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TURES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
TURES / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-fed97d83320e30c7fd5ac0f7
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 NACIONAL24.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.1%
  • UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑA16.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO16.1%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS10.8%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA7.0%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE4.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.5%
Results for event-d5f356422548f54aa19c4d81
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202424524.2%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202418318.1%1Recorded
UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416516.3%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416316.1%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410910.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024717%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024404%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024353.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO32.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.9%
  • UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑA10.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.6%
Results for event-e811ac1afb6e02707adb47a3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202031532.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202026927.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202016616.9%1Recorded
UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202010310.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020848.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020454.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA41.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGO14.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO4.2%
Results for event-f37d714bbc8ab981765c6542
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201642441.9%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201625525.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614914.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614214%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016424.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

66.230–100 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=6.13254203758655, oldest_gap=16.699604743083007, previous_gap=4.684317718940939

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

11.71percentage 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=[[24.23343224530168,18.100890207715132,0,0,0,3.4619188921859547,0,0,0,0,7.022749752720079,0,47.18100890207715],[27.39307535641548,16.90427698574338,8.55397148676171,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.14867617107944],[25.197628458498023,14.031620553359684,41.89723320158103,0,0,0,4.150197628458498,0,0,0,0,0,14.723320158102768]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.49percentage 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=[[24.23343224530168,18.100890207715132,0,0,0,3.4619188921859547,0,0,0,0,7.022749752720079,0,47.18100890207715],[27.39307535641548,16.90427698574338,8.55397148676171,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.14867617107944],[25.197628458498023,14.031620553359684,41.89723320158103,0,0,0,4.150197628458498,0,0,0,0,0,14.723320158102768]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.6percentage 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=[[24.23343224530168,18.100890207715132,0,0,0,3.4619188921859547,0,0,0,0,7.022749752720079,0,47.18100890207715],[27.39307535641548,16.90427698574338,8.55397148676171,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.14867617107944],[25.197628458498023,14.031620553359684,41.89723320158103,0,0,0,4.150197628458498,0,0,0,0,0,14.723320158102768]]

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?
MARCOS VINICIO SOLIS RETANASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VIVIAN RAQUEL BARQUERO BRENESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELVIN ISRRAEL MARTINEZ ILIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GEOVANNI GERARDO CHACON VALERIOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALONSO JOSUE VILLALOBOS CRUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑAprincipal
JULIANE HIRSCH KEIBELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
JORGE CALDERON MORALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DORLLAN CAMPOS ZAMORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WILLHEM LEIVA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIÓN DOMINGUEÑAsubstitute
JACQUELINE VICTORIA CHACON SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
SIGRID JEANNETTE CRUZ MORALESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
ESTEBAN ALONSO SOLIS MORASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
RIGOBERTO SOLANO SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
ANA MARCELA FERNANDEZ CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
OMAR FRANCISCO ARTAVIA PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA BERTOZZI HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JORGE EDUARDO BOLAÑOS ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOsubstitute
GERARDO RAMON VINDAS CABEZASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE FRANCISCO CHACON LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARICELA VALERIO ZAMORASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
OSCAR MARLON LEON FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
PATRICIA MARIA MASIS MEJIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
CARLOS MARTIN CAMPOS ESTRADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
OMAR FRANCISCO ARTAVIA PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SILVIA DORA RODRIGUEZ CERVANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016MOVIMIENTO AVANCE SANTO DOMINGOprincipal
MARISOL ARGUELLO VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
STANLEY ROBERTO ROJAS BENAVIDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR DOMINGO FERNANDEZ CAMPOSCONCEJALES 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. “TURES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SANTO-DOMINGO-TURES. 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.