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LOS ÁNGELES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · LOS ÁNGELES / HEREDIA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-HEREDIA-SAN-RAFAEL-LOS-ANGELES

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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
LOS ÁNGELES / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-cbd259bfee4ce3d54db8cfb0
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 CRISTIANA27.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.6%
  • BIENESTAR RAFAELEÑO26.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA5.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.2%
Results for event-a4da960bc83a2e44f5b2bf71
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202489027.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202485326.6%1Recorded
BIENESTAR RAFAELEÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202484326.3%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241966.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241815.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241695.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024702.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL40.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA29.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA7.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.9%
Results for event-7ae8708d7369325f35b9052a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,20740.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202088229.8%2Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202909.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202337.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202036.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201153.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020260.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA18.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO10.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO5.2%
Results for event-73a2e0673d7b24010e5a540a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,04537.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201658921.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201650718.2%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201628810.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162177.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161445.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

71.870–100 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=1.1555277951280445, oldest_gap=16.34408602150538, previous_gap=10.994587280108256

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.37percentage 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=[[26.63960024984385,27.795128044971893,0,6.121174266083698,0,2.1861336664584634,0,0,0,0,5.277951280449719,0,31.98001249219238],[40.83220568335589,29.83761840324763,6.867388362652233,9.810554803788904,0,7.882273342354533,0,0,0,0.8795669824086604,0,0,3.8903924221921518],[37.45519713261649,21.11111111111111,18.172043010752688,10.32258064516129,0,0,5.161290322580645,0,0,7.777777777777778,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.88percentage 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=[[26.63960024984385,27.795128044971893,0,6.121174266083698,0,2.1861336664584634,0,0,0,0,5.277951280449719,0,31.98001249219238],[40.83220568335589,29.83761840324763,6.867388362652233,9.810554803788904,0,7.882273342354533,0,0,0,0.8795669824086604,0,0,3.8903924221921518],[37.45519713261649,21.11111111111111,18.172043010752688,10.32258064516129,0,0,5.161290322580645,0,0,7.777777777777778,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.62percentage 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=[[26.63960024984385,27.795128044971893,0,6.121174266083698,0,2.1861336664584634,0,0,0,0,5.277951280449719,0,31.98001249219238],[40.83220568335589,29.83761840324763,6.867388362652233,9.810554803788904,0,7.882273342354533,0,0,0,0.8795669824086604,0,0,3.8903924221921518],[37.45519713261649,21.11111111111111,18.172043010752688,10.32258064516129,0,0,5.161290322580645,0,0,7.777777777777778,0,0,0]]

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?
RAFAEL GERARDO UREÑA GONZALEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
REBECA GONZALEZ MONTEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANGIE VANESSA CHAVARRIA SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MINOR CHACON PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARVIN FRANCISCO ZUÑIGA VALERIOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GINNETH ROJAS SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024BIENESTAR RAFAELEÑOprincipal
KARINA MARIA CHACON RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS ANGEL HERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALEXIS GUERRERO VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRA VANESSA MURILLO FONSECACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024BIENESTAR RAFAELEÑOsubstitute
JUAN JOSE ALFARO SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ZULEMA RAMIREZ CHAVARRIASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARGUERITE LEE BURKE QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ANTONIO MEZA MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MILENIA PAEZ SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KENNETH ARAYA GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALEXIS GUERRERO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YULIANA ALFARO ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KARINA MARIA CHACON RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS ANGEL HERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARMEN MARIA CHACON CHACONSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN JOSE ALFARO SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
IGNACIO ANGEL RODRIGUEZ BRAVOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GABRIELA CHAVARRIA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MILENIA PAEZ SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA GABRIELA SANCHEZ LEONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JUANA LIZBETH ACUÑA RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN SALAZAR MASISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CHRISTIAN GERARDO FAJARDO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FRANCISCO AVENDAÑO SALASCONCEJALES 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. “LOS ÁNGELES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SAN-RAFAEL-LOS-ANGELES. 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.