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DAMAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
DAMAS / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-ee57379380e32fe6baf0dfe2
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 CRISTIANA32.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.7%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE8.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA8.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA7.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA6.5%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO6.4%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE1.7%
Results for event-2f160de04289358379f98eca
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202469632.6%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202446221.7%2Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241788.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241708%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241627.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241537.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241396.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241376.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024361.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL43.4%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO13.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS10.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.1%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE6.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.9%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.6%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO0.9%
Results for event-a04ee37928ab4a9a596cd17d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,13443.4%4Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033913%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202027110.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202399.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201596.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201315%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201114.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020893.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020762.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020431.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020230.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.2%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE27.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.9%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.3%
  • DESAMPARADOS UNIDO4.1%
  • FUERZA DEMOCRÁTICA DESAMPARADEÑA4.0%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN3.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO2.6%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE2.5%
Results for event-ba402c8980a9f42cc365e05e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201663628.2%3Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662127.6%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161717.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161356%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161114.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161024.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016984.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESAMPARADOS UNIDOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016924.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA DEMOCRÁTICA DESAMPARADEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016914%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016813.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016592.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016572.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

21.150–100 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=10.970464135021093, oldest_gap=0.6654835847382436, previous_gap=30.40152963671128

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

42.76percentage 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=[[21.659634317862167,32.63009845288326,0,7.172995780590718,0,7.594936708860759,0,0,0,0,7.969995311767463,0,22.972339428035628],[43.365200764818354,0,4.244741873804971,5.009560229445507,3.4034416826003824,9.139579349904398,0,1.644359464627151,0,0,0,0,33.19311663479923],[28.216503992901508,7.586512866015972,4.525288376220053,5.989352262644188,0,0,2.6175687666370897,0,3.593611357586513,4.924578527062999,0,0,42.54658385093168]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.34percentage 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=[[21.659634317862167,32.63009845288326,0,7.172995780590718,0,7.594936708860759,0,0,0,0,7.969995311767463,0,22.972339428035628],[43.365200764818354,0,4.244741873804971,5.009560229445507,3.4034416826003824,9.139579349904398,0,1.644359464627151,0,0,0,0,33.19311663479923],[28.216503992901508,7.586512866015972,4.525288376220053,5.989352262644188,0,0,2.6175687666370897,0,3.593611357586513,4.924578527062999,0,0,42.54658385093168]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.05percentage 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=[[21.659634317862167,32.63009845288326,0,7.172995780590718,0,7.594936708860759,0,0,0,0,7.969995311767463,0,22.972339428035628],[43.365200764818354,0,4.244741873804971,5.009560229445507,3.4034416826003824,9.139579349904398,0,1.644359464627151,0,0,0,0,33.19311663479923],[28.216503992901508,7.586512866015972,4.525288376220053,5.989352262644188,0,0,2.6175687666370897,0,3.593611357586513,4.924578527062999,0,0,42.54658385093168]]

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?
MARINO CRISTOBAL PEREZ GUZMANSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANNIE PAMELA SUAREZ ABARCASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA ADILIA FLORES CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARLOS DAVID SOLIS BLANCOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SILVIA MACOTELO PEREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DAGOBERTO MARTINEZ PICADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GISELLE BERMUDEZ NAVARROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
VICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SIMEY HERRERA RETANACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EMMANUEL SOLANO NUÑEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SIMEY HERRERA RETANASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RODRIGO DIAZ NARANJOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SILVIA GERARDA MACOTELO PEREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS DAVID SOLIS BLANCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CESAR ESPINOZA CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL QUIROS HERRERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES VARGAS GUEVARACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO VARGAS LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ELIETTE MARITZA SANCHEZ BARBOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KEVIN ANDRES PEREZ CARBONEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
CARLOS LUIS CARMONA SANTAMARIASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SIMEY HERRERA RETANASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO GUILLEN BERROCALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KIMBERLY TATIANA ARAUZ VENEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CAROLINA YORLENY CASCANTE FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
JOSE PABLO AZOFEIFA VILCHEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEprincipal
WENDY SUSANA CONEJO UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PRISCILLA PEREZ SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EMANUEL MORA SANDOVALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
JESSICA LORENA SOLIS JARQUINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEsubstitute

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. “DAMAS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-DESAMPARADOS-DAMAS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sd29cd24c8b, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S52847053e2, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S8cbb9227fc.