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SAN ANTONIO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 ANTONIO / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-ce57c9735366e127ba574346
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

  • COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITA38.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA38.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.3%
Results for event-b45c53cc225e96569bdfcd19
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,46038.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,46038.4%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202447212.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242827.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241273.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA45.9%
  • COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITA28.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.7%
Results for event-b04948fdfe46856859a33e0a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,71445.9%3Recorded
COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,05928.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202081921.9%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020812.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020631.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA45.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.0%
  • COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELEN19.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO13.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.3%
Results for event-f10c6e7d947e26401ba56f34
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,69445.2%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201678721%1Recorded
COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELENcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201672019.2%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201649913.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016481.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

61.60–100 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=0, oldest_gap=24.19957310565635, previous_gap=17.532119914346897

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

20.83percentage 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=[[12.417784793475402,38.41094448829256,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,49.17127071823205],[21.92184154175589,45.8779443254818,0,0,1.6862955032119915,2.1680942184154177,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.345824411134902],[20.99786552828175,45.1974386339381,0,0,0,0,1.2806830309498398,0,0,13.313767342582711,0,0,19.2102454642476]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

14.59percentage 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: 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=[[12.417784793475402,38.41094448829256,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,49.17127071823205],[21.92184154175589,45.8779443254818,0,0,1.6862955032119915,2.1680942184154177,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.345824411134902],[20.99786552828175,45.1974386339381,0,0,0,0,1.2806830309498398,0,0,13.313767342582711,0,0,19.2102454642476]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

17.71percentage 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=[[12.417784793475402,38.41094448829256,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,49.17127071823205],[21.92184154175589,45.8779443254818,0,0,1.6862955032119915,2.1680942184154177,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.345824411134902],[20.99786552828175,45.1974386339381,0,0,0,0,1.2806830309498398,0,0,13.313767342582711,0,0,19.2102454642476]]

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?
JOHANNA GOMEZ ULLOASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITAprincipal
EMMANUEL HERNANDEZ FONSECACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITAprincipal
ROXANA VILLEGAS VILLEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITAprincipal
ILEANA MARIA NUÑEZ ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FERNANDO ENRIQUE TORRES JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARLOS VENEGAS SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITAsubstitute
MARJORIE TORRES BORGESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN UNION BELEMITAsubstitute
MARIPAZ MUÑOZ JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KEVIN JESUS VILLALOBOS ZUMBADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROSA MURILLO RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE FRANCISCO ZUMBADO ARCESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA IMELDA VIVES FUENTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SEBASTIAN SOLANO MADRIGALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EMMANUEL HERNANDEZ FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITAprincipal
RODOLFO HERRERA RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA SOLANO SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GUSTAVO ADOLFO ZAMORA MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MICHEL ANGELO GRIECO AGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020COALICIÓN UNIÓN BELEMITAsubstitute
OSCAR EDUARDO VALLADARES CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSA MURILLO RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS ANTONIO GUERRERO SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA IMELDA VIVES FUENTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE JAIME ALFARO CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS FELIPE MURILLO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MICHEL ANGELO GRIECO AGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELENprincipal
MARIANELA ARIAS CASCANTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MAINOR FRANCISCO MURILLO NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
TERESITA VENEGAS MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDREA VIRGINIA GARRO ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016COALICIÓN ALIANZA POR BELENsubstitute

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 ANTONIO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-BELEN-SAN-ANTONIO. 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.