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CACHÍ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CACHÍ / CARTAGO · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-CARTAGO-PARAISO-CACHI

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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
CACHÍ / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-f251f2716edc08b2473cbc1d
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 NACIONAL34.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN16.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS13.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO13.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA3.8%
  • ACTUEMOS YA3.8%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.8%
Results for event-ddc42ab3e81b9a274f130f07
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202475134.8%3Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202436216.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202429913.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202428213.1%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202428113%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024833.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024823.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024180.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA35.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.7%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN11.6%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL5.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.0%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA3.2%
  • ACTUEMOS YA2.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.0%
Results for event-8286992feaaa12d3d422a2b1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202073735.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202055726.7%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202024111.6%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201215.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201185.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020844%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020663.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020522.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020492.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020401.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020201%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.5%
  • VERDE19.0%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN8.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.9%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA0.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE0.6%
Results for event-a03fa8804fb8516cfe6fc6f0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201664830.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201651824.5%1Recorded
VERDEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640119%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161708.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161205.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016894.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016663.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016542.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016180.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016140.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016120.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

29.890–100 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=18.0259499536608, oldest_gap=6.161137440758292, previous_gap=8.633093525179852

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.91percentage 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=[[34.80074142724745,13.067655236329935,0,13.021316033364226,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.8461538461538463,0,35.26413345690454],[26.71462829736211,35.34772182254196,2.3501199040767387,5.6594724220623505,1.9184652278177459,0,0,5.803357314148681,11.558752997601918,0,0.9592326139088729,0,9.688249400479616],[30.71090047393365,24.549763033175356,5.687203791469194,3.1279620853080567,0,0,0.8530805687203792,0,8.056872037914692,2.559241706161137,0,0,24.454976303317537]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.51percentage 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=[[34.80074142724745,13.067655236329935,0,13.021316033364226,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.8461538461538463,0,35.26413345690454],[26.71462829736211,35.34772182254196,2.3501199040767387,5.6594724220623505,1.9184652278177459,0,0,5.803357314148681,11.558752997601918,0,0.9592326139088729,0,9.688249400479616],[30.71090047393365,24.549763033175356,5.687203791469194,3.1279620853080567,0,0,0.8530805687203792,0,8.056872037914692,2.559241706161137,0,0,24.454976303317537]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.71percentage 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=[[34.80074142724745,13.067655236329935,0,13.021316033364226,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.8461538461538463,0,35.26413345690454],[26.71462829736211,35.34772182254196,2.3501199040767387,5.6594724220623505,1.9184652278177459,0,0,5.803357314148681,11.558752997601918,0,0.9592326139088729,0,9.688249400479616],[30.71090047393365,24.549763033175356,5.687203791469194,3.1279620853080567,0,0,0.8530805687203792,0,8.056872037914692,2.559241706161137,0,0,24.454976303317537]]

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?
MARIA CAROLINA CHINCHILLA ALVAREZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ARNOLDO GRANADOS MOYASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WALTER BARQUERO MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NATALIA MARIA SOLANO MOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIAN RICARDO SEGURA VALLADARESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
BYRON SOLANO QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ARACELLY QUIROS MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WALTER DAVID SERRANO SOJOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ERIK ESTEBAN VALERIN CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
CARLOS STEVEN GUEVARA SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RAFAEL MOYA MOYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YISMENIA SOLANO ALVARADOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARVIN OBANDO SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HELLEN IVANNIA NUÑEZ SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA GABRIELA OBANDO GARBANZOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATHERINE DE LOS ANGELES ZUÑIGA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
RAFAEL ANGEL ASTORGA ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ERICKA QUIROS QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS DANIEL BRENES CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
LUIS ARNOLDO GRANADOS MOYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA REBECA ROQUE SERRANOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FERNANDO CORDERO SANDOVALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAURA PATRICIA ROQUE SERRANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRANCISCO CHINCHILLA MOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE ANTONIO MOYA SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016VERDEprincipal
SERGIO ABELARDO SOLANO ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GRACIELA BADILLA CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VIRGILIO GERARDO SOLANO LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANA LUISA BERROCAL CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016VERDEsubstitute

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. “CACHÍ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-PARAISO-CACHI. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S93fa715864, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S91006f80ae, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S7997e9e5a0.