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LEGUA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot
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Costa Rica · LEGUA / SAN JOSÉ · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-SAN-JOSE-ASERRI-LEGUA
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1. What office, where, and when is the next election?
- Geography
- LEGUA / SAN JOSÉ
- Next election
- 2028-02-06
- Linked upcoming event
- next-fce7c9a0bdeb2da58da13711
- 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
- AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL48.0%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.8%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.6%
- NUEVA GENERACIÓN12.8%
- NUESTRO PUEBLO1.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 224 | 48% | 3 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 102 | 21.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 73 | 15.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| NUEVA GENERACIÓN | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 60 | 12.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| NUESTRO PUEBLO | costa-rica/Sc1df243471/2024 | 8 | 1.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2020-02-02
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS51.8%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL33.6%
- NUEVA REPÚBLICA10.2%
- FRENTE AMPLIO2.2%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS2.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 213 | 51.8% | 3 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 138 | 33.6% | 2 | Recorded |
| NUEVA REPÚBLICA | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 42 | 10.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 9 | 2.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS | costa-rica/Sfa91292290/2020 | 9 | 2.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2016-02-07
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- ACCIÓN CIUDADANA44.7%
- LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL27.3%
- MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO14.5%
- FRENTE AMPLIO9.2%
- UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA4.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 234 | 44.7% | 3 | Recorded |
| LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 143 | 27.3% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 76 | 14.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE AMPLIO | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 48 | 9.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | costa-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016 | 23 | 4.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI0 (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=26.124197002141326, oldest_gap=17.36641221374046, previous_gap=18.248175182481752
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility24.14percentage 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=[[21.841541755888652,15.63169164882227,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62.526766595289075],[33.57664233576642,0,0,2.18978102189781,0,10.218978102189782,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.01459854014598],[27.290076335877863,4.3893129770992365,44.656488549618324,9.16030534351145,0,0,14.50381679389313,0,0,0,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility70.52percentage 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=[[21.841541755888652,15.63169164882227,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62.526766595289075],[33.57664233576642,0,0,2.18978102189781,0,10.218978102189782,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.01459854014598],[27.290076335877863,4.3893129770992365,44.656488549618324,9.16030534351145,0,0,14.50381679389313,0,0,0,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility47.33percentage 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=[[21.841541755888652,15.63169164882227,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62.526766595289075],[33.57664233576642,0,0,2.18978102189781,0,10.218978102189782,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.01459854014598],[27.290076335877863,4.3893129770992365,44.656488549618324,9.16030534351145,0,0,14.50381679389313,0,0,0,0,0,0]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN CRUZ ALFARO | SINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO | 2024 | AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL | principal |
| ROSAURA CASTRO CAMACHO | SINDICATURAS SUPLENTE | 2024 | AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL | substitute |
| YULIANA CRUZ CASTILLO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL | principal |
| GREIVIN PADILLA CORRALES | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL | principal |
| LORENA VINDAS GRANADOS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| LIGIA GUISELLE VALVERDE FALLAS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | principal |
| JEANNETTE ALEXANDRA ROJAS CASTILLO | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL | substitute |
| CARLOS VENEGAS BARBOZA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL | substitute |
| MAUREN DE LOS ANGELES CRUZ BONILLA | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| HERIBERTO PIEDRA CAMPOS | CONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2024 | UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA | substitute |
| LETICIA CASTRO MORENO | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA | 2020 | COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS | principal |
| RODRIGO ANTONIO ROJAS ESPINOZA | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2020 | COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS | substitute |
| HERMES PADILLA CORRALES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS | principal |
| MARGOTH RIVERA PADILLA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS | principal |
| ELIECER NOE CRUZ MORENO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARCIA ODILIE PADILLA ROJAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| MARTIN CRUZ ALFARO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS | substitute |
| JEANNETTE ALEXANDRA ROJAS CASTILLO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS | substitute |
| LLAYMER CARRILLO AGUILAR | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| MELANIA LORENA PADILLA ROJAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2020 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ANDREA ISABEL CRUZ PADILLA | SÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| MARTIN CRUZ ALFARO | SÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| HERMES PADILLA CORRALES | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| MARGOTH RIVERA PADILLA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | principal |
| JUAN RAFAEL ROJAS ESPINOZA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | principal |
| RODRIGO ANTONIO ROJAS ESPINOZA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS) | 2016 | MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO | principal |
| ANIA MARIA CASTILLO FALLAS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| PABLO VALVERDE CAMPOS | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | ACCIÓN CIUDADANA | substitute |
| MIGUEL ANGEL SEGURA MENA | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL | substitute |
| ANGIE ELINA CRUZ CORDERO | CONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES | 2016 | MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO | substitute |
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
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/16552/computovotos_febrero2024%5b1%5d.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8292/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202020.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: https://ride.tse.go.cr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/8290/COMPUTO%20DE%20VOTOS%20MUNICIPALES%20FEB%202016.xlsm?sequence=1&isAllowed=y · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_2430-E11-2024 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1743-E11-2020 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE cómputo de votos municipales 2016 · rights unknown
- Costa Rica: TSE election declaration cr_decl_1637-E11-2016 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “LEGUA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-ASERRI-LEGUA. 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.