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LLORENTE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
LLORENTE / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-03f2c95cf4418b74663291e0
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 NACIONAL40.0%
  • ALMA FLOREÑA34.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.6%
Results for event-306add4138ed28fda3a3d5be
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202474340%3Recorded
ALMA FLOREÑAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202463634.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430216.2%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241789.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.3%
  • COALICIÓN UNIDAD POR FLORES35.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO16.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.2%
Results for event-19dc779c88fff24285f0f53a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202072936.3%3Recorded
COALICIÓN UNIDAD POR FLOREScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202072235.9%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033416.6%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201376.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020643.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020241.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.1%
  • TODO POR FLORES19.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA14.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.5%
Results for event-f16f2320b97ad2dba06234ca
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201653926.2%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201647523.1%1Recorded
TODO POR FLOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201639919.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630314.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161728.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016974.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016713.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

80.650–100 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=5.755782678859596, oldest_gap=3.1128404669260696, previous_gap=0.3482587064676608

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.7percentage 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=[[39.967724583109195,16.245293168370093,0,0,0,9.575040344271114,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.2119419042496],[36.26865671641791,0,0,0,3.18407960199005,6.8159203980099505,0,0,0,16.616915422885572,0,0,37.114427860696516],[26.215953307392997,23.103112840466927,14.737354085603112,8.365758754863814,4.717898832684825,0,0,0,0,3.453307392996109,0,0,19.40661478599222]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.74percentage 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=[[39.967724583109195,16.245293168370093,0,0,0,9.575040344271114,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.2119419042496],[36.26865671641791,0,0,0,3.18407960199005,6.8159203980099505,0,0,0,16.616915422885572,0,0,37.114427860696516],[26.215953307392997,23.103112840466927,14.737354085603112,8.365758754863814,4.717898832684825,0,0,0,0,3.453307392996109,0,0,19.40661478599222]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.22percentage 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=[[39.967724583109195,16.245293168370093,0,0,0,9.575040344271114,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.2119419042496],[36.26865671641791,0,0,0,3.18407960199005,6.8159203980099505,0,0,0,16.616915422885572,0,0,37.114427860696516],[26.215953307392997,23.103112840466927,14.737354085603112,8.365758754863814,4.717898832684825,0,0,0,0,3.453307392996109,0,0,19.40661478599222]]

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?
VERA VIOLETA ALCAZAR QUESADASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WALTER GUILLERMO MURILLO ALVAREZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HUGO ORTEGA GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ELENA ARGUEDAS ARCECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GABRIEL JOSE BOLAÑOS CESPEDESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024ALMA FLOREÑAprincipal
MARIA PAULA CORDOBA VALVERDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GEOVANNI VARGAS MONTOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YAMILETH VARGAS SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RONALD ORLANDO CAMACHO VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024ALMA FLOREÑAsubstitute
JIMMY MONTOYA ARCECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
BLAS ANTONIO CHACON GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VERA VIOLETA ALCAZAR QUESADASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HUGO ORTEGA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YAMILETH COTO CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HERBERT SANCHEZ CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020COALICIÓN UNIDAD POR FLORESprincipal
SILIER GONZALEZ ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
GILVER AGUERO QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAMARIS GONZALEZ OVIEDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OLDEMAR GERARDO ARGUEDAS GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020COALICIÓN UNIDAD POR FLORESsubstitute
ESTEBAN JESUS GONZALEZ ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
YORLENE VIQUEZ ESTEVANOVICHSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ASDRUBAL AGUERO VALVERDESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES CAMACHO VIQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDIA GONZALEZ SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LETICIA MARIA CORDERO ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016TODO POR FLORESprincipal
FLORYBETH CHAVES MURILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
WALTER GUILLERMO MURILLO ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YUJANA QUIROS CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SILIER GONZALEZ ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016TODO POR FLORESsubstitute
LILLIANA MARIA VEGA MENDEZCONCEJALES 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. “LLORENTE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-FLORES-LLORENTE. 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.