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JARDÍN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
JARDÍN / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-c03fda8737c32a327219264b
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 CRISTIANA82.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.9%
Results for event-84408e8d5152d6392b13bb72
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202411982.1%4Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242617.9%1Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA62.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.2%
Results for event-142f4212038080f20500b974
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207162.8%1Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204237.2%4Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL53.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA21.5%
Results for event-afdb91afbd5f5b54262882fc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163553.8%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161624.6%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161421.5%1Recorded

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=64.13793103448276, oldest_gap=29.23076923076923, previous_gap=25.663716814159287

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

19.24percentage 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=[[17.93103448275862,82.06896551724138,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[37.16814159292036,62.83185840707964,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[53.84615384615385,24.615384615384617,21.53846153846154,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.22percentage 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=[[17.93103448275862,82.06896551724138,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[37.16814159292036,62.83185840707964,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[53.84615384615385,24.615384615384617,21.53846153846154,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.73percentage 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=[[17.93103448275862,82.06896551724138,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[37.16814159292036,62.83185840707964,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[53.84615384615385,24.615384615384617,21.53846153846154,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
JUAN JOSE CERDAS LEIVASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SANDRA PATRICIA DIAZ JARQUINSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RAQUEL JOAQUINA UMAÑA NOVACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ERNY ARNULFO FERNANDEZ PRADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GRACIELA CAMPOS PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GUMERCINDO ARIAS MORACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERIKA FALLAS RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EDGAR ENRIQUE RAMIREZ TRUJILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ERICKA DE LOS ANGELES FERNANDEZ VEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MINOR NAVARRO HIDALGOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DULCE MARIA MONTIEL DALORZOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN JOSE CERDAS LEIVASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ARNOLDO JOSE MONGE CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSAURA DE LOS ANGELES CALVO CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROLANDO JESUS MONGE CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ORLANDO MONGE VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MONICA MARIA PRADO NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LIGIA MONGE VARGASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUSTAVO ADOLFO PRADO CRUZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN JOSE CERDAS LEIVACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSAURA DE LOS ANGELES CALVO CERDASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALEXANDRA MARIA CERDAS CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CARLOS GABRIEL QUIROS HIDALGOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JAVIER FRANCISCO NAVARRO CHAVESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JESSICA DE LOS ANGELES NAVARRO VARELACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SIDEY DEL ROCIO VEGA MENACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
NOEMI ANDREA FERNANDEZ CORDEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute

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