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BARRANTES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · BARRANTES / HEREDIA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-HEREDIA-FLORES-BARRANTES

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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
BARRANTES / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-51f1625ca569b7cc9f0e4446
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL41.4%
  • ALMA FLOREÑA38.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.1%
Results for event-3b0378da850a4331f6a17a61
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202452741.4%3Recorded
ALMA FLOREÑAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202449038.5%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202425620.1%1Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL45.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO29.2%
  • COALICIÓN UNIDAD POR FLORES21.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.3%
Results for event-6f4645de3261f03597aeaffd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202058145.6%3Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202037229.2%1Recorded
COALICIÓN UNIDAD POR FLOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202027621.7%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020282.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020161.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.5%
  • TODO POR FLORES30.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.2%
Results for event-0e08563759f9c1d4c79d268d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201643233.5%2Recorded
TODO POR FLOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201639730.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620515.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620315.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016544.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

65.30–100 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=2.9065200314218345, oldest_gap=2.711076684740508, previous_gap=16.41791044776119

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.66percentage 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=[[41.39827179890023,20.109976433621366,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38.4917517674784],[45.64021995286724,0,0,0,0,2.199528672427337,0,0,0,29.22230950510605,0,0,22.93794186959937],[33.46243222308288,15.879163439194423,15.724244771494964,4.18280402788536,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30.75135553834237]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.6percentage 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=[[41.39827179890023,20.109976433621366,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38.4917517674784],[45.64021995286724,0,0,0,0,2.199528672427337,0,0,0,29.22230950510605,0,0,22.93794186959937],[33.46243222308288,15.879163439194423,15.724244771494964,4.18280402788536,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30.75135553834237]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.63percentage 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=[[41.39827179890023,20.109976433621366,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38.4917517674784],[45.64021995286724,0,0,0,0,2.199528672427337,0,0,0,29.22230950510605,0,0,22.93794186959937],[33.46243222308288,15.879163439194423,15.724244771494964,4.18280402788536,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30.75135553834237]]

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?
CARLOS HUMBERTO CAMACHO ALFAROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PAULINA MORALES ALFAROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LIZANDRA MARIA JIMENEZ FLORESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAMON ARTURO BOGANTES MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESTEFANIE DEL CARMEN CALVO VIQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ALMA FLOREÑAprincipal
FABIO DANILO ARGUEDAS BARRANTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA LUCIA SANCHEZ VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALLEN ROBERTO BARRANTES NUÑEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YANCY PATRICIA CALVO VIQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ALMA FLOREÑAsubstitute
SILVIA ALFARO UGALDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELIZABETH VALVERDE ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS HUMBERTO CAMACHO ALFAROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HECTOR GERARDO BARRANTES RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANDREA CECILIANO ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARLENE RODRIGUEZ UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
JOSE FRANCISCO HERRERA VILLEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020COALICIÓN UNIDAD POR FLORESprincipal
ALLEN ROBERTO BARRANTES NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ERIKA ALVARADO BOLAÑOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR JOHEL VARGAS LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
VALERYN DAYANA VILLALOBOS BOLAÑOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020COALICIÓN UNIDAD POR FLORESsubstitute
ELIZABETH VALVERDE ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HECTOR GERARDO BARRANTES RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
TERESITA MARIA RUIZ UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUILLERMO AGUILAR SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016TODO POR FLORESprincipal
LUIS RICARDO JARA NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EFREN MENDEZ MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ROBERT MARTIN HIDALGO DELGADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KARLA VANESSA OVIEDO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016TODO POR FLORESsubstitute
XINIA MARIA JARA NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA ANTONIA BARRANTES UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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. “BARRANTES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-FLORES-BARRANTES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S9ec73febd7, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sd3ef6f0dd1, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sf9519c41aa.