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PUENTE SALAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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Costa Rica · PUENTE SALAS / HEREDIA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-HEREDIA-BARVA-PUENTE-SALAS
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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
- PUENTE SALAS / HEREDIA
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-bfad0c7d60f7d825f297fb40
- 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
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO67.3%
- JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE15.2%
- PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO7.6%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL5.3%
- AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 730 | 67.3% | 4 | Recorded |
| JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 165 | 15.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 83 | 7.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 57 | 5.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 50 | 4.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
WithheldUnknown0–100 historical closeness
Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · 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.
Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=52.073732718894014, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=null
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[5.253456221198157,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,67.28110599078342,0,7.649769585253456,19.815668202764975],null,null]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[5.253456221198157,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,67.28110599078342,0,7.649769585253456,19.815668202764975],null,null]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval
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=[[5.253456221198157,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,67.28110599078342,0,7.649769585253456,19.815668202764975],null,null]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CELENIA PRENDAS MONTERO | SINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA | 2024 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | principal |
| DANIELA RODRIGUEZ ARTAVIA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | principal |
| ENRIQUE CARBALLO GARITA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | principal |
| RAQUEL KARINA GRANADOS SOLANO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | principal |
| LUZ MARIA OVIEDO GONZALEZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE | principal |
| GABRIELA MELISSA RAMIREZ CAMACHO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | substitute |
| FRANCISCO JESUS SOLANO SOLIS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | substitute |
| SUSANA MARIA VARELA HERRERA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | substitute |
| TATIANA SOLANO ULATE | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE | 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
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “PUENTE SALAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-BARVA-PUENTE-SALAS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S87ba01097e.