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SAN FRANCISCO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 FRANCISCO / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-dd2c9ebfb5b56c443f9ec797
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 NACIONAL29.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA29.2%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO9.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.4%
  • SENTIR HEREDIA5.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA4.5%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.9%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL2.7%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO0.8%
Results for event-360dfe74f5f5dac2dde74008
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,27529.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242,25129.2%2Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247059.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245286.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244185.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SENTIR HEREDIAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243895%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243454.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243013.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242222.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242102.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024600.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.3%
  • SENTIR HEREDIA6.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.3%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.3%
Results for event-0a618773c2ae9221866e1662
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,74944.3%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,49417.7%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206958.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206167.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SENTIR HEREDIAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205666.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204305.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203273.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201992.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201932.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201912.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL43.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA26.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.1%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.3%
Results for event-1d3ced1bb96539742dde018d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,52143.2%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,13226.1%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166998.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165046.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164946.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163374.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162112.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161501.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161061.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

50.570–100 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=0.3115264797507784, oldest_gap=17.034584253127303, previous_gap=26.654846335697396

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.89percentage 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=[[29.530114226375908,29.21858774662513,0,6.853582554517134,0,0,0,0,0,2.8816199376947043,4.478193146417445,9.151090342679128,17.88681204569055],[44.314420803782504,17.659574468085108,7.281323877068558,5.08274231678487,2.352245862884161,8.215130023640661,0,2.2576832151300237,0,2.2813238770685578,0,0,10.555555555555555],[43.18126073092961,26.146676477802306,8.572479764532744,6.181015452538631,1.2999754721609027,0,1.839587932303164,0,0,4.132940887907775,0,0,8.646063281824873]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

14.57percentage 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=[[29.530114226375908,29.21858774662513,0,6.853582554517134,0,0,0,0,0,2.8816199376947043,4.478193146417445,9.151090342679128,17.88681204569055],[44.314420803782504,17.659574468085108,7.281323877068558,5.08274231678487,2.352245862884161,8.215130023640661,0,2.2576832151300237,0,2.2813238770685578,0,0,10.555555555555555],[43.18126073092961,26.146676477802306,8.572479764532744,6.181015452538631,1.2999754721609027,0,1.839587932303164,0,0,4.132940887907775,0,0,8.646063281824873]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.73percentage 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=[[29.530114226375908,29.21858774662513,0,6.853582554517134,0,0,0,0,0,2.8816199376947043,4.478193146417445,9.151090342679128,17.88681204569055],[44.314420803782504,17.659574468085108,7.281323877068558,5.08274231678487,2.352245862884161,8.215130023640661,0,2.2576832151300237,0,2.2813238770685578,0,0,10.555555555555555],[43.18126073092961,26.146676477802306,8.572479764532744,6.181015452538631,1.2999754721609027,0,1.839587932303164,0,0,4.132940887907775,0,0,8.646063281824873]]

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?
JESUS ALBERTO VILLALOBOS MORALESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARCIA REBECA ARAYA SALAZARSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
TANNYA DE LOS ANGELES DIAZ SOTOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
STIVEN ANDRES VEGA VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MANRY ALBERTO MORALES DELGADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALEJANDRA JEANNETTE CHAVES SALASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
NURIA FONSECA MOREIRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXIS UGALDE ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KENIA RODRIGUEZ OCAÑACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RAYMOND SOJO MONEYCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALFREDO EDUARDO PRENDAS JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAURA DE LOS ANGELES MIRANDA QUIROSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESUS ALBERTO VILLALOBOS MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIANA RUIZ ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOHNNY ALBERTO BARRANTES QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FREDDY CERVANTES PANIAGUACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA FERNANDA GOMEZ CONEJOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTOR MANUEL CRUZ GUADAMUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARCIA REBECA ARAYA SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ERIK OMAR MORA ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALFREDO EDUARDO PRENDAS JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAURA DE LOS ANGELES MIRANDA QUIROSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA ISABEL CALDERON MORENOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ATILIANO BARRANTES MENDOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARJORIE ISABEL CHAVES MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FROYLAN CHINCHILLA ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA TERESITA HERNANDEZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KENNETH ARMANDO ARGUEDAS NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ERIK OMAR MORA ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SILVIA SOLIS GONZALEZCONCEJALES 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. “SAN FRANCISCO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-HEREDIA-SAN-FRANCISCO. 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.