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LLANO BONITO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · LLANO BONITO / SAN JOSÉ · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-SAN-JOSE-LEON-CORTES-LLANO-BONITO

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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
LLANO BONITO / SAN JOSÉ
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-a8868798688d5462272e222d
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

  • FRENTE AMPLIO53.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL41.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA3.6%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA2.3%
Results for event-3f265c5fb3da48766c56a5df
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202430653.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202423641%2Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024213.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/2024132.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL81.3%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL10.8%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.9%
Results for event-3b44e27dd4720cbfe03fc63d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202050481.3%5Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20206710.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020497.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL100.0%
Results for event-961dc3cc15b3e4fcf58c5965
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016503100%5Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Withheld

Unknown0–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · 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.

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=12.152777777777779, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=70.48387096774194

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

51.12percentage 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=[[40.97222222222222,0,0,53.125,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.2569444444444446,0,3.6458333333333335],[81.29032258064517,0,0,7.903225806451613,10.806451612903226,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[40.97222222222222,0,0,53.125,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.2569444444444446,0,3.6458333333333335],[81.29032258064517,0,0,7.903225806451613,10.806451612903226,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

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=[[40.97222222222222,0,0,53.125,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.2569444444444446,0,3.6458333333333335],[81.29032258064517,0,0,7.903225806451613,10.806451612903226,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],null]

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?
CLAUDIO CALDERON CASTROSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
LIZETH DE LOS ANGELES BONILLA UREÑASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
MARIANITA ALVARADO ABARCACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
FRANCISCO VALVERDE BONILLACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
MARIO ALBERTO ABARCA CALDERONCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YENDRY ISABEL CALDERON QUIROSCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ROSITA NAVARRO CRUZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
GUSTAVO ALONSO UMAÑA ABARCACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute
MARCO VINICIO PORTUGUEZ SANCHEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANA LUISA FALLAS FALLASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
HERMES MENA BONILLASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSETH SUSSANA MORA BONILLASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
YERLYN VANESSA FALLAS FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ENRIQUE ABARCA ABARCACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
IRENE ULLOA ABARCACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARTIN JESUS ABARCA ARIASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ORLANDO ROBLES PORTUGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ENNID ANDREA JIMENEZ JIMENEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ROBERTO FALLAS QUIROSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DAYANNA DE LOS ANGELES ULLOA PORTUGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JOSE ANTONIO CALDERON CASTROSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARGARITA ALVARADO ABARCASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDWIN MORA FALLASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIA AUXILIADORA PORTUGUEZ ALVARADOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
HUMBERTO ALVARADO CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSETH SUSSANA MORA BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
WALTER JOSUE RUIZ JUAREZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIANITA ALVARADO ABARCACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANDER MARTIN MORA CASTROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

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. “LLANO BONITO — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-SAN-JOSE-LEON-CORTES-LLANO-BONITO. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S94b4830368, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S96deedf533, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sb0e6ca758b.