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HORQUETAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · HORQUETAS / HEREDIA · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-HEREDIA-SARAPIQUI-HORQUETAS

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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
HORQUETAS / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-94acb3fea33b02092b147635
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 NACIONAL51.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN12.7%
  • AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑO11.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.6%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO3.8%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO2.3%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.6%
Results for event-f9e18cd00905196dbb326411
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,07251.4%4Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202476112.7%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202469311.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244768%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243355.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242263.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241362.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241262.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241172%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024370.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA21.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE9.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.1%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.1%
Results for event-9459a24bcde0b64c86b66b6d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,62526%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,31821.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202099916%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206219.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204266.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203766%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203205.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202383.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201933.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201312.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO10.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.6%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL1.0%
Results for event-b1932d6267eb2b4f3dcbb012
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,99033.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,41623.8%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201693915.8%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201659810%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164187%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163926.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161412.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016591%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=38.65194848636895, oldest_gap=9.642197211490004, previous_gap=4.9143588922682895

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.53percentage 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=[[51.37982940291018,7.961197524669677,1.9568489713998996,0,0,5.602943636059542,0,0,0,0,0,3.779896303729721,29.319284161230975],[26.012485993276773,6.018889066752041,15.991676004482152,3.0894829518168723,3.8098287177845367,21.098127101008483,0,0,0,2.097006563150312,0,0,21.88250360172883],[33.42852343356291,23.786326222072905,15.77355954980682,10.045355283050563,0.9910969259197043,0,0,0,0,7.02166974634638,0,0,8.953468839240719]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.06percentage 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=[[51.37982940291018,7.961197524669677,1.9568489713998996,0,0,5.602943636059542,0,0,0,0,0,3.779896303729721,29.319284161230975],[26.012485993276773,6.018889066752041,15.991676004482152,3.0894829518168723,3.8098287177845367,21.098127101008483,0,0,0,2.097006563150312,0,0,21.88250360172883],[33.42852343356291,23.786326222072905,15.77355954980682,10.045355283050563,0.9910969259197043,0,0,0,0,7.02166974634638,0,0,8.953468839240719]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.8percentage 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=[[51.37982940291018,7.961197524669677,1.9568489713998996,0,0,5.602943636059542,0,0,0,0,0,3.779896303729721,29.319284161230975],[26.012485993276773,6.018889066752041,15.991676004482152,3.0894829518168723,3.8098287177845367,21.098127101008483,0,0,0,2.097006563150312,0,0,21.88250360172883],[33.42852343356291,23.786326222072905,15.77355954980682,10.045355283050563,0.9910969259197043,0,0,0,0,7.02166974634638,0,0,8.953468839240719]]

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?
EDUARDO STEVEN GONZALEZ ARAYASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSA MARIA MONGE JIMENEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RUTH MERY CASTILLO NUÑEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE RAMON MARENCO VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSIBEL ESQUIVEL FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARCOS EUGENIO ALVAREZ ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ANGELICA MARIA CALVO FLORESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERMAN DANIEL ESQUIVEL BUSTOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NATALI ANDREA JIMENEZ VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GILBER ALBERTO PIZARRO NUÑEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ALVARO RICARDO MONGE CHACONSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NIKSA ALEJANDRA MONTOYA CASTROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
INGRIS REBECA GARCIA ALEMANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUNIOR ANTONIO ARAYA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OSCAR MAURICIO VALLADARES PALMACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
GUILLERMO GONZALEZ BARQUEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MISAEL ARAYA TREJOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EMMA MARJORIE BONILLA VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVELYN OBANDO VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JORGE ISAIAS CHACON RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
EDUARDO ENRIQUE SOLIS BARRANTESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
TATIANA ISABEL BARRANTES VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE FRANCISCO SOSA SOSACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA FERNANDA VILLEGAS ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
OSCAR SOLORZANO FERRETOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YORLENI ROJAS ALFAROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
SHERYL MARITZA MUNGUIA SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS ALBANY LOAIZA CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BRAYAN JESUS BEJARANO HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
AMEDO RODRIGUEZ MOLINACONCEJALES 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. “HORQUETAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SARAPIQUI-HORQUETAS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S1f0dbc3cdb, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S1b8332808e, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S70a2f56f2f.