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PARACITO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PARACITO / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-00f7617278d18922002ccd9d
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO13.5%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO11.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA4.6%
Results for event-c7473f1d54e8a2dc72f331d9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417632.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416931.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247313.5%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246311.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024366.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024254.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL29.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO26.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL10.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.9%
Results for event-a6889f9166792d8b43941976
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202022731.1%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202021529.4%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019526.7%2Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20208010.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020141.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL48.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA33.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO10.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.1%
Results for event-a2f1af4eeebe25049919d40a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201631848.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621633.2%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167110.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016396%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

85.830–100 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=1.2915129151291502, oldest_gap=15.668202764976954, previous_gap=1.6415868673050618

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.07percentage 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=[[32.47232472324723,31.180811808118083,0,0,0,6.642066420664206,0,0,0,0,4.612546125461255,11.623616236162361,13.468634686346864],[29.41176470588235,31.053351573187413,0,0,10.943912448700411,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.590971272229822],[48.8479262672811,33.17972350230415,5.990783410138249,0,0,0,1.075268817204301,0,0,0,0,0,10.906298003072196]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.63percentage 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=[[32.47232472324723,31.180811808118083,0,0,0,6.642066420664206,0,0,0,0,4.612546125461255,11.623616236162361,13.468634686346864],[29.41176470588235,31.053351573187413,0,0,10.943912448700411,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.590971272229822],[48.8479262672811,33.17972350230415,5.990783410138249,0,0,0,1.075268817204301,0,0,0,0,0,10.906298003072196]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.35percentage 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=[[32.47232472324723,31.180811808118083,0,0,0,6.642066420664206,0,0,0,0,4.612546125461255,11.623616236162361,13.468634686346864],[29.41176470588235,31.053351573187413,0,0,10.943912448700411,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.590971272229822],[48.8479262672811,33.17972350230415,5.990783410138249,0,0,0,1.075268817204301,0,0,0,0,0,10.906298003072196]]

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?
DINNIA MARIA BRENES ANGULOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CRISTIAN EDUARDO MADRIGAL ESQUIVELSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SONIA MARIA HERNANDEZ MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TOBIAS RAMIREZ ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RUTH CARBALLO ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
PRISCILLA MARIA SOTO ACUÑACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
SONIA GONZALEZ CAMPOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GUSTAVO ADOLFO RODRIGUEZ MOYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JIRIANY MICHELLE RUIZ MATARRITACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARITZA ISABEL SANCHEZ MADRIGALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
ANDRES ALVARADO RODRIGUEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YESENIA LUCIA TORRES MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ARACELLY MARIA MARIN GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELIAS JOSUE PIEDRA ARTAVIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NICOLAS DOCQUIER UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
LAURA FERNANDEZ ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
SILVIA GIOVANNA MORA ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALLAN ALBERTO SOLANO ULLOACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SONIA MARIA HERNANDEZ MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
ALFONSO GERARDO MARIN SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
CRISTIAN EDUARDO MADRIGAL ESQUIVELSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ARACELLY MARIA MARIN GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GUSTAVO ADOLFO MARIN ALVAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DINNIA MARIA BRENES ANGULOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA ROSA AVILA MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
BRYAN MAURICIO ARAGON SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DEL ROCIO AGUILAR ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALAN ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FERNANDO ROJAS ARTAVIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YAZMIN MARIA MONTERO SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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. “PARACITO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SANTO-DOMINGO-PARACITO. 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.