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SANTA LUCÍA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · SANTA LUCÍA / HEREDIA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-HEREDIA-BARVA-SANTA-LUCIA

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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 LUCÍA / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-65651ed29440976253df523e
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 CRISTIANO37.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA15.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL11.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA8.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.0%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE7.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA1.9%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.5%
Results for event-ad70abec3e20a514ee39ca16
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202457937%3Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202423815.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418611.9%2Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241408.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241268%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241258%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241197.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024291.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024241.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA17.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.1%
  • BARVA UNIDA6.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.6%
Results for event-4799f3718d07f3b93be87f88
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202057533%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030517.5%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201719.8%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201689.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201257.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201247.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BARVA UNIDAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201216.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201106.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020452.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA39.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO17.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.8%
Results for event-fb95465f1aeeed7a87fe5441
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201659839.4%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201633822.3%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201626817.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161318.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161258.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016291.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016271.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

2.880–100 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=21.77522349936143, oldest_gap=17.150395778364114, previous_gap=15.48165137614679

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

49.89percentage 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=[[11.877394636015326,0,8.045977011494253,7.982120051085569,0,1.8518518518518519,0,0,0,36.97318007662835,15.197956577266922,0,18.071519795657725],[32.97018348623853,7.16743119266055,17.488532110091743,9.805045871559633,2.580275229357798,9.63302752293578,0,0,0,7.110091743119266,0,0,13.245412844036696],[22.29551451187335,8.641160949868073,39.445910290237464,17.678100263852244,1.7810026385224274,0,0,0,0,8.24538258575198,0,0,1.912928759894459]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.44percentage 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=[[11.877394636015326,0,8.045977011494253,7.982120051085569,0,1.8518518518518519,0,0,0,36.97318007662835,15.197956577266922,0,18.071519795657725],[32.97018348623853,7.16743119266055,17.488532110091743,9.805045871559633,2.580275229357798,9.63302752293578,0,0,0,7.110091743119266,0,0,13.245412844036696],[22.29551451187335,8.641160949868073,39.445910290237464,17.678100263852244,1.7810026385224274,0,0,0,0,8.24538258575198,0,0,1.912928759894459]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.16percentage 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=[[11.877394636015326,0,8.045977011494253,7.982120051085569,0,1.8518518518518519,0,0,0,36.97318007662835,15.197956577266922,0,18.071519795657725],[32.97018348623853,7.16743119266055,17.488532110091743,9.805045871559633,2.580275229357798,9.63302752293578,0,0,0,7.110091743119266,0,0,13.245412844036696],[22.29551451187335,8.641160949868073,39.445910290237464,17.678100263852244,1.7810026385224274,0,0,0,0,8.24538258575198,0,0,1.912928759894459]]

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?
JOSE PABLO GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
WENDY MONTES DE OCA DELGADOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
ADRIAN ALBERTO SANDI CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
MERCEDES ARGUEDAS ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
JOSE MARIA RAMOS BENAVIDESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IRIS RETANA CORELLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DANIEL JOSE HAKIME SMITHCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSSELINNE PAMELA GARCIA OVIEDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GEORGEANNA GUADALUPE SOTO SALASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ANTONIO SANDOVAL BOLAÑOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
IRIS RETANA CORELLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN PABLO ALVAREZ CORDOBACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA CRISTINA BRICEÑO LOBOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ANDREA AGUILAR QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
CHRISTOPHER ANDRES GARCIA SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LISSETH VANESSA MATAMOROS VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SEBASTIAN FERNANDO MOLINA RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
DIEGO ALONSO SERRANO MENESESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
JEANNETTE CORDERO GAMBOASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
RODRIGO ARTURO ALFARO SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARLENE CECILIA AGUIRRE CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MANUEL EMILIO GUEVARA ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
IRIS RETANA CORELLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAUL WENGLER ARROYOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
GUSTAVO ANDRES LEAL SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ANA CRISTINA BRICEÑO LOBOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
KATHERINE TATIANA RUIZ TORRESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GORKI ROMERO CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute

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 LUCÍA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-BARVA-SANTA-LUCIA. 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.