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SAN ANTONIO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 ANTONIO / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-6086b141918fc7d2f0ac2a21
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

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN53.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA4.7%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.3%
Results for event-6b4a65a9dfa569eb7e9d1e0e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202436853.6%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202412918.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20248712.7%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024355.1%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024324.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024273.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202491.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN58.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL9.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO2.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.9%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO1.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA0.6%
Results for event-e1675fbfe87f466139ea4d2a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202049458.7%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014116.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020799.4%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020364.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020273.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020242.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020242.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020111.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202050.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE26.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA18.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN18.7%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL7.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.6%
Results for event-a54d72289d9c3ddffd64bea8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201617026.1%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614021.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201612218.7%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201612218.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016477.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016304.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016172.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

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=34.78893740902475, oldest_gap=4.601226993865033, previous_gap=41.973840665873965

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

13.45percentage 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=[[18.777292576419214,12.663755458515285,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.3100436681222707,4.657933042212518,0,62.590975254730715],[9.393579072532699,16.76575505350773,0,0,3.2104637336504163,2.853745541022592,0,0,0,4.280618311533888,0.5945303210463734,0,62.9013079667063],[7.208588957055214,21.47239263803681,18.711656441717793,2.607361963190184,0,0,0.6134969325153374,0,0,4.601226993865031,0,0,44.785276073619634]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.96percentage 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=[[18.777292576419214,12.663755458515285,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.3100436681222707,4.657933042212518,0,62.590975254730715],[9.393579072532699,16.76575505350773,0,0,3.2104637336504163,2.853745541022592,0,0,0,4.280618311533888,0.5945303210463734,0,62.9013079667063],[7.208588957055214,21.47239263803681,18.711656441717793,2.607361963190184,0,0,0.6134969325153374,0,0,4.601226993865031,0,0,44.785276073619634]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

20.2percentage 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=[[18.777292576419214,12.663755458515285,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.3100436681222707,4.657933042212518,0,62.590975254730715],[9.393579072532699,16.76575505350773,0,0,3.2104637336504163,2.853745541022592,0,0,0,4.280618311533888,0.5945303210463734,0,62.9013079667063],[7.208588957055214,21.47239263803681,18.711656441717793,2.607361963190184,0,0,0.6134969325153374,0,0,4.601226993865031,0,0,44.785276073619634]]

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?
MONICA LISSETH MESEN TRIGUEROSSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ANDY JESUS AGUERO BENAVIDESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
JONATHAN ALBERTO PADILLA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LADY MARIA ROMERO REQUENECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GLENDA DE LOS ANGELES PANIAGUA GAMBOACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YESENIA FIGUEROA JIMÉNEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAprincipal
ARSENIO SOLANO MENACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALONDRA CASANDRA MORALES DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
XINIA PICADO CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANGELICA FRANCINY CURLING CORRALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAsubstitute
ROSIBEL CALDERON CHINCHILLASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
JOSE LUIS MORALES CORRALESSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
YERLIN CALDERON RETANACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
RAFAEL ISAAC BADILLA RETANACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
VIRIA VALESKA BADILLA BACACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
LUIS ANGEL TORRES NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROGER RETANA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MARIELA JIMENEZ ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
GREIVIN GERARDO VEGA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ANA PATRICIA CASTILLO MENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSIBEL CALDERON CHINCHILLASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ERICK ALEXANDER RETANA CAMPOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
ALEXANDER BADILLA SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES REYES SEQUEIRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
JOHEL ANTONIO RETANA GUERREROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DORIS ELENA LOPEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
ANA PATRICIA MORA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
ROGER RETANA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
DIANA MESEN FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
REBECA PAOLA MORA CESPEDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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 ANTONIO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-ALAJUELITA-SAN-ANTONIO. 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.