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LA ASUNCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · LA ASUNCIÓN / HEREDIA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-HEREDIA-BELEN-LA-ASUNCION

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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
LA ASUNCIÓN / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-c06d935f4fecd1b25d84e9a8
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

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.2%
  • COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA31.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN9.3%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.8%
Results for event-cc27af8feeb452a60d89058a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202464238.2%3Recorded
COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202453631.9%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426515.8%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241569.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024814.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.0%
  • COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA34.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.0%
Results for event-4e615541880ec24b33a29060
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202062838%3Recorded
COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202057234.6%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040224.3%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020503%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA42.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO13.0%
  • COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELEN12.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.0%
Results for event-7facb9ce89c70d7f60ef0b16
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201669242.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201649130%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621313%1Recorded
COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELENcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620712.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016332%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

69.840–100 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=6.30952380952381, oldest_gap=12.286063569682149, previous_gap=3.3898305084745743

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

11.59percentage 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=[[15.773809523809524,38.214285714285715,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.01190476190476],[24.33414043583535,38.01452784503632,0,0,0,3.026634382566586,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.624697336561745],[30.012224938875306,42.298288508557455,0,0,0,0,2.0171149144254277,0,0,13.01955990220049,0,0,12.65281173594132]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

25percentage 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=[[15.773809523809524,38.214285714285715,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.01190476190476],[24.33414043583535,38.01452784503632,0,0,0,3.026634382566586,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.624697336561745],[30.012224938875306,42.298288508557455,0,0,0,0,2.0171149144254277,0,0,13.01955990220049,0,0,12.65281173594132]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

18.29percentage 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=[[15.773809523809524,38.214285714285715,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,46.01190476190476],[24.33414043583535,38.01452784503632,0,0,0,3.026634382566586,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.624697336561745],[30.012224938875306,42.298288508557455,0,0,0,0,2.0171149144254277,0,0,13.01955990220049,0,0,12.65281173594132]]

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?
BERNAL GONZALEZ DELGADOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ISABEL GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ILEANA MARIA ALFARO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE PABLO GONZALEZ CERVANTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KATHERINE HERNANDEZ PADILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITAprincipal
EDDIER YUNNY SOTO SALASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OLGA CRISTINA GONZALEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JORGE LUIS ALVARADO TABASHCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUISA ELENA GOMEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITAsubstitute
CARLOS EDUARDO BARRANTES MARINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JORGE LUIS ALVARADO TABASHSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ILEANA MARIA ALFARO RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
BERNAL GONZALEZ DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ISABEL GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SOFIA VALDIVIESO GARAYCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITAprincipal
GLORIA BRIGIT RAMIREZ STRASBURGERCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA BERNARDITA ZUMBADO CHINCHILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARCO ANTONIO LA TOUCHE UGARTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALEJANDRO JOSE LOPEZ CHARNVITAYAPONGCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITAsubstitute
RUTH MARIA ARIAS TORRESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MINOR JOSE GONZALEZ QUESADASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MELISSA MARIA HIDALGO CARMONASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EDWIN MURILLO SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ELVIA GONZALEZ FUENTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARCO ANTONIO LA TOUCHE UGARTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATTIA GONZALEZ VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
BERNAL GONZALEZ DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ILEANA MARIA ALFARO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FERNANDO ALFARO ZUMBADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ISABEL GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES 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. “LA ASUNCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-BELEN-LA-ASUNCION. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S8bffb46267, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S5dfbe96d09, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S28614ac542.