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FILADELFIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · FILADELFIA / GUANACASTE · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-GUANACASTE-CARRILLO-FILADELFIA

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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
FILADELFIA / GUANACASTE
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a829b24e17906c6cf1b7fd3e
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.2%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO23.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.7%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO8.7%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA5.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.8%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.5%
Results for event-e3fd3aec2d8592780ca1ea75
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202482734.2%3Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202457223.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202445318.7%1Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242108.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241235.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024933.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024823.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024602.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL64.6%
  • CANTONAL DE CARRILLO18.1%
  • UNIÓN GUANACASTECA5.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.3%
Results for event-97cac1c6725fb9004519a53f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,93864.6%4Recorded
CANTONAL DE CARRILLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202054218.1%1Recorded
UNIÓN GUANACASTECAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201635.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201153.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020963.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020772.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020692.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL55.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO20.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO5.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.0%
Results for event-246600f7610a46f6e990159e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,48055.3%4Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201654220.3%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201629110.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161826.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161545.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016261%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=10.537190082644624, oldest_gap=35.06542056074767, previous_gap=46.53333333333333

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.43percentage 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=[[34.17355371900826,18.71900826446281,0,0,0,2.479338842975207,0,0,0,3.84297520661157,0,23.636363636363637,17.148760330578515],[64.6,3.2,0,0,2.3,3.8333333333333335,0,0,0,2.566666666666667,0,0,23.5],[55.32710280373832,10.878504672897197,6.803738317757009,0,0,0,5.757009345794392,0,0,20.261682242990656,0,0,0.9719626168224299]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.93percentage 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=[[34.17355371900826,18.71900826446281,0,0,0,2.479338842975207,0,0,0,3.84297520661157,0,23.636363636363637,17.148760330578515],[64.6,3.2,0,0,2.3,3.8333333333333335,0,0,0,2.566666666666667,0,0,23.5],[55.32710280373832,10.878504672897197,6.803738317757009,0,0,0,5.757009345794392,0,0,20.261682242990656,0,0,0.9719626168224299]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.18percentage 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=[[34.17355371900826,18.71900826446281,0,0,0,2.479338842975207,0,0,0,3.84297520661157,0,23.636363636363637,17.148760330578515],[64.6,3.2,0,0,2.3,3.8333333333333335,0,0,0,2.566666666666667,0,0,23.5],[55.32710280373832,10.878504672897197,6.803738317757009,0,0,0,5.757009345794392,0,0,20.261682242990656,0,0,0.9719626168224299]]

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?
MARIETTA ORTEGA ORTEGASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANGEL ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALICIA MARIA HERRERA BOLAÑOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE FRANCISCO ALEMAN ALVAREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAURICIO DIAZ BONILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
MARVIN PEÑA APUCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YORLEY RAMIREZ GUTIERREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
XAVIER FABIAN SEQUEIRA SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FREDDY ALEJANDRO ROJAS PINEDACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
KENSY JESUS CASTRO PIÑACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DUNIA CECILIA LOPEZ LARASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANGEL ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE FRANCISCO ALEMAN ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEIMMY SUGEY GAMBOA CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS DIEGO GUTIERREZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILBERT GERARDO FUENTES PIZARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020CANTONAL DE CARRILLOprincipal
EMILCE VILLARREAL RUGAMACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ALEJANDRO BADILLA SEQUEIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PAULA LISBETH VALERIN BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YESENIA JIMENEZ CASTAÑEDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020CANTONAL DE CARRILLOsubstitute
RITA MARIA CHAVES PICONSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEFRY FERNANDEZ PEÑASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GISSELLE DEL CARMEN ALVARADO BUSTOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE FRANCISCO CANALES CANALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FANNY HAYDEE CHAVES PICONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YIUSTAS ALBERTO CASCANTE AVILACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
YORLEY RAMIREZ GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO GUTIERREZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EMILCE VILLARREAL RUGAMACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELVIA MARIA GUTIERREZ GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute

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. “FILADELFIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-GUANACASTE-CARRILLO-FILADELFIA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S770bf59e9f, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S5ff387826e, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S1a9ae97aeb.