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ASERRÍ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ASERRÍ / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-4c7d5bd66548838debb37788
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 CRISTIANA23.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.2%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL17.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN14.8%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO9.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA8.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.9%
Results for event-240c2e31d3d680642fe2f1ac
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,54723.4%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,40321.2%1Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,17817.8%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202498114.8%1Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246009.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245868.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243224.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL40.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA14.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN12.2%
  • COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS10.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL6.7%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO5.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS1.4%
Results for event-ab77ef926a3ffaf2f9d82b8b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202,58340.2%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202092714.4%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202078612.2%1Recorded
COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202065010.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206159.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204336.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203365.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020911.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL40.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA16.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO15.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO3.1%
Results for event-fbf8b6b5409eb78fed136f39
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162,35340.3%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,07318.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201697416.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201689115.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163596.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161823.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

43.810–100 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=2.1762127852501116, oldest_gap=21.94787379972565, previous_gap=25.790375330945334

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.92percentage 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=[[21.202962067402147,23.37917485265226,0,0,0,4.866253589239837,0,0,0,0,8.855977028865045,0,41.69563246184072],[40.22737891294191,0,0,9.577947360224265,6.74349789752375,14.437003581996574,0,0,0,0,0,0,29.0141722473135],[40.34636488340192,18.39849108367627,16.700960219478738,15.277777777777779,0,0,3.1207133058984913,0,0,0,0,0,6.155692729766804]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.04percentage 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=[[21.202962067402147,23.37917485265226,0,0,0,4.866253589239837,0,0,0,0,8.855977028865045,0,41.69563246184072],[40.22737891294191,0,0,9.577947360224265,6.74349789752375,14.437003581996574,0,0,0,0,0,0,29.0141722473135],[40.34636488340192,18.39849108367627,16.700960219478738,15.277777777777779,0,0,3.1207133058984913,0,0,0,0,0,6.155692729766804]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.48percentage 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=[[21.202962067402147,23.37917485265226,0,0,0,4.866253589239837,0,0,0,0,8.855977028865045,0,41.69563246184072],[40.22737891294191,0,0,9.577947360224265,6.74349789752375,14.437003581996574,0,0,0,0,0,0,29.0141722473135],[40.34636488340192,18.39849108367627,16.700960219478738,15.277777777777779,0,0,3.1207133058984913,0,0,0,0,0,6.155692729766804]]

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?
BERNAL ESTEBAN ALVARADO MORALESSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
INGRID VANESSA RIVERA LOPEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NIDIA ARIAS CORRALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MAX ALBERTO CHAVES ABARCACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEJANDRA MARCELA QUESADA PADILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
KAROL LUCIA FALLAS MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ZEIDY ARIAS CORRALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS DIEGO CHINCHILLA CORRALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARVIN SANCHEZ MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA CECILIA SANCHEZ BARAHONACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
OLGA MARIA PORTUGUEZ CASTROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROY ROGER FALLAS ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YESENIA MIREYDI SALAZAR MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ENRIQUE CRUZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE FRANCISCO MADRIGAL CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
SONIA GAMBOA CHINCHILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
ALICIA MADRIGAL CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROGER GUTIERREZ SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALEJANDRA CHINCHILLA VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
FABIAN ALBERTO ARGUEDAS PANIAGUACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
JESUS BENITO MORALES CALDERONSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SHEILA PRISCILA ALVARADO BRICEÑOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GAUDY MARIA FERNANDEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VERNI GAMBOA FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANTHONY ADRIAN VINDAS QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ERICK CORDERO MENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
RAFAEL CORRALES CORRALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALICIA MADRIGAL CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MELVIN AGUILAR ZAMORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARTA MARIA ZUÑIGA VALVERDECONCEJALES 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. “ASERRÍ — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-ASERRI-ASERRI. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S8fe86d36b0, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Saa6ee06d85, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S2134f1a034.