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COPEY — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
COPEY / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a786e733897eb4f63f36d8e1
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 CRISTIANA81.5%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.5%
Results for event-368658a1d950ec660f01f7af
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202461181.5%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202413918.5%1Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL68.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.8%
Results for event-73e2cf78783a3420b092426c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202052268.2%4Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202024331.8%1Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL66.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO0.6%
Results for event-38f1bf7d918394ba5721f3e8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201644566.4%5Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167811.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016598.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016507.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016345.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201640.6%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=62.93333333333334, oldest_gap=54.77611940298507, previous_gap=36.470588235294116

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

49.7percentage 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=[[18.533333333333335,81.46666666666667,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[68.23529411764706,31.764705882352942,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[66.41791044776119,8.805970149253731,11.64179104477612,7.462686567164179,0,0,0.5970149253731343,0,0,0,0,0,5.074626865671642]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.78percentage 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=[[18.533333333333335,81.46666666666667,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[68.23529411764706,31.764705882352942,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[66.41791044776119,8.805970149253731,11.64179104477612,7.462686567164179,0,0,0.5970149253731343,0,0,0,0,0,5.074626865671642]]

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: 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=[[18.533333333333335,81.46666666666667,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[68.23529411764706,31.764705882352942,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[66.41791044776119,8.805970149253731,11.64179104477612,7.462686567164179,0,0,0.5970149253731343,0,0,0,0,0,5.074626865671642]]

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?
JORGE ORLANDO SERRANO SALAZARSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
YORLENY MARIA CALDERON AGUEROSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SUNDRY GRACIELA GRANADOS HERNANDEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALVARO TORRES CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DIANA EVA GARITA VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ARIANA DEL ROSARIO GRANADOS CRUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WEDNESDAY SEELYE SMITHCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OSVALDO ALONSO RODRIGUEZ CHINCHILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LILIANA ARAYA CORDEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSELYN MARIA VALVERDE VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EMILIO CHINCHILLA AGUEROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MERY MELISSA ROJAS NAVARROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAGALY TORRES SERRANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RONALD VALVERDE HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA DEL MILAGRO MONTERO SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JORGE ORLANDO SERRANO SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RODOLFO ELIZONDO BLANCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN FRANCISCO AGUERO HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EMILIO CHINCHILLA AGUEROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA LUISA GARITA SERRANOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HAZEL PAOLA GRANADOS UREÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RODOLFO ELIZONDO BLANCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NURIA LETICIA PEREZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HUGO ELIZONDO MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUILLERMO RETANA CHINCHILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVELYN DANIELA ELIZONDO MENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CARLOS WILFREDO VALVERDE ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUDITH HERNANDEZ ROMANCONCEJALES 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. “COPEY — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-DOTA-COPEY. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sf5609ea372, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S8cfab0deb9, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sf484906a4c.