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CONCEPCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CONCEPCIÓN / SAN JOSÉ · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-SAN-JOSE-ALAJUELITA-CONCEPCION

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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
CONCEPCIÓN / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-aebbf124b31349448222813a
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 CRISTIANA39.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN26.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL13.3%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO8.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA6.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA4.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.4%
Results for event-fc148984f8ff16268dbf10b2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,09639.6%4Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202472426.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202436813.3%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242408.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241866.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241164.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024381.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN34.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL22.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA11.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL7.4%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL4.9%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO4.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.0%
Results for event-849b5dc9988a8c08dcef70de
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,20034.9%3Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202077022.4%2Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202039311.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203058.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202537.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201704.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201614.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201203.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020682%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE30.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA19.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN17.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL10.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA6.5%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.1%
Results for event-f149cb36d0a7fb1d3e00d614
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201697130.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662619.9%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201656517.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201634310.9%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162046.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161855.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161585%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016993.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

35.460–100 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=13.4393063583815, oldest_gap=10.94890510948905, previous_gap=12.499999999999996

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.87percentage 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=[[13.294797687861271,39.59537572254335,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.3728323699421965,4.190751445086705,0,41.54624277456647],[7.354651162790698,8.866279069767442,0,0,22.38372093023256,11.424418604651162,0,4.941860465116279,0,3.488372093023256,1.9767441860465116,0,39.56395348837209],[10.885433195810855,19.866708981275785,6.474135195176134,5.014281180577594,0,0,3.1418597270707713,0,0,5.8711520152332595,0,0,48.7464297048556]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.73percentage 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=[[13.294797687861271,39.59537572254335,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.3728323699421965,4.190751445086705,0,41.54624277456647],[7.354651162790698,8.866279069767442,0,0,22.38372093023256,11.424418604651162,0,4.941860465116279,0,3.488372093023256,1.9767441860465116,0,39.56395348837209],[10.885433195810855,19.866708981275785,6.474135195176134,5.014281180577594,0,0,3.1418597270707713,0,0,5.8711520152332595,0,0,48.7464297048556]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.8percentage 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=[[13.294797687861271,39.59537572254335,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.3728323699421965,4.190751445086705,0,41.54624277456647],[7.354651162790698,8.866279069767442,0,0,22.38372093023256,11.424418604651162,0,4.941860465116279,0,3.488372093023256,1.9767441860465116,0,39.56395348837209],[10.885433195810855,19.866708981275785,6.474135195176134,5.014281180577594,0,0,3.1418597270707713,0,0,5.8711520152332595,0,0,48.7464297048556]]

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?
MARIA VANESSA AGUERO CHAVESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GREIBIN RIVERA ALVARADOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SANDRA PATRICIA ZUÑIGA RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
PAULINO DAVILA MARTINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALEXANDRA DANIELA VIALES ZUÑIGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DIOSIBETH ADELINE BEJARANO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EYTHAN YORMEIN MERCADO VIALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GENESIS PAMELA MONTERO MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSHUA DAVID MONTERO MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARTA GRACE JIMÉNEZ BARRANTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SAUL SERRANO ALVAREZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
IRIS RAQUEL SALAS VINDASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
OSWALD JIMENEZ LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
FANNY MARITZA SALAS VINDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
BARTOLO ARIAS SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SARA PATRICIA ROBLES BERRIOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SILVIA ELENA CARVAJAL ARCECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS SALAZAR RETANACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MARIO ENRIQUE BARQUERO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARILYN SUGEY BARRANTES CESPEDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAYRA VIOLETA RAMIREZ FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
BETUEL MORA ACUÑASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
EDWIN BERMUDEZ AVALOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
CLARA MEJIAS ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ROSIBELL MASIS REDONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DEL MILAGRO MORAGA MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BLANCA IRIS CARVAJAL MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
BERNARDO MORA BARTELSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
GERARDO SALAZAR CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALVARO ANTONIO ARAYA MADRIGALCONCEJALES 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. “CONCEPCIÓN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-ALAJUELITA-CONCEPCION. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sf9dbda3bb7, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sb958c1074a, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S52c0524560.