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ROSARIO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
ROSARIO / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-1ece713a2995cd60bd1a15de
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 NACIONAL56.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO12.8%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE6.4%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA6.2%
Results for event-efdfcd92a582a358230f09dc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202460156.4%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202419518.3%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202413612.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024686.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024666.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL65.1%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO20.2%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS9.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA2.1%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE1.6%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO1.4%
Results for event-8e393e7eb9ecd4d448891f49
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202081865.1%4Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202025420.2%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201209.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020262.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020201.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020181.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL53.5%
  • DESAMPARADOS UNIDO15.1%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.3%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN7.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA4.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.5%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE1.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.9%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE0.3%
Results for event-ca8538ac2d58b987a690763f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201651553.5%4Recorded
DESAMPARADOS UNIDOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201614515.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016808.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016747.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016495.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016424.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016343.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016121.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201690.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630.3%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=38.08630393996248, oldest_gap=38.42159916926272, previous_gap=44.90445859872611

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.24percentage 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=[[56.37898686679174,18.29268292682927,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.757973733583489,6.191369606003752,0,6.378986866791744],[65.12738853503184,0,0,0,0,2.070063694267516,0,0,0,0,0,0,32.802547770700635],[53.47871235721703,8.307372793354102,4.361370716510903,5.088265835929388,0,0,0.9345794392523364,0,7.684319833852544,3.530633437175493,0,0,16.614745586708203]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

29.91percentage 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=[[56.37898686679174,18.29268292682927,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.757973733583489,6.191369606003752,0,6.378986866791744],[65.12738853503184,0,0,0,0,2.070063694267516,0,0,0,0,0,0,32.802547770700635],[53.47871235721703,8.307372793354102,4.361370716510903,5.088265835929388,0,0,0.9345794392523364,0,7.684319833852544,3.530633437175493,0,0,16.614745586708203]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.57percentage 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=[[56.37898686679174,18.29268292682927,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12.757973733583489,6.191369606003752,0,6.378986866791744],[65.12738853503184,0,0,0,0,2.070063694267516,0,0,0,0,0,0,32.802547770700635],[53.47871235721703,8.307372793354102,4.361370716510903,5.088265835929388,0,0,0.9345794392523364,0,7.684319833852544,3.530633437175493,0,0,16.614745586708203]]

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?
WENDY VANESSA CARVAJAL UREÑASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE PABLO HIDALGO MENDEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HENRY PADILLA CORELLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA RAQUEL CASCANTE QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS RODOLFO ROJAS DELGADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
VICTOR RAFAEL QUESADA CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARLOS ROGELIO GARRO LOPEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA VERONICA HIDALGO CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO ALEXIS FALLAS RIVERACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR MENDEZ DIAZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JAVIER FRANCISCO AMADOR HERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MELISSA MONGE ARIASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
REIMER ANTONIO RAMIREZ VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JACQUELINE MORA SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE PABLO HIDALGO MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES CASTRO PADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
HENRY PADILLA CORELLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FLOR MARIA CASCANTE BADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GERARDO ALEXIS FALLAS RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
TATIANA CAMACHO HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
CLARA ALFARO BADILLASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JAVIER FRANCISCO AMADOR HERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NELLY MARIA CASTRO MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
REIMER ANTONIO RAMIREZ VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA CECILIA GODINEZ VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE PABLO HIDALGO MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016DESAMPARADOS UNIDOprincipal
OSCAR MENDEZ DIAZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SHERILYN DE LOS ANGELES MONGE ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HENRY PADILLA CORELLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PAULA KARINA VILLALOBOS CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016DESAMPARADOS UNIDOsubstitute

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