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CANGREJAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CANGREJAL / SAN JOSÉ · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-SAN-JOSE-ACOSTA-CANGREJAL

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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
CANGREJAL / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-11e8152bd71c4343fff255be
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 CRISTIANA41.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL25.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA24.8%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO7.9%
Results for event-67d16b63c288b81a4e3a5ab6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202427541.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416625.3%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416324.8%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024527.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA78.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL15.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.3%
Results for event-1eba81cc4f25e87611271258
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202063478.9%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202012715.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020435.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA45.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA37.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.4%
Results for event-989f147f4b1909206d9e2dca
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201621545%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618037.7%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20168317.4%1Recorded

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=16.615853658536587, oldest_gap=7.322175732217573, previous_gap=63.059701492537314

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

78.86percentage 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=[[25.304878048780488,41.920731707317074,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24.847560975609756,7.926829268292683,0],[15.796019900497512,5.348258706467662,78.85572139303483,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[17.364016736401673,37.65690376569037,44.97907949790795,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.88percentage 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=[[25.304878048780488,41.920731707317074,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24.847560975609756,7.926829268292683,0],[15.796019900497512,5.348258706467662,78.85572139303483,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[17.364016736401673,37.65690376569037,44.97907949790795,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

56.37percentage 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=[[25.304878048780488,41.920731707317074,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24.847560975609756,7.926829268292683,0],[15.796019900497512,5.348258706467662,78.85572139303483,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[17.364016736401673,37.65690376569037,44.97907949790795,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
ALBERTO MORA CRUZSINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HILDA MARIA PRADO ESCOBARSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RUTHBERLY JIMENEZ GARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SERGIO ANTONIO FALLAS DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JORGE ARTURO ELIZONDO CHINCHILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA DEL CARMEN ASTUA MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
KAREN ADRIANA ELIZONDO CHINCHILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
WALTER ELIZONDO CHINCHILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS MONGE UREÑACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YENDRI VINDAS FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL DIAZ GAMBOASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
CLAUDIO AGUERO FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
CARMEN OLIVA PRADO SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JAVIER FRANCISCO FALLAS DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ALBERTO MORA CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA CECILIA FERNANDEZ GARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
GUSTAVO ADOLFO SOLANO PRADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MAGDA VANESSA JARA MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
VIVIANA ROJAS PRADOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
OSCAR CRUZ FALLASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JOHN ALBERTO SANCHEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
XINIA ARIAS HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
RONALD ELIZONDO SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LAURA MELISSA FERNANDEZ GARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAFAEL MARTIN MURCIA ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA GABRIELA ROJAS FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
SERGIO ANTONIO FALLAS DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUZ MARY CARRILLO DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “CANGREJAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-ACOSTA-CANGREJAL. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sd491a6b343, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S475c5184f8, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sc6498447b1.