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MONTERREY — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
MONTERREY / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-8fb3f4672c0ef1b4f3007bfe
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

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL50.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA25.8%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL14.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.1%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.0%
Results for event-76ef7543cb963929d17c7e78
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202413450.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20246825.8%1Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243814.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024166.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202483%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL75.0%
  • COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS12.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA12.2%
Results for event-3993fb44afeaaf10e6d9770f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202021675%4Recorded
COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203712.8%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203512.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL52.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA35.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA10.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.7%
Results for event-460d66fd624bdd93b385c2f0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201615052.3%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201610135.2%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163110.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201651.7%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=25, oldest_gap=17.073170731707314, previous_gap=62.15277777777778

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.33percentage 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: 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=[[50.75757575757576,25.757575757575758,0,0,0,6.0606060606060606,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.424242424242426],[75,0,0,0,0,12.152777777777779,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.847222222222221],[52.26480836236934,10.801393728222996,35.19163763066202,0,0,0,1.7421602787456445,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.74percentage 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=[[50.75757575757576,25.757575757575758,0,0,0,6.0606060606060606,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.424242424242426],[75,0,0,0,0,12.152777777777779,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.847222222222221],[52.26480836236934,10.801393728222996,35.19163763066202,0,0,0,1.7421602787456445,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.03percentage 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=[[50.75757575757576,25.757575757575758,0,0,0,6.0606060606060606,0,0,0,0,0,0,17.424242424242426],[75,0,0,0,0,12.152777777777779,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.847222222222221],[52.26480836236934,10.801393728222996,35.19163763066202,0,0,0,1.7421602787456445,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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.

Officeholder observations
PersonRoleAs ofAffiliationPrincipal?
JESSICA PADILLA PORTUGUEZSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEANCARLO ALBERTO CHACON SOLISSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALFREDO PADILLA VENEGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HELLEN VANESSA RIVERA FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELMER ANIBAL DELGADO BONILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GERARDO CASTRO MENDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
JONATHAN GERARDO AMADOR QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ADRIANA VANESSA PORTUGUEZ CHINCHILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCISCO CHACON BONILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MAURICIO CORRALES CASTILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YORLENE PATRICIA CAMPOS CASTILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ASDRUBAL VARGAS JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANDREA MARIA CASTILLO CARDENASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS GARCIA CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BRANDON JOSE BONILLA MIRANDACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOSprincipal
ELMER ANIBAL DELGADO BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YOSELYN MARIA MATARRITA LEIVACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RONNY GERARDO RIVERA GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA FERNANDA ESPINOZA ESTRADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOSsubstitute
MAURICIO CORRALES CASTILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YOSELYN MARIA MATARRITA LEIVASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VIVIANA SEGURA VINDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELMER ANIBAL DELGADO BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ODILIO BONILLA UREÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
DULCE MARIA PADILLA CUADRACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
SANDRA MARIA CASTILLO BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCISCO CHACON BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JENNY RIVERA FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
FABIO GERARDO PADILLA FALLASCONCEJALES 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. “MONTERREY — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-ASERRI-MONTERREY. 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.