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SANTIAGO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SANTIAGO / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-311caa7aea335df9108214c8
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 NACIONAL43.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS28.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA8.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.8%
  • ACTUEMOS YA2.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.7%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.9%
Results for event-ce509c6a5a95e9cc4e80d193
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202474943.3%3Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202448328%2Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241448.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024935.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024824.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024653.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024502.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024462.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024160.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.1%
  • ACTUEMOS YA23.5%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN8.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.7%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA4.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL4.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.3%
Results for event-67bf7aa3fc58793ca704e3e6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202054132.1%3Recorded
ACTUEMOS YAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202039623.5%2Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201448.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201066.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201005.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020965.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020804.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020764.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020563.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020492.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020392.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.9%
  • VERDE20.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.9%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN11.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO4.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.4%
Results for event-fefbf5a15927ff59b259d4d4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637524.9%3Recorded
VERDEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630820.5%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201628418.9%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201617611.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161177.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016845.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016744.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016654.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016211.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

38.670–100 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=15.393518518518515, oldest_gap=4.454787234042552, previous_gap=8.61556743909685

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.22percentage 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=[[43.344907407407405,4.74537037037037,0,5.381944444444445,0,2.662037037037037,0,0,0,3.761574074074074,8.333333333333334,0,31.770833333333336],[32.144979203802734,5.941770647653001,3.3273915626856803,6.2982768865121805,5.704099821746881,0,0,4.515745692216281,8.556149732620321,0,2.3172905525846703,0,31.194295900178254],[18.882978723404257,24.93351063829787,1.3962765957446808,5.585106382978723,0,0,4.920212765957447,0,11.702127659574469,4.321808510638298,0,0,28.257978723404257]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.38percentage 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=[[43.344907407407405,4.74537037037037,0,5.381944444444445,0,2.662037037037037,0,0,0,3.761574074074074,8.333333333333334,0,31.770833333333336],[32.144979203802734,5.941770647653001,3.3273915626856803,6.2982768865121805,5.704099821746881,0,0,4.515745692216281,8.556149732620321,0,2.3172905525846703,0,31.194295900178254],[18.882978723404257,24.93351063829787,1.3962765957446808,5.585106382978723,0,0,4.920212765957447,0,11.702127659574469,4.321808510638298,0,0,28.257978723404257]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.8percentage 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=[[43.344907407407405,4.74537037037037,0,5.381944444444445,0,2.662037037037037,0,0,0,3.761574074074074,8.333333333333334,0,31.770833333333336],[32.144979203802734,5.941770647653001,3.3273915626856803,6.2982768865121805,5.704099821746881,0,0,4.515745692216281,8.556149732620321,0,2.3172905525846703,0,31.194295900178254],[18.882978723404257,24.93351063829787,1.3962765957446808,5.585106382978723,0,0,4.920212765957447,0,11.702127659574469,4.321808510638298,0,0,28.257978723404257]]

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?
YORLENI ARAYA PORTUGUEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CRISTOPHER ROBERTO REYES BALLESTEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS EDUARDO LEITON AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TATIANA MARCELA PORTUGUEZ SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ANTONIA CHINCHILLA BOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
HANZEL ARIEL ARGUELLO MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LEONARDO BRENES GARITACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSA SILENY MORALES CASCANTECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GRETTEL LILLIAM PORTUGUEZ MOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ANAEL JOSUE MADRIZ ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
EDUARDO MORALES CHINCHILLASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YORLENI ARAYA PORTUGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCOS EUGENIO BRENES CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUISA IVANIA MOYA COTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SADIE ROCIO SERRANO VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
JOHEL SOJO CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACTUEMOS YAprincipal
KAREN PATRICIA PORRAS CONTRERASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROGER RAMIREZ SOJOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARTIN GERARDO GOMEZ RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAUREEN LISBETH RAMIREZ SOLANOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KAROL CRISTINA MONTENEGRO AMADORCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GERARDO TREJOS MATACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIO FERNANDO NUÑEZ PEREIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016VERDEprincipal
GUISELLE MARIA RAMIREZ ARGUELLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
AURORA MARTINEZ QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GUILLERMO ALBERTO RIVERA VEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALBERTO SOJO GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016VERDEsubstitute
ADRIANA GAMBOA PACHECOCONCEJALES 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. “SANTIAGO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-PARAISO-SANTIAGO. 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.