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LA VIRGEN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
LA VIRGEN / HEREDIA
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-e36ae84542c402455c40e4ed
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 NACIONAL52.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN12.4%
  • AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑO8.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.4%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO3.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.1%
  • PUEBLO SOBERANO1.3%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.5%
Results for event-e0e18627df1bf1cea85a96b7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,37652.6%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202440815.6%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202432412.4%1Recorded
AUTÉNTICO SARAPIQUEÑOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242348.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024903.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024833.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024552.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PUEBLO SOBERANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024331.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024140.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA17.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS10.3%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE8.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.7%
Results for event-fc3d4e8543ac900d7e59ed0f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,03744.5%4Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202039717%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202024210.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202024110.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201878%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201616.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020642.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL47.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA26.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.1%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.5%
Results for event-695918ea1f82e3d898c7d0a3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,04047.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201657726.6%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201623010.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161265.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016904.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016421.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016361.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016321.5%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=36.988918609094384, oldest_gap=21.306948918545785, previous_gap=27.479604980678406

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.08percentage 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=[[52.57928926251433,15.590370653419946,0,0,0,2.1016431027894535,0,0,0,0,0,3.1715705005731754,26.557126480703094],[44.52554744525548,0,0,2.7479604980678403,0,17.04594246457707,0,0,0,10.390725633319022,0,0,25.28982395878059],[47.86010124252186,26.55315232397607,10.584445467096181,4.1417395306028535,0,0,1.6566958122411413,0,0,5.7984353428439945,0,0,3.4054302807179013]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.52percentage 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=[[52.57928926251433,15.590370653419946,0,0,0,2.1016431027894535,0,0,0,0,0,3.1715705005731754,26.557126480703094],[44.52554744525548,0,0,2.7479604980678403,0,17.04594246457707,0,0,0,10.390725633319022,0,0,25.28982395878059],[47.86010124252186,26.55315232397607,10.584445467096181,4.1417395306028535,0,0,1.6566958122411413,0,0,5.7984353428439945,0,0,3.4054302807179013]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.8percentage 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=[[52.57928926251433,15.590370653419946,0,0,0,2.1016431027894535,0,0,0,0,0,3.1715705005731754,26.557126480703094],[44.52554744525548,0,0,2.7479604980678403,0,17.04594246457707,0,0,0,10.390725633319022,0,0,25.28982395878059],[47.86010124252186,26.55315232397607,10.584445467096181,4.1417395306028535,0,0,1.6566958122411413,0,0,5.7984353428439945,0,0,3.4054302807179013]]

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?
IVANNIA LARA NUÑEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRANKLIN SOSA ROJASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO ANTONIO CASTILLO GOMEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAUREN DANIELA ALFARO BARQUEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDGAR VIQUEZ CORELLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LAURA TATIANA GARMENDEZ MIRANDACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ISIDRO QUESADA ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LIZZETH DAYANNE MENDOZA PARRACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ALEXANDRA CRUZ ARIASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SHIRLEY GARCIA CESPEDESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
RANDY ALFARO HERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROXINIA MARIA BRENES ROMANSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANKLIN SOSA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ZARAY MOLINA HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERIC DUARTE SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RANDALL ENRIQUE ARIAS HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
GLORIANA MUÑOZ VALERINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RONALD ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARLENE DUARTE SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEXANDRA MARIA SALAS GUERREROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
IVANNIA LARA NUÑEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROY ALBERTO EDUARTE RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SONIA MARIA HERNANDEZ GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ORLANDO GOMEZ VIQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ANTONIO RAMIREZ RAMIREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LENIS PEREIRA CASCANTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MERCEDES SOTO UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN BOGANTES ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE EMILIO LOPEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELIZABETH MIRANDA CASTROCONCEJALES 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. “LA VIRGEN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-HEREDIA-SARAPIQUI-LA-VIRGEN. 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.