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COT — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
COT / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-f39d9af2745f90166167d438
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 PODEMOS54.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL13.3%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO11.4%
  • ACTUEMOS YA10.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.7%
Results for event-1b7c7df7277d3ea86028cbd2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,54154.1%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202437913.3%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202432411.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202429110.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241324.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241063.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024772.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS PODEMOS28.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA12.4%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA9.2%
  • ACTUEMOS YA7.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.3%
Results for event-832c8d19b8774e2da26a5d8c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202085828.9%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202059820.1%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202037412.6%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202036912.4%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202739.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202297.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201986.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020692.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA9.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.4%
Results for event-824efee61e155b6db99b74fd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201697634.2%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201676726.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201648016.8%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162809.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161826.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161354.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016240.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016120.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=40.771929824561404, oldest_gap=7.317927170868348, previous_gap=8.760107816711592

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.62percentage 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=[[13.298245614035087,4.631578947368421,0,3.719298245614035,0,2.7017543859649122,0,0,0,0,0,0,75.64912280701755],[12.601078167115903,20.148247978436657,12.432614555256064,0,6.671159029649596,2.324797843665768,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.82210242587601],[26.855742296918766,34.173669467787114,16.80672268907563,6.372549019607843,0,0,0.8403361344537815,0,0,4.726890756302521,0,0,10.224089635854343]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.59percentage 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=[[13.298245614035087,4.631578947368421,0,3.719298245614035,0,2.7017543859649122,0,0,0,0,0,0,75.64912280701755],[12.601078167115903,20.148247978436657,12.432614555256064,0,6.671159029649596,2.324797843665768,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.82210242587601],[26.855742296918766,34.173669467787114,16.80672268907563,6.372549019607843,0,0,0.8403361344537815,0,0,4.726890756302521,0,0,10.224089635854343]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.61percentage 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=[[13.298245614035087,4.631578947368421,0,3.719298245614035,0,2.7017543859649122,0,0,0,0,0,0,75.64912280701755],[12.601078167115903,20.148247978436657,12.432614555256064,0,6.671159029649596,2.324797843665768,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.82210242587601],[26.855742296918766,34.173669467787114,16.80672268907563,6.372549019607843,0,0,0.8403361344537815,0,0,4.726890756302521,0,0,10.224089635854343]]

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?
SARA VIOLETA MENDEZ PEREZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JORGE ARNULFO VALVERDE BARQUEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIA ISABEL PEREZ GRANADOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JOSUE DANIEL MENDEZ MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MARIA DEL MILAGRO PEREZ SANABRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JULIO HERNANDEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIELA ALEJANDRA CALVO MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
GIOVANNI FELIPE TORRES PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
YAHAIRA CALVO PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
RONALD GERARDO RIVERA RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAIRO JACOB ABARCA MENDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MARIA ISABEL PEREZ GRANADOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ALEJANDRO CARPIO JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL TORRES CALVOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARJORIE BENAVIDES CALVOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE LUIS GUILLEN SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ZENEL RODRIGO MENDEZ GRANADOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
SARA VIOLETA MENDEZ PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA YAHAIRA TORRES LEANDROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARGARITA BOLAÑOS ARQUINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MANUEL ANTONIO CALVO RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YESENIA RIVERA PEREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS ALEJANDRO PEREZ RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
NORMA LUISA OROZCO CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VILMA MARIA RAMIREZ RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FELICIA JIMENEZ DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
FRANCELA DE LOS ANGELES CALVO RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELIECER CALVO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARGOT CECILIA GUILLEN HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CRISTOBAL GRANADOS MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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. “COT — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-OREAMUNO-COT. 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.