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SANTA ROSA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SANTA ROSA / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-b34a07c0498d3232117557c0
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 NACIONAL32.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO24.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.8%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE10.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA10.0%
  • UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑA8.8%
Results for event-4f6833ec63af712b69eb0cfe
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202447532.8%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202435624.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420013.8%1Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414610.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202414510%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241288.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO43.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.5%
  • UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑA10.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.7%
Results for event-69f159f4daecc5247224b39b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202071843.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202038423.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030618.5%1Recorded
UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017610.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020452.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020281.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL59.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO20.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.1%
Results for event-11ac1d4771398ae2a739bd70
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,04859.4%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201636220.5%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201622712.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161096.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016191.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

25.710–100 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=8.206896551724139, oldest_gap=38.86685552407932, previous_gap=20.156910078455038

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

19.58percentage 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=[[32.758620689655174,13.793103448275861,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,43.44827586206897],[23.174411587205793,18.467109233554616,2.715751357875679,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55.64272782136391],[59.376770538243626,12.861189801699716,6.175637393767706,0,0,0,1.0764872521246458,0,0,0,0,0,20.509915014164307]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.74percentage 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=[[32.758620689655174,13.793103448275861,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,43.44827586206897],[23.174411587205793,18.467109233554616,2.715751357875679,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55.64272782136391],[59.376770538243626,12.861189801699716,6.175637393767706,0,0,0,1.0764872521246458,0,0,0,0,0,20.509915014164307]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.16percentage 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=[[32.758620689655174,13.793103448275861,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,43.44827586206897],[23.174411587205793,18.467109233554616,2.715751357875679,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55.64272782136391],[59.376770538243626,12.861189801699716,6.175637393767706,0,0,0,1.0764872521246458,0,0,0,0,0,20.509915014164307]]

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?
KARLA MARIA SANCHEZ LEONSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAFAEL ADOLFO ULATE BARQUEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DORIS DANIELA URBINA CHAVESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KENNETH ARCE VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RANDALL FRANCISCO PARRA RUBICONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
JOHNATAN ENRIQUE CORDERO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HEIDY SEGURA GONZALEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS ALBERTO MADRIGAL ALTAMIRANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEONEL EDUARDO ARAYA ARCECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
YAMILETH MARIA CORDERO AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LISANDRO GONZALEZ ARCESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
WENDY SALAS CESPEDESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
REBECA MARIA BOLAÑOS AGUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
RANDALL FRANCISCO PARRA RUBICONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
WARNER BARQUERO ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE DANIEL ARCE BOLAÑOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JAIRO AGUERO MAROTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
LUZMARY RODRIGUEZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
MANRIQUE SALAS CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
REBECA MARIA CALVO ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LISANDRO GONZALEZ ARCESÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MELISSA GONZALEZ GONZALEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WARNER BARQUERO ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TERESITA EUGENIA CORTES MATAMOROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SAMUEL DAVID MYRIE GARITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
RODOLFO BOLAÑOS VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARMEN CECILIA BRENES OCAMPOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAVID BERNAL SANCHEZ LEONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
REBECA OCAMPO ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
LILIANA CAMPOS ARCECONCEJALES 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. “SANTA ROSA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SANTO-DOMINGO-SANTA-ROSA. 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.