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SAN JOSECITO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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 JOSECITO / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-91d9cb40e40036b61df1d40b
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 GENERACIÓN49.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.6%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO6.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA3.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.4%
Results for event-63bdc71a2f4e5d66633b7f21
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202494349.2%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202431916.6%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202431916.6%2Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241336.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241055.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024723.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024261.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN58.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO11.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.4%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL8.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL5.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.4%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO1.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA0.9%
Results for event-b3ec29f49a11141d04046af4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,73458.4%4Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202034611.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202809.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202478.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201625.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201304.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020421.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020260.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN28.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA21.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL14.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO11.7%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE11.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.5%
Results for event-5a5ca7fb4d6fce72ecce1db8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201672528.7%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201653621.2%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201636014.2%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201629711.7%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201629111.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161977.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016853.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016391.5%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=32.550860719874805, oldest_gap=7.470355731225297, previous_gap=46.78126053252444

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.01percentage 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=[[16.640584246218047,16.640584246218047,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.356285863328117,3.755868544600939,0,61.60667709963485],[5.460060667340748,9.437141894169194,0,0,8.324907313784967,4.381530165149983,0,0,0,11.661611054937648,0.8763060330299967,0,59.858442871587464],[14.229249011857707,21.18577075098814,7.786561264822135,3.3596837944664033,0,0,1.541501976284585,0,0,11.73913043478261,0,0,40.15810276679842]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.28percentage 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=[[16.640584246218047,16.640584246218047,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.356285863328117,3.755868544600939,0,61.60667709963485],[5.460060667340748,9.437141894169194,0,0,8.324907313784967,4.381530165149983,0,0,0,11.661611054937648,0.8763060330299967,0,59.858442871587464],[14.229249011857707,21.18577075098814,7.786561264822135,3.3596837944664033,0,0,1.541501976284585,0,0,11.73913043478261,0,0,40.15810276679842]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.15percentage 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=[[16.640584246218047,16.640584246218047,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.356285863328117,3.755868544600939,0,61.60667709963485],[5.460060667340748,9.437141894169194,0,0,8.324907313784967,4.381530165149983,0,0,0,11.661611054937648,0.8763060330299967,0,59.858442871587464],[14.229249011857707,21.18577075098814,7.786561264822135,3.3596837944664033,0,0,1.541501976284585,0,0,11.73913043478261,0,0,40.15810276679842]]

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?
GINA SANCHEZ HIDALGOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
YEINER ORLANDO RAMIREZ ZUÑIGASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ISIDRO CARCAMO VINDASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SANDRA VANESSA BRENES ORTEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRANCISCO VARGAS TORRESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA CECILIA CHINCHILLA ALPIZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FREDDY JOSE ALVAREZ VIQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUVENAL GERARDO TORRES HERRERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDGAR SANCHEZ SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YESENIA BENITEZ FUENTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HECTOR ALONSO HIDALGO SANCHEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
CYNTHIA CATALINA BARRANTES BOLAÑOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
JUAN ARMANDO GUZMAN GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ANA PATRICIA DIAZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
KEVIN DAVID CAMACHO UGALDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ANA ISABEL MORALES MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
PATRICIA LARA VIALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
CHRISTIAN ESTEBAN CORDERO PICADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
ANA VICTORIA BENAVIDES ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MARIBEL CHINCHILLA MONTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
JENNIFER TATIANA RODRIGUEZ AGUILARSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ROBERTO JOSE GONZALEZ UGARTESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
JUAN BAUTISTA MORA AVILACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
TANIA VANESSA VIDAL ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GABRIELA ESQUIVEL CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
GILBERTO ROJAS VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
LUIS ALVARO AGUERO CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
AMANDA SOFIA MONGE MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NATALIA SOTO LOPEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute
MARCELA PAOLA RODRIGUEZ CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute

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