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IPÍS — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
IPÍS / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-dc33e0b981c5f75f8d0d928c
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

  • COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANO27.0%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA13.3%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO8.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO5.4%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.5%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA4.0%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.0%
Results for event-acf4ad6a8e99560d891b6adf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,36627%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,10521.9%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202467413.3%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244038%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242725.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242484.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242334.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242304.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242024%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241693.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241543%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL18.4%
  • TODOS POR GOICOECHEA16.2%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA12.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.2%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA6.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.4%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO4.0%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE3.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.0%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL2.4%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA2.3%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.1%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO1.0%
Results for event-79a0ca8c637006b464c3d578
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,05218.4%3Recorded
TODOS POR GOICOECHEAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202092416.2%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202070712.4%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202064011.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203636.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203055.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202514.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202504.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202304%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202264%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202033.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201693%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201382.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201302.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020651.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020571%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL32.7%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN17.6%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA15.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO9.8%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO8.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO4.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN3.0%
Results for event-fb499a32a86dfef35da42509
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,56732.7%3Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201684417.6%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201675415.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164699.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164058.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163878.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162314.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161423%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

73.620–100 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=5.162183544303797, oldest_gap=15.0656386747239, previous_gap=2.241681260945711

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.04percentage 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=[[21.855221518987342,13.330696202531646,0,5.379746835443038,0,4.608386075949367,0,0,0,0,3.9952531645569622,7.970727848101266,42.85996835443038],[18.42381786339755,11.208406304728546,12.381786339754816,4.378283712784588,4.395796847635727,6.357267950963222,0,2.416812609457093,1.138353765323993,3.957968476357268,0,0,35.34150612959719],[32.652635965826214,15.711606584705146,8.064180037507814,9.772869347780787,0,0,4.8135028130860595,0,17.586997291102314,8.439258178787247,0,0,2.9589497812044177]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

49.87percentage 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=[[21.855221518987342,13.330696202531646,0,5.379746835443038,0,4.608386075949367,0,0,0,0,3.9952531645569622,7.970727848101266,42.85996835443038],[18.42381786339755,11.208406304728546,12.381786339754816,4.378283712784588,4.395796847635727,6.357267950963222,0,2.416812609457093,1.138353765323993,3.957968476357268,0,0,35.34150612959719],[32.652635965826214,15.711606584705146,8.064180037507814,9.772869347780787,0,0,4.8135028130860595,0,17.586997291102314,8.439258178787247,0,0,2.9589497812044177]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

37.95percentage 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=[[21.855221518987342,13.330696202531646,0,5.379746835443038,0,4.608386075949367,0,0,0,0,3.9952531645569622,7.970727848101266,42.85996835443038],[18.42381786339755,11.208406304728546,12.381786339754816,4.378283712784588,4.395796847635727,6.357267950963222,0,2.416812609457093,1.138353765323993,3.957968476357268,0,0,35.34150612959719],[32.652635965826214,15.711606584705146,8.064180037507814,9.772869347780787,0,0,4.8135028130860595,0,17.586997291102314,8.439258178787247,0,0,2.9589497812044177]]

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?
ESTIVEN JOSE ARIAS GARROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOprincipal
YAMILETH SERRANO ALVARADOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOsubstitute
LEONARDO CAMPOS VEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOprincipal
NICOLE VALERIA CAMPOS MASISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOprincipal
RANDALL TENORIO VALVERDECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JIMMY FRANCISCO SALAZAR MARINCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
WILMAR COLORADO ARENASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOsubstitute
DAMARIS MARIN ALPIZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOsubstitute
LUIS ALBERTO ACOSTA CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RONALD DE LOS ANGELES PORTA PORRASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANA LUCIA MORA ELIZONDOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ENRIQUE BARRANTES GUERREROSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ ILAMACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MALKA XINIA LOPEZ FUENTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ESTIVEN JOSE ARIAS GARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020TODOS POR GOICOECHEAprincipal
SIXTO ARAYA ARAYACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
TERESA CISNEROS MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GUSTAVO ADOLFO BAEZ COREACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ILLEANA RIVERA CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020TODOS POR GOICOECHEAsubstitute
BETTY JIMENEZ RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
LORENA MIRANDA CARBALLOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS ALBERTO ACOSTA CASTILLOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JAIRO ALONSO GRANADOS SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YAMILETH SERRANO ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BRYAN JOSUE HERRERA UMAÑACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
SULY CESPEDES RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA ALEJANDRA JIMENEZ CAMACHOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FREDDY ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ SALAZARCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSAURA CASTELLON NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
VIVIANA VARGAS MORALESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute

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