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SAN PABLO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 PABLO / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-24a2931da4b3f56e28c2bd6d
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 CRISTIANA60.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.4%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA10.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.3%
Results for event-4513a6c9f41a3a5d50f65282
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,27060.2%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,21922.4%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202454910.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243977.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA43.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA12.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS2.6%
Results for event-1da49caca8f72f73d7089acf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,59743.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,50625.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202096316.1%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202077212.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201582.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA43.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL8.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.3%
Results for event-f7acbe115512fd5eef4ab2cf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,53943.5%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,64828.2%2Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164928.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164277.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163636.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162884.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016781.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=37.73689052437903, oldest_gap=15.26992287917738, previous_gap=18.195463642428287

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.62percentage 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=[[22.428702851885923,60.16559337626495,0,7.304507819687212,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.101195952161914],[25.116744496330888,43.312208138759175,16.060707138092063,0,0,12.875250166777851,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.6350900600400267],[28.243359040274207,43.513281919451586,7.317909168808912,6.221079691516709,8.431876606683804,0,1.3367609254498716,0,0,0,0,0,4.93573264781491]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

21.62percentage 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=[[22.428702851885923,60.16559337626495,0,7.304507819687212,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.101195952161914],[25.116744496330888,43.312208138759175,16.060707138092063,0,0,12.875250166777851,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.6350900600400267],[28.243359040274207,43.513281919451586,7.317909168808912,6.221079691516709,8.431876606683804,0,1.3367609254498716,0,0,0,0,0,4.93573264781491]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.62percentage 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=[[22.428702851885923,60.16559337626495,0,7.304507819687212,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10.101195952161914],[25.116744496330888,43.312208138759175,16.060707138092063,0,0,12.875250166777851,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.6350900600400267],[28.243359040274207,43.513281919451586,7.317909168808912,6.221079691516709,8.431876606683804,0,1.3367609254498716,0,0,0,0,0,4.93573264781491]]

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?
SONIA VILLALOBOS GUTIERREZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KENETH ALONSO RAMIREZ GUTIERREZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KAREN CRISTINA BADILLA CHAVESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OLMAN GERARDO AGUILAR CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIANGEL PORRAS BENAVIDESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CHRISTIAN ROBERTO JIMENEZ SEQUEIRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATTIA ROXANA JIMENEZ ZAMORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALLAN GERARDO CHAVES MARINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CYNTHIA MARIN SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SEBASTIAN NAVARRO ARRIETACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RODOLFO JOSE ACOSTA CHACONSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HAZEL ELENA AGUIRRE ALVAREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ERIC ANTONIO UGALDE SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YANNEL AILIN JIMENEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA FERNANDA ORTEGA MASISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DEL MILAGRO EDUARTE VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARIA EUGENIA GUTIERREZ CAMBRONEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS GUILLERMO BENAVIDES CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SILVIA ELENA PORRAS GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FERNAN SAENZ SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
YOHAN MANUEL GRANDA MONGESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ERICKA ROXANA ESQUIVEL ZAMORASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
PAULA FRANCHESKI MADDENCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOAQUIN BERNARDO LARIOS BRENESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YENSY RAQUEL VILLALOBOS CORDOBACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VICTOR HUGO CORDERO CENTENOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OLGER RAFAEL ZUÑIGA ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FLOR DE MARIA CABALCETA RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARJORIE RODRIGUEZ NUÑEZCONCEJALES 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. “SAN PABLO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SAN-PABLO-SAN-PABLO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S672fece4cb, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S25265143ff, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S5700bde41f.