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SANTA ROSA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SANTA ROSA / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-67cef2c66e3695b6eab3efc7
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 PODEMOS61.2%
  • ACTUEMOS YA18.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL13.6%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA2.8%
Results for event-041ff78b80583e5c2feac339
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202447461.2%3Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414418.6%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410513.6%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024293.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024222.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL39.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL19.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS9.5%
  • ACTUEMOS YA7.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA3.3%
Results for event-763a231ee4f7aa461f1f2241
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202028539.2%3Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202013919.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012116.6%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020699.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020547.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020354.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020243.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL57.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA26.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.5%
Results for event-0c32d7e609e639501cc59074
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201642157.8%4Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201619526.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016638.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016364.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016101.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640.5%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=42.63565891472868, oldest_gap=31.001371742112486, previous_gap=20.082530949105912

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

63.37percentage 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=[[13.565891472868216,2.842377260981912,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,83.59173126614988],[39.20220082530949,4.814305364511692,16.643741403026134,0,19.119669876203577,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20.220082530949107],[57.750342935528124,8.641975308641975,4.938271604938271,1.3717421124828533,0,0,0.5486968449931413,0,0,0,0,0,26.74897119341564]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.83percentage 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=[[13.565891472868216,2.842377260981912,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,83.59173126614988],[39.20220082530949,4.814305364511692,16.643741403026134,0,19.119669876203577,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20.220082530949107],[57.750342935528124,8.641975308641975,4.938271604938271,1.3717421124828533,0,0,0.5486968449931413,0,0,0,0,0,26.74897119341564]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.1percentage 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=[[13.565891472868216,2.842377260981912,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,83.59173126614988],[39.20220082530949,4.814305364511692,16.643741403026134,0,19.119669876203577,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20.220082530949107],[57.750342935528124,8.641975308641975,4.938271604938271,1.3717421124828533,0,0,0.5486968449931413,0,0,0,0,0,26.74897119341564]]

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?
CRISTIAN ALONSO MORA RODRIGUEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
IVANNIA VANESSA MONTENEGRO MASISSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
JOSE RODOLFO MASIS GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
DANIELA DE LOS ANGELES SANCHEZ MONTENEGROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CARLOS LUIS OBANDO SOTOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
ZENEIDA BELEN MASIS TORRESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANDRES DE JESUS SANABRIA CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MARIA LUPITA MARTINEZ CESPEDESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
EDGAR GRANADOS SANABRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ACTUEMOS YAsubstitute
LIGIA MERCEDES SALAZAR BLANCOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTIN MONTENEGRO FIGUEROASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YORLENY MARIA GRANADOS REDONDOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANGIE NAZARETH GRANADOS SANABRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARTIN ALFONSO SANABRIA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIAN ALBERTO VEGA AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIBEL GOMEZ ULLOACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
CRISTOPHER JESUS QUIROS VIQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MONSERRATH DE LOS ANGELES RAMIREZ SANABRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDSON RENE RIVERA SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN LUIS GRANADOS PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARTIN MONTENEGRO FIGUEROASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YORLENY MARIA GRANADOS REDONDOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MELANIA OBANDO SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARTIN ALFONSO SANABRIA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ESTER GARITA ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VIVIANA TORRES GRANADOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
OLDEMAR GOMEZ ULLOACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ZOILA ROSA CESPEDES GUILLENCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ANGEL SOTO MONTENEGROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXIS SANCHEZ REDONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA 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. “SANTA ROSA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-OREAMUNO-SANTA-ROSA. 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.