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CIPRESES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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CIPRESES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.

Election expectation2028-02-06
Imported event records3
Usable vote comparison cycles3 of 3
Seat comparison cycles3 of 3

Historical competition

Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.

Provisional imported-series CI: 22.9/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.

Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 26.7 points; earlier interval 29.4 points; two-interval mean 28.1 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

Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.

Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.

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.

Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Electoral event evidence

Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.

2024-02-04 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
UNIDOS PODEMOS39143.83%3
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20022.42%1
NUESTRO PUEBLO15417.26%1
ACTUEMOS YA576.39%0
FRENTE AMPLIO566.28%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA343.81%0

Result source · PDF page 519; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
EDUARDO FRANCISCO RAMIREZ MONTENEGROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIOUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
LAURA MARCELA BRENES ARAYASINDICATURAS SUPLENTEUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
SONIA MARIA COTO SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
GERARDO RAMIREZ CARVAJALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
RAFAEL ANGEL BARQUERO CALVOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ORLANDO ADRIAN PEREZ MOLINACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASNUESTRO PUEBLONoDeclaration
SHARON MARCELA VASQUEZ COTOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
JOHNNY ALBERTO VEGA CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
JUAN MANUEL MASIS SERRANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARCO ADRIAN CASTRO PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESNUESTRO PUEBLOYesDeclaration
2020-02-02 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
UNIDOS PODEMOS30630.78%2
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25825.96%1
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA13913.98%1
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA13413.48%1
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL666.64%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA525.23%0
ACTUEMOS YA282.82%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA111.11%0

Result source · Sheet 4.51; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
EDUARDO FRANCISCO RAMIREZ MONTENEGROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
ARELLYS MORA JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTEUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
DAVID SAUL DURAN PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
DAHIAN ISABEL SANCHEZ PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ADRIANA SOTO SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
CARLOS LUIS GARITA FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANANoDeclaration
ERICKA DE LOS ANGELES ARROYO MASISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
ROLANDO ANTONIO ULLOA GUZMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
JENARO RAFAEL ABARCA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration
GUADALUPE GAMBOA COTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAYesDeclaration
2016-02-07 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31938.07%3
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA22426.73%1
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13716.35%1
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10612.65%0
FRENTE AMPLIO526.21%0

Result source · Sheet 4.50; district 4 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
MARIA ISABEL MENDEZ GARITASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIALIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
GERARDO ARNULFO RAMIREZ BRENESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
BEATRIZ MOLINA BERMUDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
PABLO ANDRES GOMEZ ZELEDONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MARTIN EDUARDO SERRANO GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANANoDeclaration; inferred party-code join
ANIBAL GERARDO ROJAS LOAIZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
IGNACIO GARITA FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
BLANCA SERRANO BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
IRIS REBECA SEGURA MOLINACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAYesDeclaration; inferred party-code join
MAUREEN RAMIREZ REDONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-CARTAGO-OREAMUNO-CIPRESES.