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PARAÍSO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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PARAÍSO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

All 1,973 imported 2016/2020/2024 returns now reconcile seats against 18,155 named elected people, including vice-officers and substitutes. The missing Cartagena 2020 result and eight spelling joins are recovered. Final proclamations replace 17 initial seat allocations. Fifty-two party-acronym joins are explicitly inferred and documented. New-canton predecessors stay separate; replacements, the 2028 call and current incumbents remain to be verified.

Election expectation2028-02-06
Imported event records3
Usable vote comparison cycles3 of 3
Seat comparison cycles3 of 3

Historical competition

Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.

Provisional imported-series CI: 48.4/100. This uses the three displayed comparison cycles and retains the open event/boundary audit. It does not confirm the latest three actual completed elections.

Grouped party-share volatility: latest interval 44.4 points; earlier interval 37.5 points; two-interval mean 41.0 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

Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.

Polling: no vetted current evidence included for this office.

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.

Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3

Electoral event evidence

Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.

2024-02-04 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
UNIDOS PODEMOS2,18233.14%3
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,26919.27%1
LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1,19418.13%1
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6249.48%0
FRENTE AMPLIO4947.50%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2633.99%0
ACTUEMOS YA2173.30%0
NUEVA GENERACIÓN1872.84%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA1171.78%0
PUEBLO SOBERANO370.56%0

Result source · PDF page 511; district 1 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
PATRICIA MADRIGAL ULLOASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIAUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
ESTRINFELOJOC SEGURA CHAVARRIASINDICATURAS SUPLENTEUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
NIDIA BONILLA SOTOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
GABRIEL ANDREY BARQUERO ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASUNIDOS PODEMOSNoDeclaration
FLORITA FONSECA VALVERDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
MARIA GABRIELA BONILLA JARQUINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIASLIBERAL PROGRESISTANoDeclaration
EVELYN DE LOS ANGELES VALERIN CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
DANIEL ARMANDO CERDAS ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESUNIDOS PODEMOSYesDeclaration
DALIA PATRICIA MOYA MADRIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
VIKY ALVARADO CORTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERAL PROGRESISTAYesDeclaration
2020-02-02 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,91725.19%3
FRENTE AMPLIO1,41618.61%1
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN96212.64%1
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA6478.50%0
UNIDOS PODEMOS6318.29%0
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL4696.16%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4555.98%0
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4315.66%0
ACTUEMOS YA2883.78%0
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2252.96%0
LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1171.54%0
NUEVA REPÚBLICA520.68%0

Result source · Sheet 4.46; district 1 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
JAVIER MAURICIO HERNANDEZ CASTILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIOLIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ANDREA SANCHEZ MEZASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTELIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARIAN DE LOS ANGELES CALDERON SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
JORGE FONSECA MADRIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
CARLOS ANDRES QUIROS COTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)FRENTE AMPLIONoDeclaration
GREIVIN ALBERTO SOLANO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNNoDeclaration
IGNACIO DAVID MATA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
MARIA DEL ROCIO REDONDO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration
ROSA NIEVES PICADO HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESFRENTE AMPLIOYesDeclaration
JESSICA REBECA BONILLA OBANDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNYesDeclaration
2016-02-07 · ordinary

Coverage: Official final vote book and independently reconciled certified titular roster

Basis: One party/list ballot; syndic and district councillors share the district ballot; seats exclude substitutes; includes one syndic plus four district councillors

Source note: Seats counted from named titular members, excluding substitutes and vice-executives.

Party or listCandidateVotes or marksVote shareSeats
VERDE1,90823.84%3
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1,89623.69%1
LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL1,33716.70%1
NUEVA GENERACIÓN97212.14%0
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6337.91%0
FRENTE AMPLIO3564.45%0
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA3424.27%0
ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1722.15%0
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1581.97%0
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1421.77%0
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE881.10%0

Result source · Sheet 4.45; district 1 · Seat source

Named elected members and substitutes

Vice-officers and substitutes are listed where declared. They are not added to titular seat totals. Inferred party-code joins are labelled.

NameOfficeParty or listSubstituteEvidence
ANA LORENA CASTILLO MATASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIAVERDENoDeclaration
JOSE ALFREDO BRENES MENASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTEVERDEYesDeclaration
JUAN MANUEL BRENES ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)VERDENoDeclaration
XIOMARA PEREIRA SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)VERDENoDeclaration
LUCIA MADRIGAL MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNNoDeclaration
RUTH MACHADO GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)LIBERACIÓN NACIONALNoDeclaration
ANABELLE SANCHEZ ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESVERDEYesDeclaration
CARLOS ALBERTO BARQUERO MADRIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESVERDEYesDeclaration
JORGE ENRIQUE SANCHEZ BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNYesDeclaration
LEONARDO ANTONIO LOBO BARAHONACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTESLIBERACIÓN NACIONALYesDeclaration

Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record CR-D-CARTAGO-PARAISO-PARAISO.