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CIPRESES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CIPRESES / CARTAGO · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-CARTAGO-OREAMUNO-CIPRESES

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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
CIPRESES / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-c7268ce553b3219e05861ba3
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

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS43.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.4%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO17.3%
  • ACTUEMOS YA6.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.8%
Results for event-c2019133888ef83f6ea57b05
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202439143.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420022.4%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202415417.3%1Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024576.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024566.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024343.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS30.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA14.0%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA13.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.2%
  • ACTUEMOS YA2.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.1%
Results for event-013770e5bddb6fac0929c0a0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030630.8%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202025826%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202013914%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202013413.5%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020666.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020525.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020282.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020111.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.1%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA26.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA12.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.2%
Results for event-36e119ffea90a934db741859
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201631938.1%3Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201622426.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201613716.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610612.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016526.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

22.850–100 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=21.41255605381166, oldest_gap=11.336515513126493, previous_gap=4.82897384305835

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.68percentage 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=[[22.42152466367713,3.811659192825112,0,6.278026905829597,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,67.48878923766816],[25.955734406438633,5.231388329979879,13.98390342052314,0,6.639839034205232,1.1066398390342052,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.08249496981892],[38.066825775656326,16.348448687350835,12.649164677804295,6.205250596658711,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26.730310262529834]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.43percentage 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=[[22.42152466367713,3.811659192825112,0,6.278026905829597,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,67.48878923766816],[25.955734406438633,5.231388329979879,13.98390342052314,0,6.639839034205232,1.1066398390342052,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.08249496981892],[38.066825775656326,16.348448687350835,12.649164677804295,6.205250596658711,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26.730310262529834]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.06percentage 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=[[22.42152466367713,3.811659192825112,0,6.278026905829597,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,67.48878923766816],[25.955734406438633,5.231388329979879,13.98390342052314,0,6.639839034205232,1.1066398390342052,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.08249496981892],[38.066825775656326,16.348448687350835,12.649164677804295,6.205250596658711,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26.730310262529834]]

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?
EDUARDO FRANCISCO RAMIREZ MONTENEGROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LAURA MARCELA BRENES ARAYASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
SONIA MARIA COTO SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
GERARDO RAMIREZ CARVAJALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL BARQUERO CALVOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ORLANDO ADRIAN PEREZ MOLINACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
SHARON MARCELA VASQUEZ COTOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JOHNNY ALBERTO VEGA CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JUAN MANUEL MASIS SERRANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCO ADRIAN CASTRO PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
EDUARDO FRANCISCO RAMIREZ MONTENEGROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ARELLYS MORA JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
DAVID SAUL DURAN PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
DAHIAN ISABEL SANCHEZ PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIANA SOTO SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
CARLOS LUIS GARITA FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
ERICKA DE LOS ANGELES ARROYO MASISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ROLANDO ANTONIO ULLOA GUZMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JENARO RAFAEL ABARCA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
GUADALUPE GAMBOA COTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA ISABEL MENDEZ GARITASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERARDO ARNULFO RAMIREZ BRENESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BEATRIZ MOLINA BERMUDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PABLO ANDRES GOMEZ ZELEDONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARTIN EDUARDO SERRANO GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
ANIBAL GERARDO ROJAS LOAIZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
IGNACIO GARITA FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BLANCA SERRANO BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
IRIS REBECA SEGURA MOLINACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
MAUREEN RAMIREZ REDONDOCONCEJALES 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. “CIPRESES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-OREAMUNO-CIPRESES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S3bc64d64bb, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sf598048e04, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S148fcecba0.