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RANCHO REDONDO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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

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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
RANCHO REDONDO / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-3a0b4d59c0f077a00f403f19
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 NACIONAL36.7%
  • COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANO19.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA16.4%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN8.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS7.7%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO4.7%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA4.6%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA2.3%
Results for event-6ba3f63f96b086c76d1e423e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202439936.7%3Recorded
COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202420619%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202417816.4%1Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024948.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024847.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024514.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024504.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024252.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL26.7%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA20.6%
  • TODOS POR GOICOECHEA15.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA10.1%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN5.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.9%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.6%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL4.5%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN2.9%
Results for event-7fd75b08ba812bc5e9913692
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202030826.7%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202023820.6%1Recorded
TODOS POR GOICOECHEAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202017715.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202011710.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020635.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020564.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020554.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020534.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020524.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020342.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.4%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA26.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA17.5%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN16.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO6.3%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.9%
Results for event-aeba360fdd8af6734b4b1fd3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201630528.4%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201628326.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618817.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201618216.9%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016686.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016282.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016201.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

36.60–100 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=17.75528978840846, oldest_gap=2.048417132216013, previous_gap=6.071118820468342

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.64percentage 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=[[36.70653173873045,16.375344986200552,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.599816007359705,0,42.318307267709294],[26.71292281006071,20.64180398959237,10.147441457068517,0,4.509973980919341,0,0,0,2.9488291413703385,4.770164787510842,0,0,30.26886383347788],[28.39851024208566,26.350093109869647,17.50465549348231,6.33147113594041,0,0,1.86219739292365,0,16.945996275605214,2.60707635009311,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.94percentage 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=[[36.70653173873045,16.375344986200552,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.599816007359705,0,42.318307267709294],[26.71292281006071,20.64180398959237,10.147441457068517,0,4.509973980919341,0,0,0,2.9488291413703385,4.770164787510842,0,0,30.26886383347788],[28.39851024208566,26.350093109869647,17.50465549348231,6.33147113594041,0,0,1.86219739292365,0,16.945996275605214,2.60707635009311,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.79percentage 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=[[36.70653173873045,16.375344986200552,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.599816007359705,0,42.318307267709294],[26.71292281006071,20.64180398959237,10.147441457068517,0,4.509973980919341,0,0,0,2.9488291413703385,4.770164787510842,0,0,30.26886383347788],[28.39851024208566,26.350093109869647,17.50465549348231,6.33147113594041,0,0,1.86219739292365,0,16.945996275605214,2.60707635009311,0,0,0]]

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?
ANDREA VALERIO MONTEROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE GUILLERMO UMAÑA FALLASSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
LUIS GUSTAVO QUIROS QUESADACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
RAQUEL MORA SALAZARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ERIKA TATIANA SOLIS VILLALOBOSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOprincipal
JESSICA MARIA CHAVES SOLISCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
CLAUDIO ENRIQUE MURILLO ORTEGACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YAHAIRA BRIZUELA ANGULOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ISABEL BARRANTES QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024COALICIÓN CAMBIO CIUDADANOsubstitute
FLORA NOVELIA CHANTO AMADORCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ANDREA VALERIO MONTEROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CHRISTIAN BRENES RAMIREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MIGUEL ENRIQUE ANGULO GUTIERREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
DINORAH QUIROS CARVAJALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
FRANCIA MORA SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE GUILLERMO UMAÑA FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020TODOS POR GOICOECHEAprincipal
ZUSANNE CHACON VARGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE PABLO CALDERON CHACONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JEISON ULISES VARELA CALVOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ZEIDY ALEJANDRA CORRALES RIVERACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020TODOS POR GOICOECHEAsubstitute
MINOR HUBERT ESQUIVEL PEREIRASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA CRISTINA GOMEZ PEREZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YAHAIRA MURILLO MORACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LUIS CARLOS TENCIO QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KENNEDY VINDAS CALDERONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
VERNY ANDRES MONGE LEITONCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNprincipal
REINALDO GOMEZ SEGURACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
VERONICA SOLIS VILLALOBOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCIA MORA SOTOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DIANA PRISCILLA QUIROS OROZCOCONCEJALES 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. “RANCHO REDONDO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-GOICOECHEA-RANCHO-REDONDO. 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.