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LA SUIZA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 SUIZA / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-6f594ffa61a24b7e212a18c0
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 GENERACIÓN24.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.8%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS17.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.3%
  • TURRIALBA PRIMERO12.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.8%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO2.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA0.6%
Results for event-f7a5419844f06899611289b2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202463224.4%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202456621.8%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202445317.5%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202434513.3%1Recorded
TURRIALBA PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433512.9%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024843.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024722.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024542.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024351.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024150.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.6%
  • TURRIALBA PRIMERO19.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA17.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN14.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA5.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.5%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA2.2%
Results for event-82096aa1c891f4cbca7a0e6c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202062924.6%2Recorded
TURRIALBA PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202050119.6%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202043417%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202036714.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202027610.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201455.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020853.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020632.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020572.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA35.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA25.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.7%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA7.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.0%
Results for event-786c7f7e33ed7d1f28081e17
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201691235.2%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201666525.6%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201643016.6%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162529.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162057.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161305%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

80.090–100 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=2.5472790428406, oldest_gap=9.521973785659213, previous_gap=5.005866249511147

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

21.61percentage 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=[[21.8448475492088,13.315322269394056,0,2.7788498649170204,0,0.5789270551910459,0,0,0,0,1.3508297954457738,2.084137398687765,58.04708606715553],[24.599139616738366,10.793899100508408,16.97301525224873,0,0,2.4638247946812672,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.17012123582323],[16.576715497301464,35.15805705474171,25.636083269082498,9.714726291441789,0,0,0,0,0,5.0115651503469545,0,0,7.902852737085582]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.75percentage 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=[[21.8448475492088,13.315322269394056,0,2.7788498649170204,0,0.5789270551910459,0,0,0,0,1.3508297954457738,2.084137398687765,58.04708606715553],[24.599139616738366,10.793899100508408,16.97301525224873,0,0,2.4638247946812672,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.17012123582323],[16.576715497301464,35.15805705474171,25.636083269082498,9.714726291441789,0,0,0,0,0,5.0115651503469545,0,0,7.902852737085582]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.68percentage 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=[[21.8448475492088,13.315322269394056,0,2.7788498649170204,0,0.5789270551910459,0,0,0,0,1.3508297954457738,2.084137398687765,58.04708606715553],[24.599139616738366,10.793899100508408,16.97301525224873,0,0,2.4638247946812672,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.17012123582323],[16.576715497301464,35.15805705474171,25.636083269082498,9.714726291441789,0,0,0,0,0,5.0115651503469545,0,0,7.902852737085582]]

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?
KATHERINE BUSTAMANTE DITTELSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ROBERTO BRENES ZAMORASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
VICTOR MANUEL SALMERON CAMACHOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GIOVANNI MONTENEGRO MOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
MAYRA JEANNETTE MENDEZ MUÑOZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE HIDALGO BRAVOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024TURRIALBA PRIMEROprincipal
SERGIO SALAS ACUÑACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HECTOR GUILLEN MONTENEGROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
RAUL DELGADO MONTEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GEISON DAVID PANIAGUA PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024TURRIALBA PRIMEROsubstitute
ALFONSO ALVAREZ VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OLGA IVETH FERNANDEZ FONSECASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS MONGE QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JAVIER DE JESUS AGUILAR MONTENEGROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020TURRIALBA PRIMEROprincipal
VIVIANA PATRICIA SALAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LIXNI UZAGA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
SERGIO SALAS ACUÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVELYN DE LOS ANGELES VELASQUEZ GALBANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020TURRIALBA PRIMEROsubstitute
ZULAY SANCHEZ SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
PABLO PANIAGUA MOLINACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
JORGE ANTONIO MOLINA RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARITA SALAS SANDISÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUCIANO QUESADA BEJARANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HELEN ROJAS MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARLOS GERARDO BRADE SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
BERNIN ANDRES NOVOA NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GREIVIN FRANCISCO MOLINA MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELIZABETH ALVAREZ ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JACQUELINE MUÑOZ SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ARJERIE VARGAS HERNANDEZCONCEJALES 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 SUIZA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-TURRIALBA-LA-SUIZA. 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.