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OROSI — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
OROSI / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a4d2f4cf1244d4641a70f18e
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 PODEMOS33.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA13.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.8%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO5.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.5%
  • ACTUEMOS YA1.2%
Results for event-527bffe97d0c4acfbac7c767
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,04433.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202451716.4%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202442913.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202434611%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242768.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241735.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241434.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241424.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024461.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024371.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN24.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.5%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA11.7%
  • ACTUEMOS YA10.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.2%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL4.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA0.5%
Results for event-a646661bfbbd26d8bd2f01dd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202073924.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202053617.5%2Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202035811.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202032310.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202032010.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201755.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201645.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201605.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201324.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201003.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020401.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020140.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN34.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.9%
  • VERDE11.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.6%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA7.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.3%
Results for event-2b866f808680469285efe1c8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,07534.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201646114.9%2Recorded
VERDEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201634111%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162678.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162387.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162096.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161444.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161434.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161183.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161033.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

300–100 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=16.714240405962574, oldest_gap=19.812842852533073, previous_gap=6.6318196667755664

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.37percentage 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=[[16.397082143989852,10.973675864256263,0,4.5036473200126865,0,1.4589280050745321,0,0,0,4.535363146209959,13.606089438629876,0,48.52521408182683],[17.51061744527932,10.454099967330938,5.357726233257106,5.717085919634107,5.227049983665469,0.4573668735707285,0,4.312316236524012,24.142437112054886,0,1.3067624959163673,0,25.514537732767067],[14.875766376250404,8.61568247821878,4.614391739270732,3.323652791222975,0,0,3.807679896740884,0,34.68860922878348,4.646660212971926,0,0,25.427557276540817]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

19percentage 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=[[16.397082143989852,10.973675864256263,0,4.5036473200126865,0,1.4589280050745321,0,0,0,4.535363146209959,13.606089438629876,0,48.52521408182683],[17.51061744527932,10.454099967330938,5.357726233257106,5.717085919634107,5.227049983665469,0.4573668735707285,0,4.312316236524012,24.142437112054886,0,1.3067624959163673,0,25.514537732767067],[14.875766376250404,8.61568247821878,4.614391739270732,3.323652791222975,0,0,3.807679896740884,0,34.68860922878348,4.646660212971926,0,0,25.427557276540817]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.18percentage 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=[[16.397082143989852,10.973675864256263,0,4.5036473200126865,0,1.4589280050745321,0,0,0,4.535363146209959,13.606089438629876,0,48.52521408182683],[17.51061744527932,10.454099967330938,5.357726233257106,5.717085919634107,5.227049983665469,0.4573668735707285,0,4.312316236524012,24.142437112054886,0,1.3067624959163673,0,25.514537732767067],[14.875766376250404,8.61568247821878,4.614391739270732,3.323652791222975,0,0,3.807679896740884,0,34.68860922878348,4.646660212971926,0,0,25.427557276540817]]

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?
URIEL CORTES ARAYASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
CAROLINA DE LOS ANGELES SERRANO TORRESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
MOISES DAVID CESPEDES SERRANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ROSALIA COTO GRANADOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ALEJANDRA ARAYA SANDOVALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO CHAVES ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
PEDRO CHAVES BONILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
PAULA SOLANO ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
YONTHA SOLANO CHAVESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEAN CARLOS ACUÑA ILAMACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
URIEL CORTES ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
KATTIA ALFARO SAENZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
ROSALIA COTO GRANADOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
HERNAN SILES GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
LIZBETH CHAVES VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GABRIEL MACHADO RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VIVIANA QUIROS BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
JESUS ANTONIO ARAYA SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
KATTYA GOMEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ABEL ANTONIO CASTILLO PIEDRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KARLA AUXILIADORA BRENES SEGURASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
JORGE ENRIQUE MOYA ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
MISAEL CHAVES VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
KAREN ANDREA CHAVES OBANDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
RITA ISABEL GRANADOS VALERINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RENE JOSE CORNEJO SERRANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HELLEN FABIOLA SILES SERRANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
MIGUEL ANGEL CALDERON ARROYOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
FABIO SANABRIA SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LILIANA SOLANO CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “OROSI — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-PARAISO-OROSI. 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.