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POTRERO CERRADO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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POTRERO CERRADO — 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: 0.0/100. 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 32.6 points; earlier interval 35.9 points; two-interval mean 34.3 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 PODEMOS35255.96%4
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18228.93%1
ACTUEMOS YA284.45%0
NUESTRO PUEBLO284.45%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA253.97%0
FRENTE AMPLIO142.23%0

Result source · PDF page 519; district 3 · 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
ADRIANA PATRICIA RUIZ VEGASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIAUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
DIEGO ANDRES BRENES FERNANDEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTEUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
ROSA ANGELICA MASIS SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
ISAAC NUÑEZ QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
ERICKA YORLENY CORDOBA CORDOBACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
SIGRID IVANNIA DELGADO RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
SANDRA GARITA GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
HELMER EVELIO GUTIERREZ BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
MARIA FERNANDA NUÑEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
ELIZABETH RAQUEL MENA ARROLIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
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
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20032.05%2
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11518.43%1
ACTUEMOS YA10416.67%1
UNIDOS PODEMOS9314.90%1
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL568.97%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA386.09%0
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA182.88%0

Result source · Sheet 4.51; district 3 · 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
ISAAC NUÑEZ QUIROSSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ADRIANA PATRICIA RUIZ VEGASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARTIN ALVAREZ ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
JAVIER LEONARDO ZUÑIGA CORDOBACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
HELLEN MARIA MARIN GRANADOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACTUEMOS YANoDeclaration
MARIA FERNANDA NUÑEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
EDWIN ALONSO DELGADO ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
OLGA LOURDES SANCHEZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration
JOSE MARIO VEGA VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACTUEMOS YAYesDeclaration
SANDRA GARITA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
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 NACIONAL21839.85%3
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16029.25%1
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11220.48%1
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA417.50%0
FRENTE AMPLIO162.93%0

Result source · Sheet 4.50; district 3 · 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
LEDA INES DELGADO FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIALIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ISAAC NUÑEZ QUIROSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
ZULAY QUESADA ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
VICTOR MAURICIO MARIN RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MAGALY VEGA GUILLENCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCIÓN CIUDADANANoDeclaration
ROSA MARIA GARITA MASISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANANoDeclaration
CARMEN ELENA MARIN RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARIA FERNANDA NUÑEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
IRENE FUENTES MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCIÓN CIUDADANAYesDeclaration
JOSE EDWIN GOMEZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAYesDeclaration

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