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HEREDIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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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
HEREDIA / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a20f7e121fc493bf037f7b58
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 CRISTIANA25.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.1%
  • SENTIR HEREDIA9.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA8.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO4.2%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL3.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.3%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.7%
Results for event-8886a41d7bfa46c7f11c69a5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,08225.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,01224.1%2Recorded
SENTIR HEREDIAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243779%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243758.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243738.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242957%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242526%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241784.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241373.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024972.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024280.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL36.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.4%
  • SENTIR HEREDIA16.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.1%
Results for event-3bb9aae279c0f52da35d7b80
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,84036.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202096919.4%1Recorded
SENTIR HEREDIAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202080116%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202050010%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202855.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201994%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201583.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020951.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020881.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020571.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL43.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA22.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.9%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.1%
Results for event-7761e7f91336b9ddf4f683ea
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,11143.8%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,06522.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201656911.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164459.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163407.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161893.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161012.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

57.980–100 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=1.6642891107941011, oldest_gap=21.701244813278006, previous_gap=17.447916666666664

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.4percentage 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=[[24.060865430337614,25.725154541131715,0,8.86828340466001,0,2.306229196386115,0,0,0,5.991440798858773,8.91583452211127,0,24.132192106514502],[36.85897435897436,19.411057692307693,10.01602564102564,5.709134615384615,1.7628205128205128,3.9863782051282053,0,1.1418269230769231,0,1.9030448717948718,0,0,19.21073717948718],[43.79668049792531,22.095435684647303,11.804979253112034,9.232365145228215,0,0,0,0,0,3.921161825726141,0,0,9.149377593360995]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

16.95percentage 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=[[24.060865430337614,25.725154541131715,0,8.86828340466001,0,2.306229196386115,0,0,0,5.991440798858773,8.91583452211127,0,24.132192106514502],[36.85897435897436,19.411057692307693,10.01602564102564,5.709134615384615,1.7628205128205128,3.9863782051282053,0,1.1418269230769231,0,1.9030448717948718,0,0,19.21073717948718],[43.79668049792531,22.095435684647303,11.804979253112034,9.232365145228215,0,0,0,0,0,3.921161825726141,0,0,9.149377593360995]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.18percentage 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=[[24.060865430337614,25.725154541131715,0,8.86828340466001,0,2.306229196386115,0,0,0,5.991440798858773,8.91583452211127,0,24.132192106514502],[36.85897435897436,19.411057692307693,10.01602564102564,5.709134615384615,1.7628205128205128,3.9863782051282053,0,1.1418269230769231,0,1.9030448717948718,0,0,19.21073717948718],[43.79668049792531,22.095435684647303,11.804979253112034,9.232365145228215,0,0,0,0,0,3.921161825726141,0,0,9.149377593360995]]

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?
ROXANA LOBO CORDEROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GABRIEL UGALDE ZAMORASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ADOLFO JOSE ABELLAN CHAVESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KATIA ESPINOZA PANIAGUACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HAROLD MIGUEL CASTRILLO LIZANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FABIOLA VERONICA MORALES SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DANIEL MARCELO HERNANDEZ LEITONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KAREEN ANDREA BARQUERO ARGUEDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GUSTAVO ADOLFO BARRANTES ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA VIELKA VARGAS SAN LEECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MANUEL ANTONIO MONTERO GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KIMBERLY MARIA SANCHEZ CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIO ANDRES VEGA BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIANELLA HERNANDEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GILBERTO MOREIRA ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WILLIAM ROBERTO NUÑEZ ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020SENTIR HEREDIAprincipal
JULIO RODRIGUEZ MADRIGALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KATIA MARIA ZAMORA MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PATRICIA LORENA SANCHEZ SABORIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIELA VIQUEZ BALMACEDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020SENTIR HEREDIAsubstitute
ANTONIO MARTIN GOMEZ RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VIVIAM PAMELA MARTINEZ HIDALGOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MANUEL ANTONIO MONTERO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ETELGIVE SIBAJA ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OSCAR EDUARDO ROSABAL ROSSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIZABETH ARAYA ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAURICIO CALDERON MORENOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HAZIADEE ALVARADO DOMINGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SERGIO PABLO SANCHEZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR MARIO CAMPOS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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. “HEREDIA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-HEREDIA-HEREDIA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sfb419ca2b7, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sc03f18b1f4, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S54bdbf463c.