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GUADALUPE — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
GUADALUPE / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-82c04e20dca9ea785ceaccd4
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 NACIONAL23.4%
  • COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANO16.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA14.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.0%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA6.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO6.1%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO6.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS6.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.7%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.9%
Results for event-047e0d929e96c3aec727778c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,13423.4%3Recorded
COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202478416.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202471614.8%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244379%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243016.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242936.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242896%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242896%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242294.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242244.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241412.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA15.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA12.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.1%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.3%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA5.4%
  • TODOS POR GOICOECHEA4.4%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.0%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.0%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL3.5%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL3.4%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN3.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO2.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.5%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA2.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.5%
Results for event-064d287a18ab63e5ede330cf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,15621%3Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202083815.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202067612.3%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204488.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203496.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202995.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS POR GOICOECHEAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202424.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202194%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202194%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201953.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201883.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201743.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201532.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201362.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201272.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020821.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.2%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN16.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO13.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO7.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.6%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.9%
Results for event-0671085196b0fe52f3e4392e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,29026.9%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201687618.2%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201680416.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201662713.1%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163807.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163717.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162685.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161863.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

65.310–100 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=7.2358900144717815, oldest_gap=8.621407746772178, previous_gap=5.780767133248501

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

28.53percentage 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=[[23.444283646888568,14.80256357246227,0,9.034525532354765,0,4.734339466611536,0,0,0,0,6.2228654124457305,5.9747777548066985,35.786644614430436],[21.014361025268133,12.288674786402472,15.233593892019632,6.344301036175241,3.417560443555717,5.435375386293401,0,3.5448100345391746,3.163061261588802,2.472277767678604,1.490638065806217,0,25.595346300672606],[26.863806747188672,18.242399000416494,7.913369429404415,13.057059558517285,0,0,7.725947521865889,0,16.74302374010829,5.5810079133694295,0,0,3.8733860891295295]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

42.93percentage 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=[[23.444283646888568,14.80256357246227,0,9.034525532354765,0,4.734339466611536,0,0,0,0,6.2228654124457305,5.9747777548066985,35.786644614430436],[21.014361025268133,12.288674786402472,15.233593892019632,6.344301036175241,3.417560443555717,5.435375386293401,0,3.5448100345391746,3.163061261588802,2.472277767678604,1.490638065806217,0,25.595346300672606],[26.863806747188672,18.242399000416494,7.913369429404415,13.057059558517285,0,0,7.725947521865889,0,16.74302374010829,5.5810079133694295,0,0,3.8733860891295295]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.73percentage 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=[[23.444283646888568,14.80256357246227,0,9.034525532354765,0,4.734339466611536,0,0,0,0,6.2228654124457305,5.9747777548066985,35.786644614430436],[21.014361025268133,12.288674786402472,15.233593892019632,6.344301036175241,3.417560443555717,5.435375386293401,0,3.5448100345391746,3.163061261588802,2.472277767678604,1.490638065806217,0,25.595346300672606],[26.863806747188672,18.242399000416494,7.913369429404415,13.057059558517285,0,0,7.725947521865889,0,16.74302374010829,5.5810079133694295,0,0,3.8733860891295295]]

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?
GERARDO CHAVES LORIASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUZ MARINA BONILLA MADRIGALSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YOLANDA MARIN CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANDRES ESTEBAN NUÑEZ OBREGONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIELA VARGAS SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOprincipal
YURI VLADIMIR SALAS CARRILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROSIBEL HERRERA RODRIGUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
BRAULIO SOLANO GUERREROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KATTIA SAENZ RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO DELGADO ANGULOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARLOS MARIA ALFARO MARINSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUZ MARINA BONILLA MADRIGALSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YOLANDA MARIN CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GERARDO CHAVES LORIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
EDWIN RICARDO GUTIERREZ VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JORGE EDUARDO VIZCAINO PORRASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANDRES ESTEBAN NUÑEZ OBREGONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RITA MARISOL CUBILLO MORENOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DIEGO ALBERTO CAMBRONERO BLANCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
JORGE MANUEL FONSECA ROJASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ELIZABETH DIAZ FERNANDEZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS MARIA ALFARO MARINSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE JULIAN SOLANO SOLANOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RANDALL GERARDO MATA MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ALBA ZUÑIGA VALVERDECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
ROXANA ROJAS CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
YETTY RAMIREZ CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HANSELL FRANCINIE VARGAS ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALLAN ROBERTO DIAZ CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
JOSE ANTONIO RODAS ESCOBARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute

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