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POTRERO CERRADO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
POTRERO CERRADO / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-5323471c52d710d58af24ddf
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 PODEMOS56.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.9%
  • ACTUEMOS YA4.5%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO4.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.2%
Results for event-e385ccfeb772271bb1851838
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202435256%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418228.9%1Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024284.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024284.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024254%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024142.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA18.4%
  • ACTUEMOS YA16.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS14.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL9.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.1%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA2.9%
Results for event-fb8b2341fcd92729eb2faf51
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202020032.1%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202011518.4%1Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010416.7%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209314.9%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020569%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020386.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020182.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL39.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA29.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.5%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA7.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.9%
Results for event-7714d2e0daf8a0eafaa1ce05
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621839.9%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616029.3%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201611220.5%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016417.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016162.9%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=27.027027027027025, oldest_gap=10.603290676416819, previous_gap=13.621794871794872

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.64percentage 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=[[28.934817170111288,3.97456279809221,0,2.2257551669316373,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64.86486486486486],[32.05128205128205,6.089743589743589,18.42948717948718,0,8.974358974358974,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.455128205128204],[39.853747714808044,20.47531992687386,29.250457038391225,2.9250457038391224,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.495429616087751]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.93percentage 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=[[28.934817170111288,3.97456279809221,0,2.2257551669316373,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64.86486486486486],[32.05128205128205,6.089743589743589,18.42948717948718,0,8.974358974358974,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.455128205128204],[39.853747714808044,20.47531992687386,29.250457038391225,2.9250457038391224,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.495429616087751]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.28percentage 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=[[28.934817170111288,3.97456279809221,0,2.2257551669316373,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64.86486486486486],[32.05128205128205,6.089743589743589,18.42948717948718,0,8.974358974358974,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.455128205128204],[39.853747714808044,20.47531992687386,29.250457038391225,2.9250457038391224,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.495429616087751]]

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?
ADRIANA PATRICIA RUIZ VEGASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
DIEGO ANDRES BRENES FERNANDEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ROSA ANGELICA MASIS SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ISAAC NUÑEZ QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ERICKA YORLENY CORDOBA CORDOBACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
SIGRID IVANNIA DELGADO RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SANDRA GARITA GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
HELMER EVELIO GUTIERREZ BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIA FERNANDA NUÑEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ELIZABETH RAQUEL MENA ARROLIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ISAAC NUÑEZ QUIROSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIANA PATRICIA RUIZ VEGASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTIN ALVAREZ ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JAVIER LEONARDO ZUÑIGA CORDOBACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
HELLEN MARIA MARIN GRANADOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
MARIA FERNANDA NUÑEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
EDWIN ALONSO DELGADO ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OLGA LOURDES SANCHEZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JOSE MARIO VEGA VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
SANDRA GARITA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
LEDA INES DELGADO FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ISAAC NUÑEZ QUIROSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ZULAY QUESADA ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VICTOR MAURICIO MARIN RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAGALY VEGA GUILLENCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ROSA MARIA GARITA MASISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARMEN ELENA MARIN RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA FERNANDA NUÑEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
IRENE FUENTES MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JOSE EDWIN GOMEZ GOMEZCONCEJALES 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. “POTRERO CERRADO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-OREAMUNO-POTRERO-CERRADO. 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.