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TIRRASES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
TIRRASES / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-8b9220394bdb0c5190423f18
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

  • CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXI29.3%
  • GENTE PRO-CURRI13.9%
  • AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL10.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL9.3%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO9.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS7.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.3%
Results for event-9d593c9d105d477babfd3a77
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202468029.3%3Recorded
GENTE PRO-CURRIcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202432213.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202423310%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242249.6%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242169.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242149.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241677.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241104.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241034.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024542.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXI30.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL19.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL14.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA12.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO2.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.2%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO1.0%
Results for event-f342cfa5dd7c64f7c3e3323a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202084330%2Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202053419%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202046716.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202040614.5%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202035112.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020843%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020612.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020341.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020291%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXI34.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.1%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN3.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.5%
Results for event-b9f233e165211774fc953a7b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,04934.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662420.3%2Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201632010.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163069.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162217.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161354.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161294.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161264.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161203.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016471.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

30.360–100 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=15.411106328024106, oldest_gap=13.812154696132595, previous_gap=11.000355998576005

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.31percentage 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=[[9.298321136461473,9.64270340077486,0,4.735256134309083,0,2.324580284115368,0,0,0,0,0,9.212225570383126,64.78691347395609],[19.010323958704166,16.625133499466003,2.990388038447846,0,14.453542185831257,12.495550017799928,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.4250622997508],[20.279493012674685,7.18232044198895,9.94475138121547,4.3873903152421185,4.094897627559311,0,0,0,3.899902502437439,10.399740006499837,0,0,39.81150471238219]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.3percentage 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=[[9.298321136461473,9.64270340077486,0,4.735256134309083,0,2.324580284115368,0,0,0,0,0,9.212225570383126,64.78691347395609],[19.010323958704166,16.625133499466003,2.990388038447846,0,14.453542185831257,12.495550017799928,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.4250622997508],[20.279493012674685,7.18232044198895,9.94475138121547,4.3873903152421185,4.094897627559311,0,0,0,3.899902502437439,10.399740006499837,0,0,39.81150471238219]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.3percentage 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=[[9.298321136461473,9.64270340077486,0,4.735256134309083,0,2.324580284115368,0,0,0,0,0,9.212225570383126,64.78691347395609],[19.010323958704166,16.625133499466003,2.990388038447846,0,14.453542185831257,12.495550017799928,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.4250622997508],[20.279493012674685,7.18232044198895,9.94475138121547,4.3873903152421185,4.094897627559311,0,0,0,3.899902502437439,10.399740006499837,0,0,39.81150471238219]]

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?
ESTEBAN RAMIREZ AGUILARSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIprincipal
MONICA MORALES CERNASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIsubstitute
BEATRIZ ALEJANDRA GUERRERO FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIprincipal
ROBERT ALONSO VIQUEZ CARVAJALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIprincipal
AUGUSTO CESAR LOPEZ MONTANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALprincipal
ELIAS FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ ARCECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA BEATRIZ ROJAS VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIsubstitute
SEBASTIAN DELGADO RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIsubstitute
PABLO PACHECO BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024AGENDA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE PABLO FERNANDEZ ARCECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ESTEBAN RAMIREZ AGUILARSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIprincipal
ANDREA MARIA ACUÑA JARASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIsubstitute
YADIRA CESPEDES ABARCACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIprincipal
WALTER HERNANDEZ HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAQUEL RUIZ MENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IVAN OSVALDO QUESADA GOMEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
VICTOR JULIO CORRALES TOLEDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIsubstitute
VIVIANA MILENA VARGAS QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL MONGE BOGANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAMARIS RIVERA HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JULIO OMAR QUIROS PORRASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIprincipal
DUNIA MONTES ALVAREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIsubstitute
JULIANA CLARISA MUÑOZ MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL PIEDRA FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIprincipal
YANIXY ISABEL MARTINEZ VIQUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN CESPEDES GARBANZOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CHRISTOPHER FABRICIO ZUÑIGA RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIsubstitute
SARA LORENA MENDEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016CURRIDABAT SIGLO XXIsubstitute
JOSE MIGUEL ULATE MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CRIXY PAOLA MARCETH MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “TIRRASES — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-CURRIDABAT-TIRRASES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Se0b26f5d8a, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S0f00229e34, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S1f0bb1a2c7.