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LA ISABEL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · LA ISABEL / CARTAGO · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-CARTAGO-TURRIALBA-LA-ISABEL

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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
LA ISABEL / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-de4e8944d556c33f3f801578
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

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN44.4%
  • TURRIALBA PRIMERO14.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS12.9%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO7.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL5.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.6%
Results for event-53fe71f84e5a7741bf33d148
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202471644.4%1Recorded
TURRIALBA PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202423914.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202421513.3%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420812.9%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241177.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024925.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024261.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA23.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN21.1%
  • TURRIALBA PRIMERO16.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.3%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA6.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.9%
Results for event-95d6f3cc90c9e681f0723fbd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202037123%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202034021.1%1Recorded
TURRIALBA PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202026516.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202021013%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019912.3%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201116.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020573.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020462.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020140.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA39.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA19.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO9.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.4%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA6.1%
Results for event-b1bca7fa6b45e4a6402c4dd5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671739.2%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201636119.7%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201633018%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161759.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161367.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161116.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=29.572225666460014, oldest_gap=19.453551912568305, previous_gap=1.921884686918787

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.49percentage 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=[[5.703657780533168,13.32920024798512,0,1.611903285802852,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.253564786112833,72.10167389956602],[12.337259764414135,13.019218846869189,23.000619962802233,0.8679479231246126,0,2.851828890266584,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.92312461252325],[18.0327868852459,39.18032786885246,19.726775956284154,7.4316939890710385,0,0,0,0,0,9.562841530054644,0,0,6.065573770491803]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.98percentage 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=[[5.703657780533168,13.32920024798512,0,1.611903285802852,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.253564786112833,72.10167389956602],[12.337259764414135,13.019218846869189,23.000619962802233,0.8679479231246126,0,2.851828890266584,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.92312461252325],[18.0327868852459,39.18032786885246,19.726775956284154,7.4316939890710385,0,0,0,0,0,9.562841530054644,0,0,6.065573770491803]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.23percentage 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=[[5.703657780533168,13.32920024798512,0,1.611903285802852,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7.253564786112833,72.10167389956602],[12.337259764414135,13.019218846869189,23.000619962802233,0.8679479231246126,0,2.851828890266584,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.92312461252325],[18.0327868852459,39.18032786885246,19.726775956284154,7.4316939890710385,0,0,0,0,0,9.562841530054644,0,0,6.065573770491803]]

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?
ADRIANO RODRIGUEZ ZAMORASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
MIRIAM CASTILLO VARGASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ESTEFANIE MARIANA ROJAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024TURRIALBA PRIMEROprincipal
LUIS FERNANDO CASTILLO CORRALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024TURRIALBA PRIMEROprincipal
VINICIO BRENES SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LORENA QUESADA MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
DENNIA NAJERA TORRESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024TURRIALBA PRIMEROsubstitute
JOHNNY BRAVO MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024TURRIALBA PRIMEROsubstitute
KEYLIN ELIZABETH CASTILLO VINDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ADRIANO RODRIGUEZ ZAMORASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARIA JOAQUINA DITTEL SARMIENTOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
PAULA DE LOS ANGELES SOJO CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
GILBERTO CAMBRONERO LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
YENDRI YESENIA CERVANTES ROWCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020TURRIALBA PRIMEROprincipal
MIRTA DEL MILAGRO JIMENEZ SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CESAR ENRIQUE LOAIZA VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS FUENTES GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MAURICIO GARCIA SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020TURRIALBA PRIMEROsubstitute
GIOVANNI MORA ORTIZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAVIER SALAZAR SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA ODILIE MONGE CASTROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LILLIETH DIAZ MOYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JONATHAN FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ MATACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ISAAC GARAY CALEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
BOLIVAR NAJERA MONGECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIANA PEREZ LEONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ADRIAN MONGE CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA JOAQUINA DITTEL SARMIENTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
AURELIA DE CLARET SALAZAR MORACONCEJALES 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. “LA ISABEL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-TURRIALBA-LA-ISABEL. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S532a27c276, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S2eb65ab6ac, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S45740b7ad4.