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LOS GUIDO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
LOS GUIDO / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-ae43cc8c566fe9cbf33c5f1a
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 CRISTIANA23.6%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO19.6%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA12.1%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE12.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.8%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO2.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.7%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE1.6%
Results for event-f824e96ef6906d745fa10ece
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202451523.6%3Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202442819.6%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202440618.6%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426512.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202426312.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241496.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024612.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024592.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024361.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • NUESTRO PUEBLO30.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS15.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.7%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.7%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE2.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA1.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.4%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO1.3%
Results for event-13e5590d8baf8aaaba66a9de
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202081130.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202076128.4%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202041215.4%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202328.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201525.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020692.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020672.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020491.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020491.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020371.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020361.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA28.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO14.0%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN7.4%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE7.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO6.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA3.2%
  • DESAMPARADOS UNIDO1.8%
  • FUERZA DEMOCRÁTICA DESAMPARADEÑA1.7%
Results for event-aebaca3276f779d268b533f9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201676228.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201657221.6%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201637114%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161977.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161877.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161636.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161264.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016923.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016863.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESAMPARADOS UNIDOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016481.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA DEMOCRÁTICA DESAMPARADEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016451.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

81.650–100 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=3.9871677360219984, oldest_gap=7.172517931294831, previous_gap=1.869158878504674

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

56.68percentage 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=[[18.606782768102658,23.602199816681942,0,0,0,6.828597616865261,0,0,0,2.703941338221815,12.144821264894592,19.615032080659944,16.498625114573787],[28.44859813084112,0,1.8317757009345794,2.5046728971962615,5.682242990654205,8.672897196261681,0,0,0,1.3831775700934579,0,0,51.47663551401869],[21.593053982634956,28.765571913929787,3.2465081162702907,4.756511891279728,0,0,6.153265383163458,0,7.43676859192148,14.005285013212532,0,0,14.04303510758777]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

58.64percentage 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=[[18.606782768102658,23.602199816681942,0,0,0,6.828597616865261,0,0,0,2.703941338221815,12.144821264894592,19.615032080659944,16.498625114573787],[28.44859813084112,0,1.8317757009345794,2.5046728971962615,5.682242990654205,8.672897196261681,0,0,0,1.3831775700934579,0,0,51.47663551401869],[21.593053982634956,28.765571913929787,3.2465081162702907,4.756511891279728,0,0,6.153265383163458,0,7.43676859192148,14.005285013212532,0,0,14.04303510758777]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

57.66percentage 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=[[18.606782768102658,23.602199816681942,0,0,0,6.828597616865261,0,0,0,2.703941338221815,12.144821264894592,19.615032080659944,16.498625114573787],[28.44859813084112,0,1.8317757009345794,2.5046728971962615,5.682242990654205,8.672897196261681,0,0,0,1.3831775700934579,0,0,51.47663551401869],[21.593053982634956,28.765571913929787,3.2465081162702907,4.756511891279728,0,0,6.153265383163458,0,7.43676859192148,14.005285013212532,0,0,14.04303510758777]]

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?
FAUSTO JAVIER MONTES CHINCHILLASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
EMEIDY LORENA JIMENEZ ESCAMILLASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YENNY MARIA BARBOZA SOTOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
KEVIN DANIEL MAYORGA RAMOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YESENIA MARIA NAVARRO MONGECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
MARIA DEL ROSARIO RODRIGUEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KATHERINE IVANNIA VALLADARES BARRANTESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS ARGUELLO RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FANIA PEREZ MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOsubstitute
LAURA LETICIA DUARTE SEGURACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARMEN MARTINEZ JACKSONSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
FAUSTO JAVIER MONTES CHINCHILLASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
DARLING JAHAIRA VEGA MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
GUSTAVO ALONSO GONZALEZ ALPIZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
ALEXIS AVALOS MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JONATAN FERNANDO RETANA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
EDDY FRANCISCO JIMENEZ VILLARREALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
GAUDY ARACELLY VEGA MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES LEITON LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARLON MOISES VIVAS FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
KAREN VERONICA FALLAS MONTOYASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MIGUEL ANGEL HERRERA FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
GAUDY ARACELLY VEGA MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LEONARDO ALBERTO MORA GRANADOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HERNAN MARCHENA SERRANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAQUEL ALTAMIRANO SANTOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
GUSTAVO ALONSO GONZALEZ ALPIZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DARLING JAHAIRA VEGA MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOANN ANTONIO GOMEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ISAMAR DE LOS ANGELES ESPINOZA ESPINOZACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute

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. “LOS GUIDO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-DESAMPARADOS-LOS-GUIDO. 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.