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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-SAN-ISIDRO-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-f29cc5fe0cdec23c899285d6
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

  • AVANCE ISIDREÑO40.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.5%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA7.2%
Results for event-087d1d520fa25642f8992849
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
AVANCE ISIDREÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202432440%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202425331.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417421.5%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024587.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA45.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS32.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.0%
Results for event-f049ff85a4b78b2d58b5b670
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202032845.1%3Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202023532.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209212.6%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207310%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA42.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA20.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.3%
Results for event-340e217c065c2e2816c307e5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201629842.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201623934.3%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614020.1%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016101.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201691.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

50.270–100 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=8.776266996291714, oldest_gap=8.47701149425287, previous_gap=12.774725274725277

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.81percentage 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=[[21.508034610630407,31.27317676143387,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.21878862793572],[12.637362637362637,45.05494505494506,10.027472527472527,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32.28021978021978],[34.339080459770116,42.81609195402299,20.114942528735632,0,0,0,1.293103448275862,0,0,0,0,0,1.4367816091954022]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.08percentage 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=[[21.508034610630407,31.27317676143387,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.21878862793572],[12.637362637362637,45.05494505494506,10.027472527472527,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32.28021978021978],[34.339080459770116,42.81609195402299,20.114942528735632,0,0,0,1.293103448275862,0,0,0,0,0,1.4367816091954022]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.45percentage 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=[[21.508034610630407,31.27317676143387,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.21878862793572],[12.637362637362637,45.05494505494506,10.027472527472527,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32.28021978021978],[34.339080459770116,42.81609195402299,20.114942528735632,0,0,0,1.293103448275862,0,0,0,0,0,1.4367816091954022]]

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 FRANCISCO GONZALEZ RUBISINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024AVANCE ISIDREÑOprincipal
MINDY PAULETTE FONSECA RUBISINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024AVANCE ISIDREÑOsubstitute
ALVARO ALONSO RODRIGUEZ ESPINOZACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AVANCE ISIDREÑOprincipal
GAUDY ALEJANDRA GONZALEZ HIDALGOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AVANCE ISIDREÑOprincipal
JULIANA MARIA CAMACHO SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RICARDO MAURICIO GUZMAN SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUSTAVO ADOLFO RUBI CORTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AVANCE ISIDREÑOsubstitute
ADRIANA LUCIA DURAN ALVARADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AVANCE ISIDREÑOsubstitute
ROSIBELL ZAMORA CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSUE PEREZ SANDICONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE DAVID MENA ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FATIMA FAINIERY ALVARADO MONTOYASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EMILIA MARIA SOLIS ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OSCAR EDUARDO VILLALOBOS ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
GREGORIO SANCHEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSIBELL ZAMORA CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DERING STIVEN ARCE VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NATALIA HERNANDEZ BRICEÑOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
ZIANY VINDAS RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RANDALL SANCHEZ GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RAQUEL GONZALEZ ARIASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JULIO ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MONICA VANESSA VILLALOBOS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KATHERINE VANESSA HERNANDEZ HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA LORENA VILLEGAS ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIANELA ZUÑIGA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ROBERTO ALONSO PIZARRO VALERIOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RANDALL ALVARADO VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES 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. “SAN FRANCISCO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SAN-ISIDRO-SAN-FRANCISCO. 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.