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SAN MIGUEL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
SAN MIGUEL / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-d7b7e8885341a8ca20ad978e
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 NACIONAL23.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.8%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO11.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.6%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE8.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA6.2%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.6%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.6%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE1.3%
Results for event-7e145099cc3d92a687fffe5c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,35623.9%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202495216.8%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202466111.6%1Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245439.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245008.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244608.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243556.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243085.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242644.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242073.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024761.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL44.1%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO18.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS9.4%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA8.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA3.0%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE2.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA2.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.6%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.3%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO0.8%
Results for event-c9fadc5c7b914122bca2028c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203,73944.1%4Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,58418.7%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207959.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207368.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202503%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202422.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202422.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202152.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201862.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201742.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201331.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201071.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020700.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL30.6%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO11.0%
  • PROGRESO COMUNAL DESAMPARADEÑO9.8%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL7.1%
  • ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSE6.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA5.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO4.4%
  • FUERZA DEMOCRÁTICA DESAMPARADEÑA3.5%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN2.7%
  • DESAMPARADOS UNIDO2.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.8%
Results for event-7825ae71a41e447628190bb0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,95830.6%5Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201670611%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO COMUNAL DESAMPARADEÑOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20166299.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20165889.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164517.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ECOLÓGICO COMUNAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164436.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163665.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163225%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162834.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA DEMOCRÁTICA DESAMPARADEÑAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162223.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161732.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DESAMPARADOS UNIDOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161382.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161171.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

30.730–100 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=7.1101724744808195, oldest_gap=19.57473420888055, previous_gap=25.433730673905348

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.9percentage 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=[[23.864836325237594,16.754663850756774,0,4.646251319957761,0,9.55649419218585,0,0,0,8.095740936290039,6.247800070397747,11.633227736712426,19.200985568461807],[44.1284078838664,2.9505488020771864,2.0535819662457215,2.53747196978638,2.1952083087454266,8.686415673315237,0,1.2628348872890358,0,2.856131240410716,0,0,33.32939926826389],[30.612883051907442,5.722326454033771,9.193245778611633,5.034396497811132,7.051282051282051,0,4.424640400250157,0,2.7048155096935584,11.038148843026892,0,0,24.218261413383367]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.58percentage 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=[[23.864836325237594,16.754663850756774,0,4.646251319957761,0,9.55649419218585,0,0,0,8.095740936290039,6.247800070397747,11.633227736712426,19.200985568461807],[44.1284078838664,2.9505488020771864,2.0535819662457215,2.53747196978638,2.1952083087454266,8.686415673315237,0,1.2628348872890358,0,2.856131240410716,0,0,33.32939926826389],[30.612883051907442,5.722326454033771,9.193245778611633,5.034396497811132,7.051282051282051,0,4.424640400250157,0,2.7048155096935584,11.038148843026892,0,0,24.218261413383367]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.24percentage 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: 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=[[23.864836325237594,16.754663850756774,0,4.646251319957761,0,9.55649419218585,0,0,0,8.095740936290039,6.247800070397747,11.633227736712426,19.200985568461807],[44.1284078838664,2.9505488020771864,2.0535819662457215,2.53747196978638,2.1952083087454266,8.686415673315237,0,1.2628348872890358,0,2.856131240410716,0,0,33.32939926826389],[30.612883051907442,5.722326454033771,9.193245778611633,5.034396497811132,7.051282051282051,0,4.424640400250157,0,2.7048155096935584,11.038148843026892,0,0,24.218261413383367]]

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?
EVELIO SEGURA CHACONSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KAREN ROSALES ALFAROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
NAOMY ISABEL CASTILLO FERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALONSO MENDEZ LEIVACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MAURICIO SEGURA CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE MARIA CORDOBA CALVOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOprincipal
NELLY CHACON JIMENEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VINICIO MARTIN QUESADA MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS ARTURO RAMIREZ AGUILARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
VINICIO ALBERTO VALVERDE CHACONSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MONICA MARCELA MORA QUIROSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ALEXIS BARRANTES MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HERNAN HERNANDEZ FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANDREA CHAVARRIA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS RODOLFO QUIROS MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUESTRO PUEBLOprincipal
MARIA ISABEL DURAN ARGUEDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JORGE LUIS RODRIGUEZ BELLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YAMILETH MORA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO SOLANO SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020NUESTRO PUEBLOsubstitute
LILLIAM SEGURA BADILLASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE MARIA CORDOBA CALVOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SAMARIA MORALES VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERARDO RODRIGO MORALES CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUSLADY JUSIRY MORENO GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ALBERTO SOLIS SAENZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HERNAN HERNANDEZ FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YAMILETH ALVARADO BARAHONACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDGAR JOHANNY AGUERO MATAMOROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA VICTORIA GARCIA PIEDRACONCEJALES 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. “SAN MIGUEL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-DESAMPARADOS-SAN-MIGUEL. 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.