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BIRRISITO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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Costa Rica · BIRRISITO / CARTAGO · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-CARTAGO-PARAISO-BIRRISITO
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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
- BIRRISITO / CARTAGO
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-076240c9997988021b1f9ed6
- 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
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL51.8%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS22.6%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.9%
- LIBERAL PROGRESISTA6.5%
- FRENTE AMPLIO4.1%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.5%
- ACTUEMOS YA1.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 499 | 51.8% | 4 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 218 | 22.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 95 | 9.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 63 | 6.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 40 | 4.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 34 | 3.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ACTUEMOS YA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 15 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
WithheldUnknown0–100 historical closeness
Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · 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.
Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=29.14937759336099, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=null
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[51.76348547717842,9.854771784232366,0,4.149377593360996,0,3.5269709543568464,0,0,0,0,6.535269709543568,0,24.170124481327804],null,null]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[51.76348547717842,9.854771784232366,0,4.149377593360996,0,3.5269709543568464,0,0,0,0,6.535269709543568,0,24.170124481327804],null,null]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval
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=[[51.76348547717842,9.854771784232366,0,4.149377593360996,0,3.5269709543568464,0,0,0,0,6.535269709543568,0,24.170124481327804],null,null]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAMON GERARDO MARIN CORDERO | SINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARIA DE LOS ANGELES LEANDRO QUESADA | SINDICATURAS SUPLENTE | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ROSA MARIA ASTUA CUBILLO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| HUMBERTO GERARDO GRANADOS SOJO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| JAZMIN DE LOS ANGELES MONGE GUILLEN | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| KAREN PATRICIA SILES SERRANO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| LEIVI SALAZAR MARTINEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| GERARDO ADOLFO MATA PACHECO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| KATTY LEON OBANDO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MARIANA ALEJANDRA CHACON JIMENEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
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. “BIRRISITO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-PARAISO-BIRRISITO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S93fa715864.