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MATA DE PLÁTANO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · MATA DE PLÁTANO / SAN JOSÉ · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-SAN-JOSE-GOICOECHEA-MATA-DE-PLATANO

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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
MATA DE PLÁTANO / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-d5b96c28b12a3b1d7b03251b
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 NACIONAL19.1%
  • COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANO17.3%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA11.4%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO10.8%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA9.4%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN6.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO5.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.7%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.3%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.5%
Results for event-b2e7095ba1c4d95136adc8f7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202462019.1%3Recorded
COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202456117.3%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202436911.4%1Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202435110.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243059.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242417.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242016.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241925.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241544.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241404.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241153.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA18.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL17.3%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN11.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA9.5%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN8.9%
  • TODOS POR GOICOECHEA8.5%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.1%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO3.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL2.2%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE1.8%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.4%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA1.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA1.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO1.0%
Results for event-de7a510811f71f33eef29abe
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202068318.8%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202062917.3%2Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202041611.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203459.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203238.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS POR GOICOECHEAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203098.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201664.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201554.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201484.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201393.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020812.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020671.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020511.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020491.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020421.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020371%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA18.5%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN16.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO14.5%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN7.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO5.1%
Results for event-1a21e73a9615b3dce38050c4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671923.2%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201657518.5%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201652416.9%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201645114.5%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162508.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162247.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162006.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161575.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

900–100 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=1.8159433671899023, oldest_gap=4.645161290322584, previous_gap=1.4835164835164818

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.08percentage 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=[[19.082794706063403,11.357340720221607,0,7.417666974453678,0,4.739919975377039,0,0,0,0,9.387503847337642,10.803324099722992,37.21144967682364],[17.28021978021978,9.478021978021978,18.763736263736263,4.065934065934066,2.2252747252747254,4.56043956043956,0,1.401098901098901,8.873626373626374,3.818681318681319,1.1538461538461537,0,28.379120879120876],[23.193548387096776,18.548387096774192,8.064516129032258,14.548387096774194,0,0,5.064516129032258,0,16.903225806451612,6.451612903225806,0,0,7.225806451612903]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.19percentage 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=[[19.082794706063403,11.357340720221607,0,7.417666974453678,0,4.739919975377039,0,0,0,0,9.387503847337642,10.803324099722992,37.21144967682364],[17.28021978021978,9.478021978021978,18.763736263736263,4.065934065934066,2.2252747252747254,4.56043956043956,0,1.401098901098901,8.873626373626374,3.818681318681319,1.1538461538461537,0,28.379120879120876],[23.193548387096776,18.548387096774192,8.064516129032258,14.548387096774194,0,0,5.064516129032258,0,16.903225806451612,6.451612903225806,0,0,7.225806451612903]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.14percentage 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=[[19.082794706063403,11.357340720221607,0,7.417666974453678,0,4.739919975377039,0,0,0,0,9.387503847337642,10.803324099722992,37.21144967682364],[17.28021978021978,9.478021978021978,18.763736263736263,4.065934065934066,2.2252747252747254,4.56043956043956,0,1.401098901098901,8.873626373626374,3.818681318681319,1.1538461538461537,0,28.379120879120876],[23.193548387096776,18.548387096774192,8.064516129032258,14.548387096774194,0,0,5.064516129032258,0,16.903225806451612,6.451612903225806,0,0,7.225806451612903]]

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?
JUVENAL DE JESUS COTO MONTEROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FLOR DEL CARMEN PARRA JIMENEZSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROSA PATRICIA RUIZ ABARCACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DIEGO ARMANDO VARGAS DELGADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANTONIO JESUS CASTILLO VILLARREALCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOprincipal
YOLANDA ESQUIVEL PERALTACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MERY ANN BALTODANO CASTROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DANIEL ERNESTO CORDOBA CASCANTECONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL AVILES MUÑOZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOsubstitute
ROCIO CARMEN MENA SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
PRISCILLA MARIA VARGAS CHAVESSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
DAVID TENORIO ROJASSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARVIN BOLIVAR CESPEDES MARINCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
PAMELA DE LOS ANGELES ARAYA OROZCOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
WENDY VEGA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ANGEL ESQUIVEL CRUZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA LAURA ARROYO EDUARTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
FRANKLIN ALVARADO PETERSONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
DANIEL EDUARDO MONTERO BADILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ISABEL BRIZUELA SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WILLIAM GARCIA ARIASSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARLENE MAYELA MARTINEZ ZUÑIGASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANDREA LORENA MONTERO CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GRETTEL ROJAS MATACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANA KARINA VILLALTA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
ALONZO JOSE ARAGON HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
MILTON DARIO FLORES CASTILLOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUAN CARLOS PORRAS JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARIA JAZMIN CHAVARRIA CONTRERASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNsubstitute
MARIA FERNANDA CHAVES ALVARADOCONCEJALES 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. “MATA DE PLÁTANO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-GOICOECHEA-MATA-DE-PLATANO. 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.