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SAN ROQUE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · SAN ROQUE / HEREDIA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-HEREDIA-BARVA-SAN-ROQUE

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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
SAN ROQUE / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-8c50747940fee481b63783f8
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 CRISTIANO53.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.0%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE8.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA7.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.4%
Results for event-a44c1810b28d0722fedaa305
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202461253.1%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202419416.8%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241049%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024998.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024817%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024625.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO17.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA13.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO12.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.9%
  • BARVA UNIDA8.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS8.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.8%
Results for event-d04dd405f0afc12012d488b4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202024023%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202018017.2%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014513.9%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202013112.5%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201039.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BARVA UNIDAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020908.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020848%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020716.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA22.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO18.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO9.5%
  • BARVA UNIDA6.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.6%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.3%
Results for event-aada6700a0a3753096871fc5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620522.3%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201619321%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616718.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616217.6%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016879.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BARVA UNIDAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016596.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016333.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016121.3%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=36.28472222222222, oldest_gap=1.307189542483659, previous_gap=5.747126436781606

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

42.91percentage 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=[[16.84027777777778,0,0,9.027777777777779,0,0,0,0,0,53.125,7.03125,0,13.975694444444445],[22.988505747126435,9.865900383141762,13.88888888888889,12.547892720306514,0,0,0,0,0,17.24137931034483,0,0,23.467432950191572],[21.0239651416122,17.647058823529413,22.33115468409586,18.191721132897605,0,0,3.5947712418300655,0,0,9.477124183006536,0,0,7.734204793028322]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25.46percentage 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=[[16.84027777777778,0,0,9.027777777777779,0,0,0,0,0,53.125,7.03125,0,13.975694444444445],[22.988505747126435,9.865900383141762,13.88888888888889,12.547892720306514,0,0,0,0,0,17.24137931034483,0,0,23.467432950191572],[21.0239651416122,17.647058823529413,22.33115468409586,18.191721132897605,0,0,3.5947712418300655,0,0,9.477124183006536,0,0,7.734204793028322]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.19percentage 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=[[16.84027777777778,0,0,9.027777777777779,0,0,0,0,0,53.125,7.03125,0,13.975694444444445],[22.988505747126435,9.865900383141762,13.88888888888889,12.547892720306514,0,0,0,0,0,17.24137931034483,0,0,23.467432950191572],[21.0239651416122,17.647058823529413,22.33115468409586,18.191721132897605,0,0,3.5947712418300655,0,0,9.477124183006536,0,0,7.734204793028322]]

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?
INES MARIA BOGANTES MONGESINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
JOSE ANDRES HERNANDEZ BARRANTESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
ERICKA FRANCINI MONTERO NUÑEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO BARRANTES ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
ANAYANSE CAMACHO GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
JESUS PRADO PORTUGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIURRELD LUANA SANCHEZ NUÑEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
PABLO ANDRES SANCHO MONTEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
TATIANA MAYELA VENEGAS CARBALLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
JULIO CESAR SALAS BLANCOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS MEJIA ARIASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
INES MARIA BOGANTES MONGESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FIORELLA DEL CARMEN VECCHIONACCE QUEREMELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS ALBERTO BARRANTES ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
IRENE ALEJANDRA VARGAS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ELLIANA ZARATE GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
JAVIER SANCHO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JENNIFER DE LOS ANGELES ROMAN VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
ANDRES HERNANDEZ CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
EMMANUEL MONTERO MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
INGRID MARIA RODRIGUEZ JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
DANNY ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JEANNETTE MARIA UMAÑA SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
OSVALDO BOLAÑOS VIQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DANIEL RICARDO CIFUENTES SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
BRANDON DANIEL BUSTAMANTE ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE RAFAEL ARAUJO GALLEGOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
PABLO CESAR MEJIA VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA IRENE ORO GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
RODRIGO FRANCISCO VILLALOBOS AGUILARCONCEJALES 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. “SAN ROQUE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-BARVA-SAN-ROQUE. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S87ba01097e, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S9ff6a32072, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S0592c5f73e.