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PARÁ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · PARÁ / HEREDIA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-HEREDIA-SANTO-DOMINGO-PARA

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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
PARÁ / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-bf9283dc33a1450ac943e968
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

  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO47.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA7.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.1%
  • UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑA5.9%
Results for event-6ef9302b7d87be885e08767d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202440747.7%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416018.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412314.4%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024627.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024526.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024505.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO39.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA22.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.6%
Results for event-aecb06bcab6279f0253ee601
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202034339.5%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019422.3%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202016819.3%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012414.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020404.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA30.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO19.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO8.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.8%
Results for event-ce99e94b3e991a280e4332a7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201625230.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616820.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615819%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615819%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016738.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016232.8%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=28.922716627634664, oldest_gap=10.096153846153847, previous_gap=17.14614499424626

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.92percentage 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=[[18.73536299765808,14.402810304449648,0,0,0,6.0889929742388755,0,0,0,0,7.259953161592506,0,53.51288056206089],[19.332566168009205,14.2692750287687,22.32451093210587,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44.07364787111623],[18.990384615384617,20.192307692307693,30.28846153846154,0,0,0,8.774038461538462,0,0,0,0,0,21.754807692307693]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.66percentage 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=[[18.73536299765808,14.402810304449648,0,0,0,6.0889929742388755,0,0,0,0,7.259953161592506,0,53.51288056206089],[19.332566168009205,14.2692750287687,22.32451093210587,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44.07364787111623],[18.990384615384617,20.192307692307693,30.28846153846154,0,0,0,8.774038461538462,0,0,0,0,0,21.754807692307693]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.79percentage 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=[[18.73536299765808,14.402810304449648,0,0,0,6.0889929742388755,0,0,0,0,7.259953161592506,0,53.51288056206089],[19.332566168009205,14.2692750287687,22.32451093210587,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44.07364787111623],[18.990384615384617,20.192307692307693,30.28846153846154,0,0,0,8.774038461538462,0,0,0,0,0,21.754807692307693]]

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?
EDNA JULIA RODRIGUEZ ALVARADOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
FRANKLIN GERARDO ARGUELLO PRENDASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
MANUEL ANTONIO MENDEZ AZOFEIFACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
KAROL MURILLO SANDICONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
RONEL ARAYA QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOAN ANDREA RAMIREZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LUIS ESTEBAN SOLANO LEONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
AILEEN JIMENEZ CALVOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
RONNY VALERIO ZAMORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANGIE MELISSA GONZALEZ PICADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GERARDO JESUS ORTEGA FONSECASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
RITA ELENA SANCHEZ ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
RICARDO JESUS AZOFEIFA ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
MANUEL ANTONIO MENDEZ AZOFEIFACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
HAZEL BARQUERO HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROLANDO CHACON SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
ROSA ISABEL AZOFEIFA ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
YENNI MARIA GARCIA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARVIN EDUARDO CHAVES CORTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO JESUS ORTEGA FONSECASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MARIA AURORA ZAMORA GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ROBERTO RAMIREZ CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
FRANCISCA TERESITA ZAMORA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
REBECA EUGENIA HERNANDEZ BERMUDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GRETTEL DURAN GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
MANUEL ANTONIO MENDEZ AZOFEIFACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MICHAEL ARTURO ROJAS AZOFEIFACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ABRAHAM VALENTIN ARGUELLO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute

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. “PARÁ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SANTO-DOMINGO-PARA. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sfded7b8dda, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S4de1f90aaf, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S7911d2c9dc.