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CALLE BLANCOS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · CALLE BLANCOS / SAN JOSÉ · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-SAN-JOSE-GOICOECHEA-CALLE-BLANCOS

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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
CALLE BLANCOS / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-056cf9488c89929bfc28631e
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 NACIONAL25.5%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.4%
  • COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANO12.9%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS9.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA9.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.9%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.7%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA3.9%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.2%
Results for event-b889b07111dd7ad82726ba3b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202469425.5%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202450118.4%1Recorded
COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202435012.9%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242679.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242619.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242157.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241555.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241073.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241063.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024612.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.9%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL16.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA14.2%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL10.0%
  • TODOS POR GOICOECHEA8.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN4.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.7%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN3.3%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.1%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.7%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA0.8%
Results for event-1ef7c264838037cd9057c67f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202062718.9%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202054316.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202047014.2%1Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202033210%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS POR GOICOECHEAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202758.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201534.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201524.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201354.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201344%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201213.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201093.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201093.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020682.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020551.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020260.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA22.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.4%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN14.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO11.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO11.7%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA11.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.5%
Results for event-694c4eef382ede1ebe1687ab
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201667722%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662620.4%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201644314.4%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201636211.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201636011.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201634411.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162608.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

74.050–100 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=7.103422892896578, oldest_gap=1.66015625, previous_gap=2.5385312783318206

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.69percentage 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=[[25.542878174457122,18.439455281560544,0,7.91313949208686,0,9.606183290393817,0,0,0,0,3.901361796098638,0,34.596981965403025],[16.409791477787852,18.948322756119673,14.203686914475673,0,4.593532789362345,4.049561801148383,0,10.033242671501965,3.2940465397401026,2.0550015110305226,1.662133575098217,0,24.75067996373527],[20.377604166666668,22.037760416666668,11.197916666666666,11.783854166666666,0,0,11.71875,0,14.420572916666666,8.463541666666666,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.09percentage 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=[[25.542878174457122,18.439455281560544,0,7.91313949208686,0,9.606183290393817,0,0,0,0,3.901361796098638,0,34.596981965403025],[16.409791477787852,18.948322756119673,14.203686914475673,0,4.593532789362345,4.049561801148383,0,10.033242671501965,3.2940465397401026,2.0550015110305226,1.662133575098217,0,24.75067996373527],[20.377604166666668,22.037760416666668,11.197916666666666,11.783854166666666,0,0,11.71875,0,14.420572916666666,8.463541666666666,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.39percentage 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=[[25.542878174457122,18.439455281560544,0,7.91313949208686,0,9.606183290393817,0,0,0,0,3.901361796098638,0,34.596981965403025],[16.409791477787852,18.948322756119673,14.203686914475673,0,4.593532789362345,4.049561801148383,0,10.033242671501965,3.2940465397401026,2.0550015110305226,1.662133575098217,0,24.75067996373527],[20.377604166666668,22.037760416666668,11.197916666666666,11.783854166666666,0,0,11.71875,0,14.420572916666666,8.463541666666666,0,0,0]]

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?
FLOR DEL RIO RIVERA PINEDASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MINOR GERARDO MUÑOZ VARGASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RODOLFO VALERIN AZOFEIFACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA ELENA ZAMORA CAMBRONEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ENID GONZALEZ CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
RODRIGO ANTONIO OVARES SANABRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOprincipal
GUILLERMO BRENES ALTAMIRANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HAZEL NORIEGA SOLANOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DANIELA ARAYA SANABRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RANDALL MANUEL LOPEZ RIOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOsubstitute
RODOLFO BRENES BRENESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANABELLE GOMEZ MORASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MANUEL MONGE ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
XINIA PATRICIA BARBOZA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SERGIO DE JESUS MURILLO BREALEYCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANA CRISTINA VIQUEZ GUERREROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
RANDALL MANUEL LOPEZ RIOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
TANYA MARIA GARBANZO BOLIVARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RICARDO EDDY SOLORZANO MUÑOZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FERNANDO JIMENEZ VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
RODOLFO BRENES BRENESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JULIA NEISY FLORES TREJOSSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANABELLE GOMEZ MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE CLAUDIO MASIS SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARVIN GERARDO BRENES ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DANIELA MARIA LEDEZMA SOLISCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
DAHIANNA EUGENIE SOLANO FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JOSE FRANCISCO ZAMORA CAMBRONEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JEANNETTE MARTINEZ BOLIVARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE MARIA VALVERDE RETANACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute

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. “CALLE BLANCOS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-GOICOECHEA-CALLE-BLANCOS. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sb91df5de0d, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sd84c56ca13, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S627095a2f7.