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PALMICHAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PALMICHAL / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-7e4d83a930b8843e4d5163d8
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 NACIONAL39.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.3%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO19.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA17.6%
Results for event-8aac54108e0c8b7de2e6400c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202453039.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202431323.3%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426319.6%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202423617.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA62.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.5%
Results for event-a16e1f819f23327234fe41f7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202095062.4%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033622.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202023615.5%1Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA45.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.6%
Results for event-ce87b042e67b1620dcf6ef5d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201661245.2%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640830.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201633324.6%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=16.169895678092402, oldest_gap=15.077605321507761, previous_gap=40.34165571616295

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

62.42percentage 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=[[39.49329359165425,23.32339791356185,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.58569299552906,19.597615499254843,0],[22.07621550591327,15.505913272010513,62.417871222076215,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[30.155210643015522,24.6119733924612,45.23281596452328,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

17.19percentage 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=[[39.49329359165425,23.32339791356185,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.58569299552906,19.597615499254843,0],[22.07621550591327,15.505913272010513,62.417871222076215,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[30.155210643015522,24.6119733924612,45.23281596452328,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.8percentage 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=[[39.49329359165425,23.32339791356185,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.58569299552906,19.597615499254843,0],[22.07621550591327,15.505913272010513,62.417871222076215,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[30.155210643015522,24.6119733924612,45.23281596452328,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
GERMAN MONGE AZOFEIFASINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
STEPHANIE BRIGITTE GONZALEZ HERNANDEZSINDICATURA SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SUSANA VEGA ELIZONDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DANNY WILLIAM CALDERON ALFAROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NORMAN MORA MONGECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KAROLAY GINETTE JIMENEZ LOPEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
MARTINA MONGE PORTILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VERNNY MENDEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DIXON JOSE MORA MONGECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LISBETH LEON ARLEYCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
JUAN ANTONIO AZOFEIFA JIMENEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JACQUELINE AZOFEIFA QUESADASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
NAOMY ALEXIA CAMPOS ORTEGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
VICTOR MANUEL QUESADA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
DINIA MARIA VALVERDE LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA CRISTINA UMAÑA AZOFEIFACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JESUS MORA ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ANA MARINA RETANA SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JUAN JOSE AZOFEIFA SANCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS ANDRES CASTRO UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YERLIN VARGAS CALDERONSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JOSE GUILLERMO AZOFEIFA MEZASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
ARTURO UREÑA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
DUNIA MELISSA HERNANDEZ AZOFEIFACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
OLGER ENRIQUE UREÑA SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO PADILLA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARLOS LUIS MORA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARILU MEZA MONGECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
RANDALL ALBERTO VALVERDE FUENTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OMAR RETANA SEGURACONCEJALES 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. “PALMICHAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-ACOSTA-PALMICHAL. 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.