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TARBACA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
TARBACA / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-ba36bc4af48068806e56148c
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 NACIONAL48.8%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL23.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN15.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.6%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO4.1%
Results for event-4c37b9743465036f36290d60
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202434648.8%3Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416523.3%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202410815.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024618.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024294.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL68.9%
  • COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOS20.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.6%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO0.6%
Results for event-c3ef092cbe576b4b387f5a51
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202050168.9%4Recorded
COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202014820.4%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020334.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020223%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020192.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL58.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA24.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA6.2%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.5%
Results for event-1852e32535f344824c834e0a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637958.5%4Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201616024.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016599.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016406.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016101.5%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=25.528913963328634, oldest_gap=33.79629629629629, previous_gap=48.55570839064649

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.73percentage 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=[[48.801128349788435,8.603667136812412,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,42.59520451339915],[68.91334250343878,0,0,0,0,2.6134800550206325,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.473177441540578],[58.48765432098765,6.172839506172839,24.691358024691358,9.104938271604938,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.5432098765432098]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.97percentage 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=[[48.801128349788435,8.603667136812412,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,42.59520451339915],[68.91334250343878,0,0,0,0,2.6134800550206325,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.473177441540578],[58.48765432098765,6.172839506172839,24.691358024691358,9.104938271604938,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.5432098765432098]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.35percentage 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=[[48.801128349788435,8.603667136812412,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,42.59520451339915],[68.91334250343878,0,0,0,0,2.6134800550206325,0,0,0,0,0,0,28.473177441540578],[58.48765432098765,6.172839506172839,24.691358024691358,9.104938271604938,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1.5432098765432098]]

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?
LUIS FERNELLY MORA BARBOZASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JAEL EUNICE CASTILLO SEGURASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SILENI CAMACHO GODINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILBERT SEGURA SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAURA DE LOS ANGELES ALPIZAR SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
MARIA EUGENIA SEGURA NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNprincipal
YOSELYN ANDREINA GAMBOA CHAVESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL HUMBERTO FALLAS MONGECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ERNESTO RAUL QUIROS JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS DAVID ROMAN PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA GENERACIÓNsubstitute
FRANKLIN SEGURA MORASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SUSANA ELIZABETH SEGURA AGUILARSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILSON SILES ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LIGIA MARIA FALLAS MONGECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILBERT SEGURA SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA CECILIA SALAZAR ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOSprincipal
CARLOS RODOLFO CASTRO VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROCIO CRISTINA FALLAS MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RODRIGO AGUILAR ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA YANSY GARRO CHAVARRIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020COALICIÓN ASERRÍ DE TODOSsubstitute
FRANKLIN SEGURA MORASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAYRA ARAYA MORASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LEONARDO ALBERTO LIZANO OVIEDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LILIANA SEGURA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOHNNY FERNANDO ALPIZAR BARBOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WILSON SILES ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
GILBERT MORA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIRIAM ELIZONDO SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILBERT SEGURA SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WENDY KARINA FERNANDEZ ALFAROCONCEJALES 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. “TARBACA — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-ASERRI-TARBACA. 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.