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PARAÍSO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PARAÍSO / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-6ba0bc14a8c842fc271c0bcb
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 NACIONAL19.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA18.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.0%
  • ACTUEMOS YA3.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.8%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.6%
Results for event-97928fe49355f9c7a9e8625f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,18233.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,26919.3%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,19418.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246249.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244947.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242634%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242173.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241872.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241171.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024370.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO18.6%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN12.6%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA8.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS8.3%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL6.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.7%
  • ACTUEMOS YA3.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA0.7%
Results for event-be36b51e8850ebc4d1dce22f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,91725.2%3Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,41618.6%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202096212.6%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206478.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206318.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204696.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204556%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204315.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202883.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202253%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201171.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020520.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • VERDE23.8%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN23.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN12.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.4%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA4.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.1%
Results for event-86bec67b4883327804e10940
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
VERDEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,90823.8%3Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,89623.7%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,33716.7%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201697212.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166337.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163564.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163424.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161722.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161582%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161421.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016881.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

48.450–100 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=13.866950182260023, oldest_gap=0.1499250374812604, previous_gap=6.583442838370566

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.45percentage 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=[[19.273997569866342,9.477521263669502,0,7.5030376670716885,0,1.7770352369380316,0,0,0,3.9945321992709597,18.13487241798299,0,39.839003645200485],[25.19053876478318,5.978975032851511,5.663600525624179,18.607095926412615,2.9566360052562417,0.683311432325887,0,6.162943495400788,12.641261498028909,0,1.5374507227332457,0,20.578186596583443],[16.70414792603698,7.908545727136432,2.1489255372313845,4.4477761119440276,0,0,1.9740129935032484,0,23.68815592203898,1.774112943528236,0,0,41.35432283858071]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.5percentage 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=[[19.273997569866342,9.477521263669502,0,7.5030376670716885,0,1.7770352369380316,0,0,0,3.9945321992709597,18.13487241798299,0,39.839003645200485],[25.19053876478318,5.978975032851511,5.663600525624179,18.607095926412615,2.9566360052562417,0.683311432325887,0,6.162943495400788,12.641261498028909,0,1.5374507227332457,0,20.578186596583443],[16.70414792603698,7.908545727136432,2.1489255372313845,4.4477761119440276,0,0,1.9740129935032484,0,23.68815592203898,1.774112943528236,0,0,41.35432283858071]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.97percentage 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=[[19.273997569866342,9.477521263669502,0,7.5030376670716885,0,1.7770352369380316,0,0,0,3.9945321992709597,18.13487241798299,0,39.839003645200485],[25.19053876478318,5.978975032851511,5.663600525624179,18.607095926412615,2.9566360052562417,0.683311432325887,0,6.162943495400788,12.641261498028909,0,1.5374507227332457,0,20.578186596583443],[16.70414792603698,7.908545727136432,2.1489255372313845,4.4477761119440276,0,0,1.9740129935032484,0,23.68815592203898,1.774112943528236,0,0,41.35432283858071]]

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?
PATRICIA MADRIGAL ULLOASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
ESTRINFELOJOC SEGURA CHAVARRIASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
NIDIA BONILLA SOTOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
GABRIEL ANDREY BARQUERO ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
FLORITA FONSECA VALVERDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA GABRIELA BONILLA JARQUINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
EVELYN DE LOS ANGELES VALERIN CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
DANIEL ARMANDO CERDAS ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
DALIA PATRICIA MOYA MADRIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VIKY ALVARADO CORTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
JAVIER MAURICIO HERNANDEZ CASTILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANDREA SANCHEZ MEZASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIAN DE LOS ANGELES CALDERON SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE FONSECA MADRIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS ANDRES QUIROS COTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
GREIVIN ALBERTO SOLANO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
IGNACIO DAVID MATA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DEL ROCIO REDONDO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSA NIEVES PICADO HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
JESSICA REBECA BONILLA OBANDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
ANA LORENA CASTILLO MATASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016VERDEprincipal
JOSE ALFREDO BRENES MENASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016VERDEsubstitute
JUAN MANUEL BRENES ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016VERDEprincipal
XIOMARA PEREIRA SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016VERDEprincipal
LUCIA MADRIGAL MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
RUTH MACHADO GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANABELLE SANCHEZ ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016VERDEsubstitute
CARLOS ALBERTO BARQUERO MADRIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016VERDEsubstitute
JORGE ENRIQUE SANCHEZ BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
LEONARDO ANTONIO LOBO BARAHONACONCEJALES 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. “PARAÍSO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-PARAISO-PARAISO. 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.