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TAYUTIC — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
TAYUTIC / CARTAGO
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-19d660965d2b7c4f94c7b9d8
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 GENERACIÓN41.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS19.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.1%
  • TURRIALBA PRIMERO12.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.5%
Results for event-68c3d8efe8ce60a6aa5631c8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202427541.4%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412919.4%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412719.1%1Recorded
TURRIALBA PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248412.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024507.5%1Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA26.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN23.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.3%
  • TURRIALBA PRIMERO11.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.4%
Results for event-8cbf89134f14a9d951dd7f4d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202018626.6%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202016523.6%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202013519.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010715.3%1Recorded
TURRIALBA PRIMEROcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208011.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020162.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020101.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL48.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA25.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.7%
Results for event-83027a829b0b1ecb21968078
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632848.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201617225.6%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167611.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167010.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016253.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

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=21.954887218045116, oldest_gap=23.24888226527571, previous_gap=3.0042918454935617

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

16.95percentage 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=[[19.097744360902254,7.518796992481203,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,73.38345864661655],[19.313304721030043,0,15.30758226037196,0,0,1.4306151645207439,0,0,0,0,0,0,63.94849785407725],[48.8822652757079,25.63338301043219,11.326378539493293,3.7257824143070044,0,0,0,0,0,10.432190760059612,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

69.36percentage 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=[[19.097744360902254,7.518796992481203,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,73.38345864661655],[19.313304721030043,0,15.30758226037196,0,0,1.4306151645207439,0,0,0,0,0,0,63.94849785407725],[48.8822652757079,25.63338301043219,11.326378539493293,3.7257824143070044,0,0,0,0,0,10.432190760059612,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.16percentage 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=[[19.097744360902254,7.518796992481203,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,73.38345864661655],[19.313304721030043,0,15.30758226037196,0,0,1.4306151645207439,0,0,0,0,0,0,63.94849785407725],[48.8822652757079,25.63338301043219,11.326378539493293,3.7257824143070044,0,0,0,0,0,10.432190760059612,0,0,0]]

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?
CARLOS MANUEL CALDERON MONTEROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ROSIBEL VELASQUEZ PICADOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
CARLOS MANUEL VARGAS GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
SUSANA CECILIANO CERDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CRYSTEL SOFIA HIDALGO BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024TURRIALBA PRIMEROprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO CUBERO ABARCACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RAMIRO CECILIANO MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
KAROL CRISTINA MORA VENEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ISABEL NUÑEZ FONSECACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024TURRIALBA PRIMEROsubstitute
ERIKA GRISELDA QUIROS OVIEDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARCO TULIO CORRALES MORASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
DIANA CAROLINA ERAS HIDALGOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
ZAIDA VARGAS CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAprincipal
MARLEN ARAYA CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
CARLOS MANUEL CALDERON MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIRANIA VELASQUEZ ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
CARLOS ACUÑA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARLOS MARIO VELASQUEZ SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
BRYAN BERNARDO CECILIANO CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA LORENA CHAVES CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARCO TULIO CORRALES MORASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DIANA CAROLINA ERAS HIDALGOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DOMINGO PEREZ ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSIBEL ANDRADE ABARCACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LISA SHARON ERB BAILEYCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RODOLFO VELASQUEZ LEANDROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROSA MARIA HIDALGO FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROLANDO VARGAS ELIZONDOCONCEJALES 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. “TAYUTIC — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-CARTAGO-TURRIALBA-TAYUTIC. 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.