVIDES FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA PATRICIA SALAS ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE MANUEL BRENES CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSIBEL PORRAS ARROYOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNsubstitute
LUIS SEBASTIAN SEQUEIRA VILLALTACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RIGOBERTO BENAVIDES ZAMORASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
CAROLINA MUÑOZ BARBOZASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute
ANDREA VICTORIA CARRANZA SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
CARLOS ENRIQUE BRENES QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOprincipal
CARLOS LUIS DIAZ SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNprincipal
MYRIAM FONSECA NARANJOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SOPHIE TERRIN SANCHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOsubstitute
JACQUELINE MENDEZ RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RESCATE CANTONAL LA UNIÓNsubstitute
RICARDO ANTONIO VIALES VIALESCONCEJALES 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. “SAN RAMÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-LA-UNION-SAN-RAMON. 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.