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SALITRILLOS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SALITRILLOS / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-2dc7247f46d9c6db8d531370
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 CRISTIANA29.2%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL22.8%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL22.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN13.8%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA11.6%
Results for event-9457527cb2fe2b68f4cf3fdf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202453729.2%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202442022.8%1Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202441722.6%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202425413.8%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202421411.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL46.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA23.4%
  • COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS11.7%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO11.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.5%
Results for event-f5b8817dc0569a7b25a7a9c0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202081246.2%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202041223.4%2Recorded
COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202020511.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202019811.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201327.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL48.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO21.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA13.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.0%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.6%
Results for event-addb2534f97e37728bc0a812
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201672548.6%3Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632021.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201620313.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161359%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016704.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016392.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

33.260–100 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=6.351791530944627, oldest_gap=27.144772117962468, previous_gap=22.74019329164298

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.78percentage 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=[[22.80130293159609,29.153094462540718,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.617806731813246,0,36.42779587404995],[46.16259238203525,0,0,0,0,23.42239909039227,0,0,0,0,0,0,30.415008527572486],[48.59249329758713,9.048257372654156,13.605898123324398,21.447721179624665,0,0,2.613941018766756,0,0,0,0,0,4.6916890080428955]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

49.15percentage 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: 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=[[22.80130293159609,29.153094462540718,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.617806731813246,0,36.42779587404995],[46.16259238203525,0,0,0,0,23.42239909039227,0,0,0,0,0,0,30.415008527572486],[48.59249329758713,9.048257372654156,13.605898123324398,21.447721179624665,0,0,2.613941018766756,0,0,0,0,0,4.6916890080428955]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.96percentage 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: 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=[[22.80130293159609,29.153094462540718,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.617806731813246,0,36.42779587404995],[46.16259238203525,0,0,0,0,23.42239909039227,0,0,0,0,0,0,30.415008527572486],[48.59249329758713,9.048257372654156,13.605898123324398,21.447721179624665,0,0,2.613941018766756,0,0,0,0,0,4.6916890080428955]]

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?
EVELYN MELISSA PRADO ABARCASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
FREDDY LOPEZ AGUEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
BRANDON ALFREDO ANGULO LOPEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSUE MARTIN CECILIANO CORRALESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VICTOR MARIN CORDOBACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
PABLO FERNANDO RAMIREZ CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
GREGORY ISAAC LOPEZ OBANDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MANUEL GABRIEL MORALES CECILIANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YORLENY MARIA MORA CHINCHILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
FREDDY ARMANDO LOPEZ GODINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
MARCO TULIO CARDENAS CERDASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIS KATTIA SEGURA CASTROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARITZA QUIROS SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HERNAN FRANCISCO MONGE CHINCHILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ADRIAN HERNALDO SANCHEZ FERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
SINDIA MARIA UVA ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
LORENA VANESSA MORA SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS LUIS QUESADA MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MELANNY GARITA MONGECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
GUILLERMO MARTIN VILLARREAL QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
MARCO TULIO CARDENAS CERDASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CLARA HORTENSIA CAMPOS VALVERDESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEONEL ANTONIO CARDENAS MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUCILA SANDOVAL MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRANCISCO JOSE ABARCA CHINCHILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
BERNARDITA TENCIO HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
KATTIA MARCELA MORA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VICTOR JULIO CORRALES ASTUACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ZOBEIDA SANCHEZ CASCANTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
INGRID CASTRO ZUÑIGACONCEJALES 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. “SALITRILLOS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-ASERRI-SALITRILLOS. 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.