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CONCEPCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
CONCEPCIÓN / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a9e3fe8bd77000730a9d164d
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 CRISTIANA41.9%
  • AVANCE ISIDREÑO31.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.6%
Results for event-deb7d59da1797c812da67d28
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441541.9%3Recorded
AVANCE ISIDREÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202431531.8%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420420.6%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024303%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024262.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA55.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS13.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.8%
Results for event-f64739e3fb187ac40fcbe61a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202045555.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202021225.9%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202011213.7%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020394.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA51.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.8%
Results for event-f98a779eb6cf8580764da1f5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201651351.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201638538.4%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016656.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016323.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201680.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

18.760–100 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=10.1010101010101, oldest_gap=12.761714855433695, previous_gap=29.706601466992666

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.78percentage 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=[[20.606060606060606,41.91919191919192,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.6262626262626263,0,34.848484848484844],[25.91687041564792,55.62347188264059,4.767726161369193,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.691931540342297],[38.384845463609174,51.14656031904287,6.4805583250249255,3.1904287138584246,0,0,0,0,0,0.7976071784646062,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

18.17percentage 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=[[20.606060606060606,41.91919191919192,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.6262626262626263,0,34.848484848484844],[25.91687041564792,55.62347188264059,4.767726161369193,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.691931540342297],[38.384845463609174,51.14656031904287,6.4805583250249255,3.1904287138584246,0,0,0,0,0,0.7976071784646062,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

20.98percentage 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=[[20.606060606060606,41.91919191919192,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.6262626262626263,0,34.848484848484844],[25.91687041564792,55.62347188264059,4.767726161369193,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13.691931540342297],[38.384845463609174,51.14656031904287,6.4805583250249255,3.1904287138584246,0,0,0,0,0,0.7976071784646062,0,0,0]]

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?
MINOR BOLIVAR OROZCO VALERIOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KAROL GABRIELA MORA ARIASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA DEL CARMEN BRENES VENEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALEXANDER MADRIGAL FONSECACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL BRENES FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AVANCE ISIDREÑOprincipal
DILANA DE LOS ANGELES FONSECA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HELLEN DE LOS ANGELES LEON CORTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO ARCE LEONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ULISES VILLALOBOS GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AVANCE ISIDREÑOsubstitute
DIANA CAROLINA JAEN ARGUELLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCISCO JAVIER MADRIGAL MADRIGALSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HELLEN DE LOS ANGELES LEON CORTESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
IBELL MARCELA MADRIGAL VALERIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALEXANDER MADRIGAL FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROBERTO CASTILLO VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDDY ENRIQUE CASTRO CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
LUIS DIEGO ARCE LEONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARCENETT FONSECA MADRIGALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CLARIBEL VENEGAS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GRACE MARIA OROZCO CESPEDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
FRANCISCO JAVIER MADRIGAL MADRIGALSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MILENA VILLALOBOS MADRIGALSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALEXANDER MADRIGAL FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
IBELL MARCELA MADRIGAL VALERIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CLARIBEL VENEGAS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS GUILLERMO MASIS MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARCENETT FONSECA MADRIGALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FRANCISCO RAMIREZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GERARDO ALBERTO RAMIREZ BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FANNY VANESSA MADRIGAL ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “CONCEPCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SAN-ISIDRO-CONCEPCION. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sfac578c5a0, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S0ed3a8fae2, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S9b11517c87.