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SAN JUAN GRANDE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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Costa Rica · SAN JUAN GRANDE / PUNTARENAS · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-PUNTARENAS-ESPARZA-SAN-JUAN-GRANDE
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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
- SAN JUAN GRANDE / PUNTARENAS
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-d3cbcf2f71bcf7fdb1868654
- 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
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA51.5%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.7%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA17.3%
- LIBERAL PROGRESISTA7.6%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS3.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 655 | 51.5% | 3 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 250 | 19.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 220 | 17.3% | 1 | Recorded |
| LIBERAL PROGRESISTA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 97 | 7.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 49 | 3.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL51.5%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO23.8%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.3%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.6%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS3.6%
- RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 636 | 51.5% | 3 | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 294 | 23.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 177 | 14.3% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 57 | 4.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 45 | 3.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 27 | 2.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.7%
- REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO34.6%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.0%
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA5.0%
- MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.9%
- ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.7%
- FRENTE AMPLIO1.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 405 | 34.7% | 3 | Recorded |
| REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 404 | 34.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 198 | 17% | 1 | Recorded |
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 58 | 5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 46 | 3.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 20 | 1.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 15 | 1.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
WithheldUnknown0–100 historical closeness
Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · 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.
Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=31.86467348544453, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=27.669902912621357
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility57.76percentage 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=[[19.66955153422502,51.53422501966955,0,0,0,17.309205350118017,0,0,0,0,7.631785995279308,0,3.855232100708104],[51.45631067961165,14.320388349514563,0,0,2.1844660194174756,4.611650485436893,0,0,0,23.78640776699029,0,0,3.6407766990291264],null]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[19.66955153422502,51.53422501966955,0,0,0,17.309205350118017,0,0,0,0,7.631785995279308,0,3.855232100708104],[51.45631067961165,14.320388349514563,0,0,2.1844660194174756,4.611650485436893,0,0,0,23.78640776699029,0,0,3.6407766990291264],null]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval
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=[[19.66955153422502,51.53422501966955,0,0,0,17.309205350118017,0,0,0,0,7.631785995279308,0,3.855232100708104],[51.45631067961165,14.320388349514563,0,0,2.1844660194174756,4.611650485436893,0,0,0,23.78640776699029,0,0,3.6407766990291264],null]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADERITH PORRAS CASTILLO | SINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| ALVARO ANTONIO BARRANTES ARAYA | SINDICATURAS SUPLENTE | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| ANGELICA MARIA RIVERA BRICEÑO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| RODOLFO FEDERICO CASTILLO ALVAREZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| JOSE FLORENCIO VENEGAS ALVAREZ | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| ELVIA GINETTE VENEGAS MONTERO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS | 2024 | NUEVA REPÚBLICA | principal |
| MELISSA DE LOS ANGELES PALMA CORAO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| ELIAS VILLALOBOS SOSA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| EMMANUEL CANO ARAYA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| JOSE RAMON CAMPOS ZAMORA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | NUEVA REPÚBLICA | substitute |
| ILIANETTE PICADO SANCHEZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| JOSE FLORENCIO VENEGAS ALVAREZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| AURORA CHAVARRIA SABORIO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| OSCAR SALAS ROJAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| YERLIN TATIANA DINARTE VENEGAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | principal |
| GABRIEL ISAAC CASTILLO ALVARADO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| ARELLYS MARIA ARGUEDAS CASTRILLO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| FABRICIO MURILLO ZAMORA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ISAAC VALLEJOS FERNANDEZ | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | substitute |
| JAKELINE DE LOS ANGELES VENEGAS CORTES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| ILIANETTE PICADO SANCHEZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| JOSE FLORENCIO VENEGAS ALVAREZ | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| AURORA CHAVARRIA SABORIO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| OSCAR SALAS ROJAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| YERLIN TATIANA DINARTE VENEGAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | principal |
| GABRIELA VENEGAS VENEGAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| ALEXIS CASTRILLO SOTO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| VICTORIA MONTERO CAMBRONERO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| EGIDIO MIRANDA LARA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO | substitute |
| MAURICIO JESUS MONTERO AZOFEIFA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
6. Polling context
No local poll supplied.
7. Unresolved issues and sources
other · open
Party sum differs from valid total: -22
other · open
Vote reconciliation: {"year": 2016, "jurisdiction_id": "CR-D-PUNTARENAS-ESPARZA-SAN-JUAN-GRANDE", "locator": "Sheet 4.74; district 2", "issue": "Vote reconciliation", "party_delta": -22, "ballot_delta": 22}
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
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/16552/computovotos_febrero2024%5b1%5d.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8292/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202020.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8290/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202016.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_2586-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1907-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1773-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “SAN JUAN GRANDE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-ESPARZA-SAN-JUAN-GRANDE. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sebae58f972, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S57ca1931f2, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sdda285fd65.