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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-RAFAEL-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-9b1bcbd567d1150687a32c93
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

  • BIENESTAR RAFAELEÑO29.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA5.9%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO4.6%
Results for event-f3b7e2a3a38963b4443e2a45
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
BIENESTAR RAFAELEÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202440729.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202437727.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202433124.4%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241017.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024805.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024634.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO16.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.4%
Results for event-2ed53439175e8f3b2e7bff0c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202052744.8%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202024320.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019416.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020958.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020776.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020403.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL40.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO15.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO7.6%
Results for event-2ccca9766fa1dc7aa66c9f32
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201639740.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201619920.2%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615816%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615615.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016757.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

47.10–100 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=2.2075055187637957, oldest_gap=20.101522842639593, previous_gap=24.14965986394558

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.76percentage 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=[[27.740986019131714,24.356144223693892,0,7.431935246504783,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.886681383370125,0,34.58425312729948],[44.81292517006803,20.663265306122447,6.5476190476190474,16.496598639455783,0,8.078231292517007,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.401360544217687],[40.30456852791878,20.20304568527919,16.04060913705584,15.83756345177665,0,0,7.614213197969543,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

17.11percentage 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=[[27.740986019131714,24.356144223693892,0,7.431935246504783,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.886681383370125,0,34.58425312729948],[44.81292517006803,20.663265306122447,6.5476190476190474,16.496598639455783,0,8.078231292517007,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.401360544217687],[40.30456852791878,20.20304568527919,16.04060913705584,15.83756345177665,0,0,7.614213197969543,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.93percentage 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=[[27.740986019131714,24.356144223693892,0,7.431935246504783,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.886681383370125,0,34.58425312729948],[44.81292517006803,20.663265306122447,6.5476190476190474,16.496598639455783,0,8.078231292517007,0,0,0,0,0,0,3.401360544217687],[40.30456852791878,20.20304568527919,16.04060913705584,15.83756345177665,0,0,7.614213197969543,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
MARIA AIDALY VALERIO CHAVESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024BIENESTAR RAFAELEÑOprincipal
DAVID GERARDO ARMAS BADILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024BIENESTAR RAFAELEÑOprincipal
ANA CECILIA SANCHEZ VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024BIENESTAR RAFAELEÑOprincipal
ANA PATRICIA RAMIREZ VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARYE CARLINA CAMPOS ORTIZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JESUS GERARDO DEL CARMEN SANCHEZ CHAVERRICONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024BIENESTAR RAFAELEÑOsubstitute
MICHELLE VANESSA BRENES MOREIRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024BIENESTAR RAFAELEÑOsubstitute
PILAR STELLA SANCHEZ CAMACHOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSELYN PATRICIA RIVERA MARINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANDREY JESUS RODRIGUEZ ARCESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALBA LUZ GUERRERO VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA PATRICIA RAMIREZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE EMANUEL CAMACHO RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LORENA SANCHEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MINOR ROBLES VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE MARIA RAMIREZ GUERREROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PILAR STELLA SANCHEZ CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NOEL ALBERTO PADILLA GAMBOACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
STEPHANIE REBECA GARCIA ESQUIVELCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GUSTAVO AGUILAR MARINSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOHANNA CANALES GOMEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN DANIEL RAMIREZ SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALBA LUZ GUERRERO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAYNOR ESPINOZA CHAVERRICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HUBERT HERNANDEZ ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LADY MAYELA ARGUEDAS ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SILVER CANALES GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YORLENY MARIA CANALES GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANA CECILIA SANCHEZ VARGASCONCEJALES 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. “CONCEPCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SAN-RAFAEL-CONCEPCION. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S202e3bbb63, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S2f97ba6170, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sfefc16a912.