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PURRAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
PURRAL / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-237f20902b4fbf724c7d99ee
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 NACIONAL29.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA23.9%
  • COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANO20.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS5.8%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.1%
  • PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICO3.8%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.2%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.5%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN1.8%
Results for event-46eee78e03170bedb2909dcb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,03529%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202485223.9%1Recorded
COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202473020.5%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242065.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241454.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROGRESO SOCIAL DEMOCRÁTICOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241353.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241133.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241083%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024912.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024892.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024641.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL20.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.9%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE8.1%
  • TODOS POR GOICOECHEA6.9%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL5.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA4.8%
  • ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANA4.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.9%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO3.1%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN3.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.3%
  • COMUNAL UNIDO2.1%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.9%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA0.9%
Results for event-a9fe6cd64f510cbd9dc17a34
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202083420.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202067616.6%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203658.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203318.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS POR GOICOECHEAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202836.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202195.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202075.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201964.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMÓCRATA CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201744.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201583.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201263.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201223%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020992.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020932.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COMUNAL UNIDOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020862.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020781.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020350.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA24.3%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL21.3%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN19.0%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO9.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO8.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.8%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.1%
Results for event-0ab55885e49a997846de84c7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201681424.3%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201671621.3%1Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201663719%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201633910.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163259.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162918.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161624.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016702.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

77.350–100 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=5.128923766816143, oldest_gap=2.921884317233154, previous_gap=3.870651641352275

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.22percentage 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: 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=[[29.007847533632287,23.878923766816143,0,2.5504484304932737,0,4.063901345291479,0,0,0,0,2.4943946188340806,3.7836322869955157,34.22085201793722],[20.431161195492404,16.56050955414013,8.941695247427731,2.425281724644782,5.365017148456639,4.8015678588926995,0,1.910828025477707,2.9887310142087213,2.278294953454189,0.8574228319451249,0,33.439490445859875],[21.34764460345856,24.269528920691712,10.107334525939176,8.676207513416816,0,0,9.689922480620154,0,18.992248062015506,4.83005366726297,0,0,2.0870602265951104]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

44.29percentage 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=[[29.007847533632287,23.878923766816143,0,2.5504484304932737,0,4.063901345291479,0,0,0,0,2.4943946188340806,3.7836322869955157,34.22085201793722],[20.431161195492404,16.56050955414013,8.941695247427731,2.425281724644782,5.365017148456639,4.8015678588926995,0,1.910828025477707,2.9887310142087213,2.278294953454189,0.8574228319451249,0,33.439490445859875],[21.34764460345856,24.269528920691712,10.107334525939176,8.676207513416816,0,0,9.689922480620154,0,18.992248062015506,4.83005366726297,0,0,2.0870602265951104]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.25percentage 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=[[29.007847533632287,23.878923766816143,0,2.5504484304932737,0,4.063901345291479,0,0,0,0,2.4943946188340806,3.7836322869955157,34.22085201793722],[20.431161195492404,16.56050955414013,8.941695247427731,2.425281724644782,5.365017148456639,4.8015678588926995,0,1.910828025477707,2.9887310142087213,2.278294953454189,0.8574228319451249,0,33.439490445859875],[21.34764460345856,24.269528920691712,10.107334525939176,8.676207513416816,0,0,9.689922480620154,0,18.992248062015506,4.83005366726297,0,0,2.0870602265951104]]

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?
IRIS VERA VARGAS SOTOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ANIBAL PICADO CASTILLOSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALFONSO JOSE JIMENEZ CHACONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUANA PICADO FAJARDOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
SOPHIA JOSSETHE CHAVES VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA ISABEL SERRANO MONTENEGROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOprincipal
CARLOS FRANCISCO ZARATE BRENESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JACQUELINE DE LOS ANGELES CHAVARRIA VARGASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
AMBAR ADRIANA IRIGARAY PICADOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
YENDRY MARIA CHINCHILLA SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOsubstitute
IRIS VERA VARGAS SOTOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALVARO JIMENEZ LEIVASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ALVARO ALONSO CERDAS SALASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GRETTEL LORENA SALAZAR ASTORGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YENCI YOJANDI GAMBOA GARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GERALD JOSE CALVO VIDAURRECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
XIOMARA VALERIN VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
KENDERT PEREZ CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SONIA VIRGINIA PHILLIPS PHILLIPSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ALEX CORRALES CESPEDESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
MARTIN EPIFANIO PICADO AGUILARSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
IRIS VERA VARGAS SOTOSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
TEDDY HUMBERTO MORALES MENDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA SALOME SANCHEZ COREACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SANDRA ELEONORA GARCIA ROSALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELISA SEGURA JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
KRISS JOHANNA GAMBOA ARTAVIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LUIS FERNANDO ARTAVIA GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CARMEN LUCIA MONGE FONSECACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARLENE CASTILLO MESENCONCEJALES 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. “PURRAL — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-GOICOECHEA-PURRAL. 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.