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SANTA CRUZ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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Costa Rica · SANTA CRUZ / CARTAGO · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-CARTAGO-TURRIALBA-SANTA-CRUZ
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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
- SANTA CRUZ / CARTAGO
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-f296ac5f7ec93e5e2b50473e
- 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 GENERACIÓN34.3%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.6%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS15.4%
- TURRIALBA PRIMERO15.2%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 350 | 34.3% | 1 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 292 | 28.6% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 157 | 15.4% | 1 | Recorded |
| TURRIALBA PRIMERO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 155 | 15.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 67 | 6.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.7%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN20.5%
- TURRIALBA PRIMERO16.6%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.9%
- ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA6.8%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.5%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS4.5%
- FRENTE AMPLIO1.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 263 | 28.7% | 2 | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 188 | 20.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| TURRIALBA PRIMERO | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 152 | 16.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 146 | 15.9% | 1 | Recorded |
| ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 62 | 6.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 50 | 5.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 41 | 4.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 14 | 1.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA50.3%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL35.4%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.9%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 299 | 50.3% | 3 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 210 | 35.4% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 47 | 7.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 38 | 6.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI63.180–100 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=5.680705190989226, oldest_gap=14.983164983164983, previous_gap=8.187772925764193
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility17.58percentage 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=[[28.59941234084231,6.562193927522038,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64.83839373163565],[28.7117903930131,5.458515283842795,15.93886462882096,1.5283842794759825,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48.36244541484716],[35.35353535353536,7.912457912457913,50.33670033670034,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.397306397306397,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility49.89percentage 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=[[28.59941234084231,6.562193927522038,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64.83839373163565],[28.7117903930131,5.458515283842795,15.93886462882096,1.5283842794759825,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48.36244541484716],[35.35353535353536,7.912457912457913,50.33670033670034,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.397306397306397,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility33.74percentage 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=[[28.59941234084231,6.562193927522038,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64.83839373163565],[28.7117903930131,5.458515283842795,15.93886462882096,1.5283842794759825,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48.36244541484716],[35.35353535353536,7.912457912457913,50.33670033670034,0,0,0,0,0,0,6.397306397306397,0,0,0]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARJORIE MORA BRENES | SINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA | 2024 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | principal |
| EDGAR BALLESTERO SOLANO | SINDICATURAS SUPLENTE | 2024 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | substitute |
| NATALIA DE LOS ANGELES GARITA JIMENEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| RONALD TORRES VARGAS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| DIEGO GABRIEL ARAYA CALVO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | principal |
| NORA ELENA CAMACHO ROMERO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | TURRIALBA PRIMERO | principal |
| LIZETH DE LOS ANGELES AGUILAR NUÑEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| AUSTIN MIGUEL CASTRO COTO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ALFONSO CASASOLA QUESADA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDOS PODEMOS | substitute |
| ADRIAN ALVAREZ VARGAS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | TURRIALBA PRIMERO | substitute |
| RONALD TORRES VARGAS | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ISABEL ARAYA JIMENEZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| LUZ MARINA HIDALGO UMAÑA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARCOS TULIO SERRANO CASTRO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | principal |
| LUIS MARTIN RODRIGUEZ AGUILAR | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | TURRIALBA PRIMERO | principal |
| SOLSIREE MUÑOZ RIVERA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| AUSTIN MIGUEL CASTRO COTO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MILENA UMAÑA MEDINA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | NUEVA GENERACIÓN | substitute |
| WENDY PAOLA PEREIRA CAMACHO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | TURRIALBA PRIMERO | substitute |
| MERCEDES QUESADA CHINCHILLA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| ODETH CRISTINA GARITA ROMERO | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| ADRIAN ALVAREZ VARGAS | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| ELIZABETH CAMACHO VARGAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| EUGENIO GARITA ROMERO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| ABEL TORRES ARAYA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| GABRIELA AGUILAR SANABRIA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MANUEL ANTONIO GUILLEN GUILLEN | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| VIVIANA MAROTO LOPEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| FABIO ORLANDO ZUÑIGA GUILLEN | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| NORA JARA NUÑEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
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
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/16552/computovotos_febrero2024%5b1%5d.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8292/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202020.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8290/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202016.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_2470-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1821-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1737-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “SANTA CRUZ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-TURRIALBA-SANTA-CRUZ. 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.