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SANTA ROSA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 ROSA / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-1064c275f256f6649e903211
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 GENERACIÓN39.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.6%
  • TURRIALBA PRIMERO9.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS8.0%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO3.0%
Results for event-c8d5438ff78ffb6cc8f07a30
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202458139.8%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202435524.3%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202422715.6%1Recorded
TURRIALBA PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241359.3%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241178%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024443%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA25.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN21.8%
  • TURRIALBA PRIMERO14.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.5%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA12.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.2%
  • VERDE ECOLOGISTA1.1%
Results for event-e830f0ce779d722966632bc1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033125.1%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202028721.8%1Recorded
TURRIALBA PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019514.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019114.5%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017012.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020715.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020302.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020292.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VERDE ECOLOGISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020151.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL31.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA30.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO13.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.2%
Results for event-83450806b262c221cf6379b0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201645231.9%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201643430.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201626919%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618813.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016745.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

47.890–100 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=15.49006168608636, oldest_gap=1.2702893436838387, previous_gap=3.3358605003790736

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.37percentage 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=[[24.33173406442769,15.558601782042494,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.015764222069911,57.0938999314599],[14.480667172100075,5.382865807429871,25.094768764215313,0,0,2.274450341167551,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.76724791508719],[31.898376852505294,18.98376852505293,30.628087508821455,13.267466478475653,0,0,0,0,0,5.222300635144672,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

55.04percentage 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=[[24.33173406442769,15.558601782042494,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.015764222069911,57.0938999314599],[14.480667172100075,5.382865807429871,25.094768764215313,0,0,2.274450341167551,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.76724791508719],[31.898376852505294,18.98376852505293,30.628087508821455,13.267466478475653,0,0,0,0,0,5.222300635144672,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.21percentage 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=[[24.33173406442769,15.558601782042494,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.015764222069911,57.0938999314599],[14.480667172100075,5.382865807429871,25.094768764215313,0,0,2.274450341167551,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.76724791508719],[31.898376852505294,18.98376852505293,30.628087508821455,13.267466478475653,0,0,0,0,0,5.222300635144672,0,0,0]]

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.

Officeholder observations
PersonRoleAs ofAffiliationPrincipal?
ORLANDO JOSE MORALES ARAYASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ROSALINA VEGA HERNANDEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ANDREA ESTEFANIE ROMERO SALMERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALEJANDRO MIRANDA VEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YOSELIN CASTRO CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ISABEL UMAÑA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024TURRIALBA PRIMEROprincipal
LIDIA CRISTINA FONSECA MARINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO SOLORZANO MURILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS DANIEL RODRIGUEZ AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HETEL MORA RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024TURRIALBA PRIMEROsubstitute
ORLANDO JOSE MORALES ARAYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
KARLA PATRICIA BORBON ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
SONIA MENA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ROSALINA VEGA HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
FERNANDO SOLIS SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VICTOR HUGO BRENES CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS CARLOS ARAYA MATACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ANA MARIA SOLANO CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MELISSA DE LOS ANGELES SOLIS SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ERIC SOLANO AGUILARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
EFRAIN ARIAS ALVAREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIELA DE LOS ANGELES BARQUERO GOMEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SONIA MARIA GOMEZ FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GREIVIN CARTIN SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALONSO VEGA MEJIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
PAULA VALERIA GONZALEZ BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EDGAR CASTILLO CERVANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LISETTE VARGAS VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL SOLANO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MIGUEL SIBAJA ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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. “SANTA ROSA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-TURRIALBA-SANTA-ROSA. 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.