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SAN IGNACIO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 IGNACIO / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-877f519f1016126aaafb9bd4
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 NACIONAL43.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA32.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA15.2%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO8.2%
Results for event-7e7802107e482a226b5abada
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,37943.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,03032.7%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202447915.2%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242598.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA66.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL24.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.0%
Results for event-29cbead228e628c30e044476
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,49566.6%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202089824%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201433.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201373.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020742%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA42.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA27.7%
Results for event-8d5a780679d8af8e73799a76
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,30142%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201693630.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201685927.7%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=11.089926914521762, oldest_gap=11.789405684754524, previous_gap=42.6207632772885

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

72.38percentage 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=[[43.819510645058784,32.72958373053702,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.220845249443915,8.23006037496028,0],[23.965839338137176,3.6562583400053374,66.58660261542568,3.8163864424873233,1.9749132639444889,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[30.232558139534884,27.74547803617571,42.02196382428941,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.36percentage 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=[[43.819510645058784,32.72958373053702,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.220845249443915,8.23006037496028,0],[23.965839338137176,3.6562583400053374,66.58660261542568,3.8163864424873233,1.9749132639444889,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[30.232558139534884,27.74547803617571,42.02196382428941,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.37percentage 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=[[43.819510645058784,32.72958373053702,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15.220845249443915,8.23006037496028,0],[23.965839338137176,3.6562583400053374,66.58660261542568,3.8163864424873233,1.9749132639444889,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[30.232558139534884,27.74547803617571,42.02196382428941,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
HECTOR ANTONIO MORA ARAYASINDICATURA PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIDIETTE MORA MARINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS EDUARDO PADILLA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERALDINE MONTOYA ELIZONDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN CARLOS GARCIA CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
SILVIA ELENA FERNANDEZ GUTIERREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BRYAN VINICIO SANCHEZ ARAYACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CINTHYA NOELIA BADILLA ESQUIVELCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA CLARETH CASTRO SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAsubstitute
JENNY EDITH CALDERON LOPEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JAIME MONGE CHAVARRIASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JUAN PABLO ABARCA CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
SULAYIBI ALFARO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
WALTER MAURICIO MORA FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
MAYRA ARAYA LOAIZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIGIA MARIA SANCHEZ CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIO ANTONIO CALDERON BADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
LAURA KARINA CHAVES ZELEDONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
BERNAL CALDERON HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAIME MONGE CHAVARRIASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
TERESA FALLAS VALVERDESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
XINIA MARIA UREÑA ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ALFONSO GRANADOS ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
LIDIETTE MORA MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RONALD ALBERTO FALLAS SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN JOSE AGUILAR UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
YENSSY HIDALGO UREÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARCO AURELIO PADILLA CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MICHAEL VINICIO CALDERON CALVOCONCEJALES 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. “SAN IGNACIO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-ACOSTA-SAN-IGNACIO. 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.